Singapore Fintech Festival

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Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

GenAI in the focus for Aussie-UK fintech as it expands globally

02 November 2023

News/crypto

Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin on the success of The Merge

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin graced the main stage at Singapore Fintech Festival to highlight successes since The Merge in September 2022.

04 November 2022

News/crypto

Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: MAS MD Menon equates fintech transformation to Wu Xing

Day two of Singapore Fintech Festival kicked off with Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore on the global plenary stage highlighting that innovation and digitalisation of financial services has marched on, gathered pace, and has become more pervasive.

04 November 2022

News/payments

MAS targets cross-border connectivity in wholesale CBDCs

The Monetary Authority Of Singapore (MAS) is stepping up its work on cross-border foreign exchange settlement using wholesale central bank digital currency.

04 November 2022

News/payments

Standard Chartered invests in DLT-based payments venture Partior

Standard Chartered has invested in Partior, the DLT venture set up last year by DBS, Temasek and JPMorgan to challenge the cumbersome hub-and-spoke model applied to traditional cross-border payment flow.

03 November 2022

News/wealth

Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: Saxo launches digital wealth advisory solution

During the week of Singapore Fintech Festival 2022, Finextra caught up with Saxo's APAC CEO Adam Reynolds and regional head of Saxo Institutional Ivan Chang at their offices in Singapore to discuss the launch of SaxoPartnerConnect.

03 November 2022

News/startups

Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: ANEXT Bank SME programme to increase access to financing

ANEXT Bank head of strategic partnerships Randall Lee took to the stage at Singapore Fintech Festival to launch a new industry initiative for SMEs, increasing access to financing and supporting digital transformation.

03 November 2022

News/payments

Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: Alipay launches merchant payment toolkit

Announcing at Singapore Fintech Festival, Angel Zhao, president of international business, Ant Group, revealed the launch of Alipay+ D-storeTM, a business digitalisation solution for brick-and-mortar businesses in the service industry.

03 November 2022

News/crypto

Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: Inside Project Guardian

In a session titled 'Unlocking TradFi with DeFi' at Singapore Fintech Festival 2022, DBS, JP Morgan and SBI Digital Asset Holdings explored how they were able to launch the first industry pilot under MAS’ Project Guardian, exploring potential DeFi applications in wholesale funding markets after completing its first live trades.

02 November 2022

News/payments

Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: Deputy PM Wong sets the fintech agenda

Lawrence Wong, deputy prime minister and minister for finance, Republic of Singapore, took to the stage at Singapore Fintech Festival to make several announcements that will set the backdrop for the nation state’s fintech journey in years to come.

02 November 2022

News/crypto

Global banks test DeFi protocols for FX and Government bond transactions

DBS Bank, JPMorgan and SBI Digital Asset Holdings have completed the first pilot transactions on Project Guardian, a Monetary Authority of Singapore-inspired initiative that explores potential decentralised finance (DeFi) applications in wholesale funding markets.

02 November 2022

News/payments

Standard Chartered launches Payouts-as-a-Service tech

Standard Chartered has launched an API-first Payouts-as-a-Service offering that will let digital businesses manage one-to-many payments.

02 November 2022

News/retail

UOB rolls out auto saving feature in Indonesia

Singapore-based UOB has enlisted Personetics for a new AI-powered automated savings feature at its Indonesian outpost TMRW.

02 November 2022

News/inclusion

India begins digital rupee pilot

The Reserve Bank of India has begun a wholesale digital rupee pilot, with a retail trial set to follow within weeks.

01 November 2022

News/crypto

DBS goes live on SGX unit's crypto platform; launches programmable money pilot

DBS has become the first bank to go live on a new digital asset trading platform from Singapore Exchange unit MaxxTrader.

31 October 2022

News/sustainable

HKEX launches carbon marketplace

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has launched an international carbon marketplace to connect capital with climate-related products and opportunities.

31 October 2022

Long read/Singapore Fintech Festival

Pat Patel Executive Director at Elevandi

Adapt to survive in 2023: A step change for business models in fintech

27 October 2022

Finextra TV/devops

Advancing FinTech with the Singapore FinTech Festival

Pat Patel, Executive Director, Elevandi speaks to FinextraTV ahead of the Singapore FinTech Festival running from the 2nd to the 4th of November. Focusing on viability, responsibility and inclusivity, this year’s SFF builds on Elevandi’s previous work fostering open dialogues between the public and private sectors to advance FinTech in the digital economy. For further information on the Singapore FinTech Festival - https://www.fintechfestival.sg/

26 October 2022

News/crypto

Singapore lays down the law for crypto trading and stablecoins

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published two consultation papers proposing strict regulatory measures to reduce the risk to consumers from cryptocurrency trading while supporting the development of stablecoins as a credible medium of exchange.

26 October 2022

Long read/Singapore Fintech Festival

Rajashekara Maiya VP at Infosys

CBDC: Powering the future of money in the digital era

25 October 2022