[SFF 2024 Special] Panel on Bridging the Financial Gap with ANEXT Bank and Triple-A

This year’s Singapore Fintech Festival surrounds six major themes that will frame 2025.  One of the themes among industry leaders, in particular, is the need to bridge the financial gap and ensure equitable access and usage of financial services and products to the underserved.  On this note, did…

[SFF 2024 Special] Wrap of SFF Announcements with Deloitte and GoImpact Capital Partners

We want to give you a quick wrap of some of the announcements made at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2024, as well as the implications of the developments on the fintech industry. One of the biggest announcements released ahead of SFF 2024 was how the Monetary Authority of Singapore set up the Glo…

[SFF 2024 Special] Angel Investing in FinTech with Fintech Executive Ee Chien Chua and Fintech Nation’s Vanessa Ho

In this segment, we want to talk about the people behind a startup’s first few paychecks.  Business management theory would say that the first people who would give startup money to founders are the friends, family and fools, or people who give what they have in their pockets not because they buy …

[SFF 2024 Special] Panel on Roadmap for AI and Quantum with DBS and PayPal

This year’s Singapore Fintech Festival surrounds six major themes that will frame 2025.  At the front and centre of discussions is the Roadmap for AI and Quantum. Of particular focus this year is the boom in generative AI, which uses algorithms to identify patterns within existing data to come up…

[SFF 2024 Special] Collaborations in Fintech with Visa and Heymax

Collaborations in the fintech sector are on the cards today, and with the year end holiday season very much in sight, why not talk about maximising your air miles through credit card spend? Specifically, we want to talk about how Heymax, a startup aggregating consumers’ fragmented rewards, worked …

[SFF 2024 Special] Top Fintech Trends to Watch with HSBC and Singapore Fintech Association

Did you know that despite what appeared to be a tough time for funding and valuations, the global fintech report coauthored by Boston Consulting Group and QED Investors in June this year noted that the global fintech market remained a hotbed for innovation and growth.  The firms expect fintech to …

[SFF 2024 Special] Industry Insight: Accelerating green technology to tackle climate change

Technology is driving the transition to a more sustainable future. Green tech innovations are at the forefront of the global sustainability push, offering practical solutions to some of the most pressing environmental challenges. Recently, UOB FinLab, the Bank’s innovation accelerator, awarded a t…

[SFF 2024 Special] Industry Insight:  How quantum computing and AI can give fintech a major boost

The global quantum computing market is estimated to be worth between US$45 billion and US$131 billion by 2040 (McKinsey). The single largest sector to be impacted is the financial services sector, with an estimated value at stake of US$450 billion. To this end, the business world is rapidly transf…

Morning Shot [SFF 2024 Special]: India's journey towards a $7 trillion economy

From digital innovation and manufacturing to infrastructure development and financial inclusion, India’s economy is poised for an economic transformation, with technology at the forefront of its growth. According to a review report released by its government earlier this year, India’s GDP is estim…

[SFF 2024 Special] Industry Insight: Bridging the gap between crypto and traditional finance

With the rise of digital assets, it can be quite an uphill journey and steep learning curve for both traditional banks and clients in navigating this space. This is where Singapore-based digital payment solution provider MetaComp enters the picture.  Describing themselves as the Compass of the Me…