This year’s Singapore Fintech Festival is just around the corner, and we couldn’t be more excited! While the festival gathers the industry’s top minds and more than +50,000 attendees, it can sometimes be overwhelming to understand how all the sessions work. We simplified it for you.
What is the theme of this year?
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Innovation Lab Crawl
Innovation Labs across Singapore will be opening their doors and showcasing their up-and-coming FinTech innovations and projects.
1 November 2022, Tuesday
This is a unique opportunity to catch a glimpse into the future of the FinTech industry.
Highlighted sessions
SHIME Framework: How to assess the skills for the new finance
2 Nov at 2:15 PM, Product Announcements, Hall 3
Finding good, high paying, digital-resilient jobs is a valuable option for individuals, and a priority for governments. But how can they make the transition?
Tram Anh Nguyen, Co-founder of CFTE, will share her insights on how to access the skills for the new finance, introduce CFTE’s SHIME Skills Framework and announce 3 newest products of CFTE during Singapore Fintech Festival 2022
The Undiscussable : Why is Tech Cost Rising? – Exploring the Optimal Path to Transformation
2 Nov at 10:35AM-11:05AM, Global Plenary, Hall 1
Despite the tremendous progress in technology and Financial Institutions’ desire to adopt new tech stacks – the total cost of technology has not been optimised; it keeps growing. This session invites technology leaders to get insights on how they navigate these cost challenges and stay invested in technology. The session will also examine the disruption to the traditional tech implementation industry by integrating with third-party B2B Fintechs for faster and more optimised implementation.
Navigating the Winds of Change in Digital Finance
2 Nov at 11:55AM-12:35PM, Global Plenary, Hall 1
How to navigate these choppy waters and guide the financial system through to fulfil its potential of becoming more efficient, more open, more accessible and cheaper? Our session on ‘Surviving Crisis: Handling Headwinds for Digital Finance’ delves into this question.
FinTech For Good
2 Nov at 01:05PM-01:35PM, Global Plenary, Hall 1
– FinTech and the fight against child exploitation online
– Uplifting communities through microfinancing of the women of India
– Breaking chronic poverty through innovative agricultural microfinancing models
Highlighted sessions
The Arc of Blockchain: A Q&A
4 Nov at 10:40AM-11:00AM, Global Plenary, Hall 1
From the origins of blockchain to the future of web3, join this q&a session to explore how blockchain has developed and where it will go in the future. This session will also explore what we can collectively do to get the ideas in papers to see the light of day, especially in tech. What are the social, economic, and policy constructs that work best?
Crypto Assets Built to Last
4 Nov at 11:20AM-11:45AM, Global Plenary, Hall 1
This session will look at the relative role and value different types of cryptocurrencies can fulfil in the financial system and provide outlooks for each. A session well worth attending for investors and financial service practitioners.
The Next 10 Years: Building the Crypto Economy, Scaling Web3 Innovation, and Weathering Storms
4 Nov at 12:15PM-12:35PM, Global Plenary, Hall 1
This session will explore how we transition to the future marketplace running on native Web3 Internet with Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. Join Brian and Sopnendu to dissect the new form of money (digital currencies), the new tech stack, consumer adoption and regulatory imperatives.
Meet Ups: Crypto & Blockchain
4 Nov at 01:30PM-01:50PM, Meet Ups, Hall 3
Join this meetup to learn everything happening related to Crypto and Blockchain at SFF. Led by SFF ambassadors and industry experts, the meet up is meant to give you a quick grasp of must-see activities and to form new connections in the industry.
No registration needed. Located in Hall 3, beside the Plenary Lounge
Highlighted sessions
FinTech Fireside – My Journey from Student to FinTech Founder
3 Nov at 10:00 AM SGT, Fireside chat
Do you dream to be a FinTech Founder? Then this is the session for you! Successful FinTech Founders will share their journeys from graduation to creating their own FinTech company.
A Hard Look at ESG Finance
3 Nov at 11:10AM-11:45AM, Global Plenary, Hall 1
What is the moral dimension of green finance? How do you weigh up the impact of withdrawing funding from fossil fuels versus providing energy to people who need it most in Asia? This session will discuss climate wreckers, greenwashing hogwash and the path to net zero emissions
Policy Dialogue: Directing ESG Governance for the Financial Industry
3 Nov at 11:45AM-12:25PM, Global Plenary, Hall 1
In our policy dialogue session on ‘Directing ESG governance for the financial services industry’, a panel of global policymakers will elucidate what robust and effective governance looks like and discuss the operational challenges to implementing it.
Who said Financing Climate Change was Going to be Profitable?
3 Nov at 12:25PM-01:05PM, Global Plenary, Hall 1
In a world dominated by quarterly results, investing for the long-term can be hard to stomach, especially where it incurs short-term harm to the balance sheet. This session will dig into the challenges and the solutions involved in transitioning to a more sustainable business model.
