Singapore FinTech Festival
GenreFinTech
FrequencyAnnual
VenueSingapore Expo
Location(s)Singapore
CountrySingapore
Inaugurated2016
FoundersMonetary Authority of Singapore
Participantsfrom 140 countries (2019)
Attendance60,000 (2019)
Websitewww.fintechfestival.sg

Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) is the largest FinTech festival in the world and a knowledge platform for the global FinTech community.[1][2][3][4][5]

SFF is organized annually by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Elevandi and Constellar in collaboration with The Association of Banks in Singapore.[6][7][8]

Background

Initially, SFF 2016 started with a number of features including the FinTech Awards, the Global FinTech Hackcelerator, and three FinTech conferences which focused a number of topics such as API, Big Data, Blockchain, Machine Learning, RegTech and Tech Risk.[9]

Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore visiting SFF exhibition pavilion with Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore in 2019.

History

There were more than 13,000 international participants from 60 countries in 2016.[9] In 2017, more than 30,000 international participants from 109 countries attended the festival.[10] Nearly 40% of the participants were C-suite, senior management level decision makers and influencers.[10] In 2018, there were more than 45,000 international participants from 130 countries.[11]

In 2019, the number of international participants increased to 60,000 from 140 countries.[12]

Participants in 2019 include industry professionals, founders, investors, academics, and government agencies.[13] The event was attended by 100% of the 50 top banks in the world.[14] The Conference and Exhibition featured 569 speakers and close to 1,000 exhibiting companies from around the world, including 41 international pavilions.[13]

SWITCH

SFF and Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH) had the collaboration first time in 2019 with a week long events and activities focusing FinTech and deep technology.[12]

Notable attendees

There were a number of international dignitaries participated including Christine Lagarde (in her role as the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund), Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (in her capacity as the Secretary-General of the United Nations’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance Development), Arun Jaitley, former Indian Finance Minister and Minister of Corporate Affairs, Dr. Agustin Carstens, General Manager of Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Dr. Patrick Njoroge, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, and Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore.[10][15][16]

References

  1. ↑ "Singapore FinTech Festival 2019" (PDF). Deloitte. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. ↑ "First combined fintech festival, SWITCH kicks off today". Business Times (Singapore). November 11, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "BHIM's QR code-based payments demonstrated at Singapore FinTech Festival". Business Line. November 13, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Money FM Podcast: MAS CFO shares takeaways from Singapore Fintech Festival 2019". The Straits Times. November 18, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Singapore imagines a brave new fintech future". Asia Times. November 15, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Singapore FinTech Festival". Monetary Authority of Singapore. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Singapore FinTech Festival" (PDF). The Edge. November 11, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Why Singapore is a Global Fintech Hub". Singapore Tourism Board. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Singapore Fintech Festival 2016" (PDF). Monetary Authority of Singapore. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 "Singapore Fintech Festival 2017" (PDF). Monetary Authority of Singapore. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Singapore Fintech Festival 2018" (PDF). Monetary Authority of Singapore. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Singapore Fintech Festival 2019" (PDF). Monetary Authority of Singapore. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  13. 1 2 "Inaugural SFF x SWITCH sees over 60,000 participants from 140 countries; event to return on 9-13 November 2020". Monetary Authority of Singapore. November 19, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Top 10 Global Fintech Hubs:Singapore". BizClik Media Limited. July 23, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Inaugural SFF x SWITCH" (PDF). Monetary Authority of Singapore. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Singapore FinTech Festival attracted a record 45,000 participants from 130 countries". Monetary Authority of Singapore. November 19, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
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