Singapore FinTech Festival 2024 Attracts 65,000 Participants

Singapore, 13 November 2024… The ninth edition of the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) concluded successfully on 8 November with 65,000 participants from 134 countries and regions in attendance.

2            Key highlights of SFF 2024 include:

• 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.
  
  

3            The SFF organising team expresses sincere appreciation to all sponsors, speakers, partners and attendees who contributed to SFF 2024’s success.

4            SFF 2025 marks the Festival’s 10^th anniversary. Join us from 12 to 14 November 2025 for this milestone event and to celebrate a decade of growth and innovation in FinTech. We look forward to welcoming and bringing together the global policy, finance and tech community next year, to continue driving meaningful progress and collaboration for decades ahead. 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 (MAS), Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) and Constellar and 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 on issues relating to the confluence of financial services, public policy, and technology. Last year’s edition brought together 66,000 participants from 150 countries.

This year’s Singapore FinTech Festival was held from 6 to 8 November 2024 and is poised to be the most consequential event charting a new path for tech, policy and finance worldwide.

About the Monetary Authority of Singapore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is Singapore’s central bank and integrated financial regulator. As a central bank, MAS promotes sustained, non-inflationary economic growth through the conduct of monetary policy and close macroeconomic surveillance and analysis. It manages Singapore’s exchange rate, official foreign reserves, and liquidity in the banking sector. As an integrated financial supervisor, MAS fosters a sound financial services sector through its prudential oversight of all financial institutions in Singapore – banks, insurers, capital market intermediaries, financial advisors and financial market infrastructures. It is also responsible for well-functioning financial markets, sound conduct, and investor education. MAS also works with the financial industry to promote Singapore as a dynamic international financial centre. It facilitates the development of infrastructures, adoption of technology, and upgrading of skills in the financial industry.

About the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)

The Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) is a not-for-profit organisation established by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in 2024 to harness technology and foster innovation for more efficient, resilient, and inclusive financial ecosystems through global partnerships. GFTN organises convening forums, offers advisory services on innovation ecosystems, provides access to transformative digital platforms, and invest in technology startups with the potential for growth and positive social impact through its venture fund.

About Constellar

Constellar connects a global eco-system of event partners and consumers through a holistic portfolio of intellectual property (IP) in the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. As Asia's partner of reference for curating the innovative event and venue experiences, Constellar activates impactful networks to bring global markets, businesses and consumers together for sustainable growth. With our expertise and dedication, we are invested in helping you build trusted relationships with stakeholders for the long term and enabling cross-industry collaboration through world-class audience engagement solutions. Visit constellar.co for more information.

About The Association of Banks in Singapore

ABS is a non-profit organisation that represents the interests of the banking community in Singapore. In doing so, ABS works closely with the relevant government authorities towards the development of a sound financial system in Singapore. Since its establishment in 1973, ABS has promoted a unifying voice on banking issues. It has brought its members closer together through various guidelines and banking practices as well as the support of projects of mutual benefit to face the challenges of the financial and banking community in Singapore. Today ABS has a membership of 155 local and foreign banks. More information on ABS is available at www.abs.org.sg.

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