Elevandi Roundtables
Addressing the New Skills Gap in Financial Services
2 Nov at 12:30PM - 02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum
In a changing world that challenges governments, organisations and individuals, there is a widening skills gap for those who cannot adapt to the new digital world. Identifying the skills gap in financial services to develop digital-resilient and a future-enabled workforce is a priority for the industry.
But how can the fintech and financial services players be at the core of this progress?
Building Cross-border Payments for an Interconnected World
2 Nov at 12:30PM - 02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum
The roundtable will discuss:
1. ASEAN’s vision for cross-border payments interoperability by 2025 – including the near and long-term priorities, challenges and opportunities.
2. Developing the optimal model for inter-region connectivity
3. Leveraging Web3 technology (e.g. DLT, CBDCs etc.) to build more efficient, cheaper and safer payment rails for the future
Elevandi Roundtables
Our Shared Responsibility: Technologies Accelerating the Path to Green Financing
3 Nov at 12:30PM-02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum
Technology’s role in accelerating Green Finance has never been more paramount. As the ESG and sustainability-linked investments sectors boom, so too has the demand for authentic, measurable, quality data and analytical tools to better enable meaningful capital deployment. In this private session, a continuation of a series of private discussions starting at the Point Zero Forum in Switzerland and the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore, we gather Chief Sustainability Officers, global investors and asset managers, progressive financial regulators, and leading digital solutions providers to discuss Green Financing opportunities premised on deeper digitalization and new analytical solutions that would generate returns on capital, provide risk protection, and ensure greater sustainability and environmental protection.
Open Banking & Finance Ecosystems: Fostering International Compatibility
3 Nov at 12:30PM-02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum
The purpose of the meeting is to take stock of regulated open finance initiatives and identify the issues that industry and policy makers should address to enhance regional and international compatibility and integration of open finance arrangements and providers across markets. The discussion will focus on governance, licensing regimes, legal issues on cross-border activity and the operational and technical standards that underpin the security and efficiency of open finance.
Elevandi Roundtables
Overcoming the Talent Shortage: AIDA Talent Development for the Financial Sector
4 Nov at 12:30PM-02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum, Room 2
In a recent survey, over 40% of financial institutions identified lack of talent as their top challenge in implementing AI.
The roundtable aims to deliver the following outcomes:
1. Assess if current efforts to re-skill and upskill professionals are sufficient are sufficient to meet the financial sector’s demands and identify key areas of improvement for current interventions
2. Discover what the financial sector needs to contribute to nurture AI talent
3. Identify areas where policy changes may be required to increase upskilling opportunities
Rules to Power a Stablecoin Driven Future Economy
4 Nov at 12:30PM-02:30PM, Elevandi Insights Forum, Room 1
The roundtable aims to address the following questions:
1. What does the future hold for digital currencies? How can CBDCs, stablecoins and tokenised deposits best co-exist, or will there be a clear winner?
2. How are the benefits of digital assets in terms of utility and value exemplified through their current use cases, and how much of these benefits are hyperbole?
3. Beyond regulation, what can and should the industry do better to build trust and transparency?
4. What kind of regulatory frameworks does the industry feel would help to separate the good actors from the bad and what kind of landscape can we envision for digital private currencies down the road?
CFTE FIVE YEARS in Singapore
4th of November at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm SGT
The last 5 years have been an extraordinary journey, and we would love to celebrate this milestone with all of those who are important to us and CFTE.
“CFTE 2022: A Touch of Gold” is a private event where we expect many of our friends and partners to join from around the world, in Singapore where CFTE the idea of CFTE started!
The reception will take place at the National Service Resort and Country Club, on the last day of the Singapore Fintech Festival.
If you have not received an invite, please send an email to sff@cfte.education.
CFTE - Official Knowledge partner of #SFF2022
CFTE is an education platform in Digital Finance and Fintech. We are giving individuals, companies and governments the skills and knowledge to be part of the new era of Finance.
