Singapore’s FinTech journey is about innovation, inclusion and inspiration. Everything we do in FinTech must always have a larger purpose – to improve the lives of individuals, to build a more dynamic economy, to promote a more inclusive society.
- Ravi Menon, Managing Director, MAS
Singapore FinTech Festival 2018
Key Facts
40+
Innovation labs
1,000+
FinTech firms
S$1B+
Record-high FinTech investment in 2019
19% Y-o-Y increase
in FinTech investments for H1 2020
Singapore Innovation Landscape
Grants for Innovation
Get funding on proof-of-concepts, hiring, business development and more.
API Exchange
World’s first open architecture platform for financial institutions to easily discover FinTechs, quickly design prototypes and rapidly deploy solutions.
SGFinDex
World's first to use a national digital identity and centrally managed online consent system for secure access to financial data from private and public sectors.
Green FinTech
Understand the various initiatives for technology solutions and projects in Green Finance.
Central Bank Digital Currency
Unlocking new possibilities for the future of money and payments via CBDC.
Singapore FinTech Festival
The world’s largest FinTech festival for the global FinTech community to connect, collaborate and co-create.
Regulatory Sandbox
Sandbox relaxes specific regulatory requirements to enable live experiments of innovation within boundaries.
Business sans Borders
A collaborative AI-driven global solutions hub to foster SME digitalisation.
E-Payments
Understand more about MAS’ payment initiatives like SGQR, FAST, PayNow and UPOS.
Singapore FinTech Ecosystem
Support Measures for COVID-19
MAS has announced a $125 Million support package for the financial and FinTech sectors to deal with the immediate challenges from COVID-19 and position strongly for the recovery and future growth. MAS also launched a $6 Million MAS-SFA-AMTD FinTech Solidarity Grant to help Singapore-based FinTechs sustain operations, retain staff, and offset POC costs.
- List of initiatives for FinTechs
- Download infographic ($125 Million support package, 8 April 2020)
- Download infographic ($6 Million MAS-SFA-AMTD FinTech Solidarity Grant, 13 May 2020)
What's New
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"Growing a Vibrant Insurance Linked Securities Market in Asia" - Speech by Mr Lim Cheng Khai, Executive Director, Financial Markets Development Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at the Artemis ILS Asia Conference 13 July 2023
Steve Evans, Editor in Chief, Artemis Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen Introduction 1. Good morning. Thank you for having me at the Artemis ILS Asia Conference. It is good to see the event back for its fifth installation in Singapore. I am happy to be here, to reconnect with friends I’ve met in Artemis New York...
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Global CBDC Challenge 2021 Report
The Global CBDC Challenge organised by MAS, in partnership with IMF, World Bank, ADB, UNCDF, UNHCR, UNDP and OECD, seeks innovative retail CBDC solutions to enhance payment efficiencies and promote financial inclusion. This report provides a summary of the challenge through its various phases and includes highlights of...
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“Innovation in Central Banking – Seizing Opportunities, Securing Our Future” - Remarks by Ms Jacqueline Loh, Deputy Managing Director (Corporate Development), Monetary Authority of Singapore, at BIS Innovation Summit on 25 March 2021
Ms Jacqueline Loh, Deputy Managing Director (Corporate Development), shared on how central banks should embrace and lead financial sector innovation, and channel these capabilities towards improving sustainability and enhancing cross-border payments.
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"The Changing World" - Keynote Speech by Ms Jacqueline Loh, Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at The World Federation of Exchanges General Assembly and Annual Meeting on 9 October 2019
Ms Jacqueline Loh, MAS' Deputy Managing Director spoke about three trends that continue to shape the financial markets of tomorrow - sustainable finance, technology and innovation, and the evolving dynamics of our public and private markets.
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MAS and ABS lead consortium to harness blockchain technology for more efficient inter-bank payments
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) announced today that the consortium which they are leading has successfully developed software prototypes of three different models for decentralised inter-bank payment and settlements with liquidity savings mechanisms.