The document summarizes ACRA's information services. It provides an overview of the types of corporate data and subscription-based services ACRA offers to businesses, government agencies, and the public. This includes business profiles, financial statements, and customized data packages. It also describes how various government agencies and private organizations utilize ACRA's data for purposes like license applications and authentication. Additionally, the document outlines ACRA's initiatives in providing public and internal data analytics as well as its efforts towards whole of government collaboration and network analysis of company registry data.

1. ACRA Information
Services
Presented by:
Bernice Quek
Senior Director
Business Information and Technology
12 May 2016

2. 2
Value of Information
• Information services required by businesses and
government agencies
• Financial disclosure and corporate compliance
• Whole of Government (WOG) collaboration

3. 3
Overview of ACRA Information Services
Information
Service Providers
Government
Agencies
Private
Organisations
General Public
• Business Profile
• People Profile
• Certificates
• Financial Statements
• Electronic Extracts
• Microfilms
• Customised Packages
• Analytics
Corporate
Data
(BizFile+)
XBRL Data
(BizFinx)
SubscriptionBasedServices
OnlinePurchase

4. 4
Data Usage by Government/Private Agencies
Agencies/Systems Purpose
Singapore Customs Activation of Customs account for purpose of
trading
Ministry of Trade and
Industry
Licence application and renewal
SingPass Authentication
Ministry of Home Affairs Update of residential address
Banks Bank account opening
… and many more interfaces

5. 5
Data Analytics (Public)
Peer Comparison and Industry Benchmarking – Revenue Growth

6. 6
Data Analytics (In-House)

7. 7
Data Analytics (In-House)

8. 8
Whole of Government Collaboration

9. 9
HandShakes
- Network Analysis of Company Registry Data

10. Traditional Model
Corporate
Register Database
Canned
Reports
Pros
• Well-established
model
• Minimal data cleaning
required
• Cheap to produce
Cons
• Not interactive
• Low information
density
• Difficult to identify
clusters

11. Next-Generation Model
Canned Reports
Network Analytics
Corporate
Register
Database
Pros
• Interactive and responsive
analytics
• Higher information
density
• Clusters easy to identify
• Generate leads and cross-
discovery
• Extra channel for canned
reports
Cons
• Data disambiguation
required

12. Identify Conflicts of Interest
Impact: Increase Transparency
Decision Maker
Supplier
Supplier
Decision Maker and
Conflicted Person

13. Impact: Increase Productivity
Identify Ultimate Natural Owners
Search
Subject
Ultimate Beneficial
Owners (4 layers
away)

14. Effective Background Checks
Impact: Increase Cross-Discovery
Search
Subject
Identified
Associates
Identified
Associates

15. Large Scale Data Disambiguation
People with Common Names
Millions of Records
Jane Yeo
Jane Yeo

16. Next-Generation Model
Canned Reports
Network Analytics
Corporate
Register
Database
Pros
• Interactive and responsive
analytics
• Higher information
density
• Clusters easy to identify
• Generate leads and cross-
discovery
• Extra channel for canned
reports
Cons
• Data disambiguation
required

17. Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority
10 Anson Road #05-01/15
International Plaza
Singapore 079903
www.acra.gov.sg
www.facebook.com/SG.ACRA
www.twitter.com/ACRA_SG
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18. Reserve Slides