Singapore FinTech Festival 2022 returns as an in-person event

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Elevandi today announced the return of the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) as an in-person event to be held from 2 to 4 November 2022.

SFF 2022 will focus on ‘Building Resilient Business Models amid Volatility and Change’, with industry events and the annual Innovation Lab Crawl being held on 31 October and 1 November, as a prelude to the main festival. The event will be held at the Singapore EXPO.

SFF 2022 theme

With the global economy seeing a surge in inflation and facing risks of a significant slowdown in growth, the prospects for the FinTech industry has become challenging, with many FinTech firms striving to stay resilient and viable amid the crisis. SFF 2022 will thus focus on discussing ways to build a resilient business model in today’s challenging market environment.

Key stakeholders comprising global Heads of State, policymakers, regulators, financial services leaders, founders, investors, and technology leaders will take stock of the drivers of change and share how organisations can design resilient business models that are able to navigate the current and future challenges. In particular, the conference will examine three key questions:

• Viable: How are organisations building and redefining business models that can be more resilient to volatile market conditions?
• Responsible: How are organisations balancing corporate responsibility and profitability in order to achieve greater stakeholder satisfaction and engagement?
• Inclusive: How are organisations designing inclusive business models that cater to the needs of both the unbanked and underbanked?

Summits

The conference will comprise a series of Global and Knowledge Plenary sessions, and an Elevandi Insights Forum is organised in the format of roundtable sessions.

• Global Plenary sessions will focus on leaders and organisations addressing the core construct of Resilient Business Models.
• Knowledge Plenary sessions will feature breakout sessions on Web3 and Payments; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); Banking for Businesses; Insurance & Pensions; International Growth Markets powered by World FinTech Festival; and FinTech Regulation.
• Elevandi Insights Forum will consist of private, deep-dive roundtables which bring the public and private sector together to address challenges faced by the financial sector and drive key actionable outcomes.

Exhibition

SFF will also see the return of a physical exhibition featuring over 500 leading organisations, including global financial institutions, regulators and FinTechs, showcasing the latest innovations and developments in the FinTech space.

The exhibition will include free-to-access Ecosystem Stages for attendees to get up close with the newest technologies, products and launches from industry players. These stages will feature Product Announcements and Product Showcases from exhibitors; a specially curated ESG Impact Zone; country and sector deep-dives in the World FinTech Festival1; and finalists’ showcases from the MAS Global FinTech Hackcelerator2 and Polyfintech100 API Hackathon3.

Other highlights

Debuting at SFF is the Elevandi Global Founders Network, an exclusive global influencer programme that identifies exceptional founders, on an annual basis, who are building sustainable and resilient businesses, with a positive impact on the world. The global founders will be chosen through a nomination process, honoured at the SFF and share their 10-minute insights at the Founders Peak.

Participants can also look forward to the winners’ showcase at the SFF Global FinTech Awards4 and curated networking sessions including a new FinTech Marketeers Meetup and an Investors Summit powered by Elevandi Connects.

Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer, MAS and Chairman of Elevandi Board, said, “As the leading global knowledge platform for FinTech, SFF 2022 will focus on bringing best-in-class experts to share industry insights to build business models that remain viable and resilient amid the crisis. The format this year has been enhanced to add numerous intimate and interactive sessions, to foster deeper discussion between the public and private sector stakeholders. The return of an in-person SFF will energise all stakeholders in the FinTech community to stay strong and purposeful despite the strong headwinds ahead of us.”

Jean-François Quentin, Group Chief Executive Officer of Constellar, said, “We are delighted to bring the global FinTech community together in Singapore, home to world-class events including SFF. The SFF community is a special one, that has continued to connect and collaborate on our hybrid event platforms in the past two years. With live events back in full capacity, the return of SFF in-person will enable personalised and immersive event experiences to catalyse new innovations, strengthen networks and build impactful partnerships.”

SFF 2022 is organised in partnership with Constellar and in collaboration with the Association of Banks in Singapore. 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 development of financial services, public policy, and technology.

Last year, SFF featured global leaders such as Ben Horowitz, Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank; Christopher Young, Executive Vice President Business Development, Strategy and Ventures, Microsoft; François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Banque de France; Marc Benioff, Chair, Co-CEO, and Co-Founder, Salesforce; and Dr Marian Croak, Vice President of Engineering, Google.

Last year’s edition brought together 60,000 participants from over 160 countries. Elevandi and Constellar are proud to jointly deliver this year’s SFF. Visit www.fintechfestival.sg to register for SFF 2022 and receive updates.

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 Elevandi

Elevandi is set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to foster an open dialogue between the public and private sectors to advance FinTech in the digital economy. We work closely with governments, founders, investors, and corporate leaders to drive collaboration, education, and new sources of value at the industry and national levels.

Our initiatives have convened over 300,000 people to drive the growth of FinTech through events, closed-door roundtables, investor programmes, educational initiatives, and research. Our flagship product is the Singapore FinTech Festival alongside fast-rising platforms, including the World FinTech Festival and Point Zero Forum.

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 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 toward 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.