Singapore FinTech Festival 2024 attracts 65,000 participants from 134 countries and regions; makes big plans for 2025
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The ninth edition of the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF), which concluded successfully on 8 November 2024, attracted 65,000 participants from 134 countries and regions. And already, ‘Super early bird’ access passes for the 10th edition in 2025 have been made available.
A media release issued jointly yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN), and event curator Constellar, listed the key highlights of SFF 2024:
● The invite-only ‘Insights Forum’ brought together more than 2,300 policymakers, regulators, investors, and industry leaders for in-depth discussions across 40 roundtables. Topics ranged from the future of financial infrastructure to pathways for achieving global net-zero goals.
● More than 3,400 government and regulatory attendees across 665 central banks, regulatory institutions, and government organisations participated in the ‘Regulation Zone’. Key discussion areas included Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, quantum research and finance, cross-border data flow, and digital asset growth.
● The ‘Technology Zone’ featured 64 sessions exploring AI and quantum technologies, blockchain, and e-commerce and payments applications, showcasing real-economy impact across sectors.
● At the ‘Founders and Investors Zone’, over 580 meetings between investors and startup founders were hosted during ‘Investor Hours’, catalysing new opportunities and partnerships with meaningful capital.
● The ‘Talent Zone’ delivered 180 mentorship sessions and certification programmes in collaboration with academic partners, building a future-ready talent pipeline.
● The ‘ESG Zone’ spotlighted Gprnt’s launch of its inaugural Disclosure and Marketplace offerings, tools meant to simplify sustainability reporting for businesses and connect them to an ecosystem of solutions to support their decarbonisation efforts.
SFF 2025 marks the FinTech Festival’s 10th anniversary. It will be held from 12 to 14 November 2025, and this milestone event will celebrate a decade of growth and innovation in financial technology. The Insights Forum will continue as a two-day event, from 10 to 11 November.
About the Singapore FinTech Festival
The Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) is organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Global Finance & Technology Network and Constellar, in collaboration with The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS).
Since its inception in 2016, SFF has become the premier platform for the global FinTech community to engage, connect, and collaborate. Last year’s SFF brought together 66,000 participants from 150 countries.
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