What is the purpose of the DBS?

The DBS Bank of Singapore was started to take over industrial financing activities. It was set up in June 1986. It was originally called The Development Bank of Singapore Limited.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) was started to take over the responsibilities of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), its purpose is to:

• assist organisations inmaking safer recruitment decisions
• maintaining lists of persons barred from working in certain capacities with vulnerable groups
• making decisions on whether certain individuals should be barred/unbarred based on referrals from outside organisations.