ABS Handbook on Generative AI Guardrails in Banking
Is this legally binding?
Guidance. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it.
Industry handbook by the ABS Standing Committee on Data Management, developed with 10 banks and Accenture, with a foreword by MAS. Identifies guardrails for Gen AI risks across seven enterprise use-case categories (30+ use cases). Document dated May 2025; abs.org.sg edition dated 24 March 2026. Non-binding industry guidance, not regulation.
From the source
“This handbook is designed to provide practical guidance on establishing effective guardrails for the responsible use of Gen AI, with a particular focus on the banking sector.”
ABS website: Industry Guidelines, Data Management
Instrument record
- Short name
- ABS GenAI Guardrails
- Date
- 2025-05
- Version
- current edition 2026-03-24
- Cluster
- core
What this connects to
11 relations. Official relations are the ones the source documents state; anything marked GAGE analysis is our reading, not an agency's.
Operationalised by1
- ToolGuardrails and Controls Excel toolGuidance
Supplementary Excel tool implementing the Handbook's guardrails
Issued by1
- AgencyAssociation of Banks in Singapore (ABS)Guidance
Published by the ABS Standing Committee on Data Management
Applies to1
- ConceptFinancial services sector (Singapore)Guidance
Guidance for banks deploying Gen AI
Cites2
- InstrumentPrinciples to Promote Fairness, Ethics, Accountability and Transparency (FEAT) in the Use of AI and Data Analytics in Singapore's Financial SectorSupervisory expectation
ABS foreword references Project MindForge, 'based on the Veritas initiative and FEAT Principles'
- InstrumentMindForge AI Risk Management Toolkit (Project MindForge phase 2)Guidance
Handbook elaborates on the MindForge Phase 1 whitepaper and supported development of the MindForge AI Governance Handbook
Cited by6
- InstrumentMindForge AI Risk Management Toolkit (Project MindForge phase 2)Guidance
Handbook Introduction: ABS Handbook on GenAI Guardrails in Banking 'was an important input in the development of this Handbook'
- SectionHandbook Section 02: use case and risk identificationGuidance
Section of the ABS Handbook
- SectionHandbook Section 03: guardrails designGuidance
Section of the ABS Handbook
- SectionHandbook Section 04: applying guardrails to use case categoriesGuidance
Section of the ABS Handbook
- SectionUse case studies: document extraction/summarisation and code generationGuidance
Section of the ABS Handbook
- EventHandbook published May 2025; current edition posted 24 Mar 2026Guidance
Publication dating of the Handbook
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