A new demand for tech skills in the financial sector with up to 1,800 new jobs being offered through till July 2021

Helping good, mature and mid-career professionals move into a new sector

How banks can better integrate foreign talent and locals

How financial institutions are encouraged to have a balanced foreign and local employee mix

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 2: Tech boom in the time of Covid-19

8:46 min

Synopsis: The Business Times speaks with the Monetary Authority of Singapore's managing director Ravi Menon in a wide-ranging interview ahead of the annual Singapore Fintech Festival from Dec 7-11, 2020. This special edition will come with four exclusive podcasts for our listeners.

Follow all our coverage of this year's festival at bt.sg/sffxswitch2020.

In this second episode, BT's banking and finance editor Jamie Lee talks to Mr Menon about how financial technology unexpectedly grew in demand and provided new jobs amid a pandemic. 
A new demand for tech skills in the financial sector with up to 1,800 new jobs being offered through till July 2021 (2:03)
Helping good, mature and mid-career professionals move into a new sector (3:40)
How banks can better integrate foreign talent and locals (4:56)
How financial institutions are encouraged to have a balanced foreign and local employee mix (6:45)

Produced by: Jamie Lee and Lee Kim Siang

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 2: Tech boom in the time of Covid-19
8:46 min
Synopsis: The Business Times speaks with the Monetary Authority of Singapore's managing director Ravi Menon in a wide-ranging interview ahead of the annual <a href="https://www.fintechfestival.sg/">Singapore Fintech Festival from Dec 7-11</a>, 2020. This special edition will come with four exclusive podcasts for our listeners.
Follow all our coverage of this year's festival at&nbsp;<a href="http://bt.sg/sffxswitch2020" data-cke-saved-href="http://bt.sg/sffxswitch2020">bt.sg/sffxswitch2020</a>.
In this second episode, BT's banking and finance editor Jamie Lee talks to Mr Menon about how financial technology unexpectedly grew in demand and provided new jobs amid a pandemic.&nbsp;
<ol>
<li>A new demand for tech skills in the financial sector with up to 1,800 new jobs being offered through till July 2021 (2:03)</li>
<li>Helping good, mature and mid-career professionals move into a new sector (3:40)</li>
<li>How banks can better integrate foreign talent and locals (4:56)</li>
<li>How financial institutions are encouraged to have a balanced foreign and local employee mix (6:45)</li>
</ol>
Produced by: Jamie Lee and Lee Kim Siang
Edited by: Adam Azlee
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Synopsis: The Business Times Podcast channel showcases niche series Money Hacks, Mark To Market, WealthBT, PropertyBT and sponsored series.

Follow these series on audio apps Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts, or Google Home smart speaker devices.

Produced by The Business Times, SPH Media Trust.

Synopsis: The Business Times Podcast channel showcases niche series Money Hacks, Mark To Market, WealthBT, PropertyBT and sponsored series.
Follow these series on audio apps Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts, or Google Home smart speaker devices.
Produced by The Business Times, SPH Media Trust.

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The Business Times Podcast channel showcases content presented by some of the newsroom's most respected correspondents in markets, wealth management and current affairs.

Available on all your favourite audio content apps and at www.businesstimes.com.sg/podcasts

Produced by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media.

The Business Times Podcast channel showcases content presented by some of the newsroom's most respected correspondents in markets, wealth management and current affairs.
Available on all your favourite audio content apps and at www.businesstimes.com.sg/podcasts
Produced by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media.

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