The Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) 2025, scheduled from November 12 to 14 with the Insights Forum on November 10 and 11, marks a significant milestone as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Since its inception in 2016, the festival has evolved into the world’s largest and most influential gathering for the global fintech community, driven by a unique convergence of policy makers, financial leaders, and technology innovators .

From a modest beginning, SFF has grown to a massive platform attracting over 65,000 participants from 134 countries in its recent editions, with more than 700 exhibitors, 970 speakers, and extensive government and regulatory participation. This expansion highlights Singapore’s rise as a global fintech hub, ascending to 4th place in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index in 2025, reflecting its strategic role in innovation in Asia and beyond.

The evolution of SFF is deeply linked to Singapore’s proactive approach in fostering a conducive business and regulatory environment that supports fintech innovation. Over the decade, the festival has facilitated critical discussions and collaborations around emerging financial technologies such as open banking, embedded finance, API-driven architectures, and cross-border digital asset pilots. These innovations have significantly broadened access to financial services, strengthened financial systems, and unlocked new opportunities for impactful innovation.

SFF 2025 continues this trajectory by focusing on cutting-edge themes like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, digital assets, next-generation transactions, sustainability, and bridging the financial inclusion gap. The festival places strong emphasis on responsible innovation, regulatory collaboration, and the sustainable development of fintech, addressing global challenges such as SME finance gaps, unbanked populations, data privacy, cybercrime, and ageing demographics.

Importantly, SFF provides diverse platforms for engagement, including innovation lab tours, investor-founder matchmaking through Investor Hours, startup pitches in the Global FinTech Hackcelerator, and various thematic stages focusing on future industry trends. These initiatives support fintech startups, investors, policymakers, and industry veterans in networking, knowledge exchange, funding, and partnership formation, solidifying the festival’s role as a catalyst for global fintech ecosystem development.

The festival’s growth mirrors Singapore’s broader fintech landscape transformation, propelled by government support, global connectivity, and technological adoption. As fintech continues to reshape financial services globally, SFF’s role as an international crossroads for innovation, investment, and regulation makes it indispensable. It offers a unique forum to preview the future of finance, influence global fintech policy, and cultivate innovations that could drive inclusive, resilient, and sustainable financial ecosystems worldwide.

In summary, the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025 celebrates a decade of remarkable growth and sustained impact on the fintech industry. It exemplifies Singapore’s leadership in fintech innovation and serves as a pivotal platform for global fintech stakeholders to collaborate on shaping the next decade of financial services.