Singapore FinTech Festival
Singapore FinTech Festival is the largest FinTech festival in the world and a knowledge platform for the global FinTech community.
SFF is organized annually by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Global Finance & Technology Network and Constellar in collaboration with The Association of Banks in Singapore.
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.History
There were more than 13,000 international participants from 60 countries in 2016. In 2017, more than 30,000 international participants from 109 countries attended the festival. Nearly 40% of the participants were C-suite, senior management level decision makers and influencers. In 2018, there were more than 45,000 international participants from 130 countries.In 2019, the number of international participants increased to 60,000 from 140 countries.
Participants in 2019 include industry professionals, founders, investors, academics, and government agencies. The event was attended by 100% of the 50 top banks in the world. The Conference and Exhibition featured 569 speakers and close to 1,000 exhibiting companies from around the world, including 41 international pavilions.