Featured Speakers by theme
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Celebrity |
DR STUART HABER
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KAROLINA BIELAWSKA
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MELINDA FRENCH GATES
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CHANGPENG ZHAO
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Blockchain |
Brian Armstrong Chief Executive Officer Coinbase |
|  KRIS MARSZALEK CEO Crypto.com |
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Investors |
MELISSA GUZY |
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Fintechs |
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Banks, Insurance & Government |
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Day-by-day Agenda
Wed, 2nd Nov
| Time | Section | Format | Session | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
10:00am – 10:05am | Global Plenary | Video | Opening of SFF 2022 | Undefined |
10:05am – 10:25am | Global Plenary | Keynote | Welcome Address | Undefined |
10:25am - 10:35am | Global Plenary | Keynote | The State of the Global Economy: Top 10 Market Insights | Undefined |
10:35am - 11:25am | Global Plenary | Panel | The Industry Response to the Crisis | Undefined |
11:25am - 12:05pm | Global Plenary | Panel | The Regional Perspective: Building Resilient Business Models | Undefined |
12:05pm - 12:35pm | Global Plenary | Panel | The CTOs Dialogue: Technology as a Competitive Advantage | Undefined |
12:35pm - Lunch | Global Plenary | Panel | Governors Dialogue: Purposeful Digital Asset Innovations | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panels and Firesides | Digital Assets & Web3 | Undefined |
Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Applying and adapting IOSCO principles to digital assets markets | Undefined | |
Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Unlocking TradFi with DeFi | Undefined | |
Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Digital SGD | Undefined | |
Knowledge Plenary | Fireside | StraitsX Stablecoin Showcase | Undefined | |
Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Web2 + Web3 = ? / Web3: Are we there yet? | Undefined | |
Knowledge Plenary | Fireside | Inspirational Closing Address | Undefined | |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Keynote and Panels | ESG & Sustainable Finance | undefined |
Knowledge Plenary | Keynote | The Future of Sustainable Living | Undefined | |
Knowledge Plenary | Panel | The Half-Century Sprint: Key Challenges for Net Zero by 2050 | Undefined | |
Knowledge Plenary | Panel | FinTech's Role in the Just and Sustainable Transition | Undefined | |
Knowledge Plenary | Panel | The World's Greenest Blockchain | Undefined | |
Knowledge Plenary | Panel | The Green Machine: AI and the Future | Undefined | |
Knowledge Plenary | Panel | ESG Panel Discussion | Undefined |
Thu, 3rd Nov
| Time | Section | Format | Session | Speakers |
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10:00am–10:30am | Global Plenary | Keynote | The State of FinTech: Opening Address | Undefined |
10:30am–10:40am | Global Plenary | Keynote | The State of ESG: Top 10 Market Insights | Undefined |
10:40am-11:00am | Global Plenary | Keynote | Digital Public Goods: Building Sustainable Infrastructure | Undefined |
11:00am-11:20am | Global Plenary | Fireside | Sustainable Finance: The Contrarian View | Undefined |
11:20am-12:00pm | Global Plenary | Fireside | The ESG Dialogue | Undefined |
12:00pm-12:20pm | Global Plenary | Keynote | Inspirational Talk | Undefined |
12:20pm-Lunch | Global Plenary | Panel | CEOs Critical Take: The Promise of Digital Transformation | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Fireside and Panels | Banking for Businesses | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Policy imperative for developing digital initiatives in developing countries | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Do regulators need to have a new set of credit models for SME financing? | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Profitable Digital Bank: Key products for successful SME lending | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Fireside | The Missing Big Market Opportunity for FinTechs: The Africa Story | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Did AI solve the business banking challenge? | Ant, Sequoia & Advance AI |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panels | Insurance & Pensions | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | MicroPensions: The new $15 trillion opportunity | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | AI & Insurance | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Embedded Insurance | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Wealth Management | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Wealthtech: High net worth expectations / the consumer view | Undefined |
13:30pm-17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Asset Management: ESG / B2C / Investment | Undefined |
Fri, 4th Nov
| Time | Section | Format | Session | Speakers |
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10:00am – 10:20am | Global Plenary | Keynote | Global Address | Undefined |
10:20am – 10:30am | Global Plenary | Keynote | The State of Web3: Top 10 Market Insights | Undefined |
10:30am - 10:50am | Global Plenary | Keynote | Inspirational Talk | Undefined |
10:50am - 11:20am | Global Plenary | Panel | Web3 & Building Utility for the Real Economy | Undefined |
11:20am - 11:50am | Global Plenary | Panel | The Industry Meets Policy Dialogue | Undefined |
11:50am - 12:15pm | Global Plenary | Fireside | The Next 10 Years: Crypto Economy, Web3 | Undefined |
12:15pm - 12:55pm | Global Plenary | Panel | Building New Business Models for a Web3 World | Undefined |
12:55pm - Lunch | Global Plenary | Keynote | Inspirational Closing | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Keynotes & Panels | International Growth Markets | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Keynote | Leader's Keynote | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | CBDC Panel Discussion | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Keynote | Leader's Keynote | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Venture Capital Investments in Growth Markets - An Asia Focus | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Keynote | Leader's Keynote | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Spotlight on FinTech Founders from Emerging Markets | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Spotlight on FIs in Emerging Markets | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panels | FinTech Regulation | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Buy Now, Pay Later; Regulate Soon? | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Reg: Innovative Digital Assets & Restrict Speculative Cryptocurrencies? | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Is Doubling Down on Cyber Regulation Enough? | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | CBDC Panel Discussion | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Is Open Finance Dead? Regulatory Versus Market View | Undefined |
13:30pm - 17:00pm | Knowledge Plenary | Panel | Are Financial Institutions Ready for ESG Regulation? | Undefined |
