Side Events

Fireside Chat with Karine Delvallee and Zineddine Alla on Turning Digital Assets Innovation Into Client Value.

Join us for a networking event at Beyond Borders — A GFTN SEGA Go-Global Pavilion, featuring innovation from Shanghai and Shenzhen.

Who should attend?
FinTech leaders, financial services professionals, bankers, technology teams, entrepreneurs, and anyone curious about the technology coming out of China and how to apply it to their business or services.

Alongside networking, we’ll host content sessions offering insights into China’s technology landscape and opportunities for collaboration.

Expanding across borders. Leading beyond boundaries.

8 Circle and Deel are hosting a closed-door CFO & CHRO roundtable during Singapore Fintech Festival week.

As companies scale across Asia, CFOs, CHROs and senior Finance & HR leaders are under increasing pressure to automate financial processes across multiple systems, reduce manual work, gain real-time visibility, hire and manage talent globally, integrate platforms, and stay ahead of cross-border compliance in the AI era.

This exclusive roundtable brings together CFOs, CHROs and senior Finance & HR leaders from companies with 200+ employees.

No presentations. No pitches. Just candid peer discussion on the real challenges of scaling finance and people operations across borders.

Only 15–20 seats available. Attendance is by approval only.

Monday, 16 November 2026

8:30 – 10:30am

Mandala Club, Singapore

The Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL) and Deloitte Luxembourg invite financial-sector professionals to an evening discussion in Singapore exploring the evolution of digital assets and capital markets from a Luxembourg and international perspective.

Digital assets and new forms of financial-market infrastructure are rapidly moving from experimentation towards real-world deployment. Tokenised financial instruments, tokenised deposits, stablecoins and central bank money are increasingly becoming part of the broader discussion on how financial markets, payments and settlement may evolve.

At the same time, Europe and Asia are developing their respective regulatory frameworks, market infrastructures and industry initiatives, creating a timely opportunity to compare approaches and identify how international experience can help accelerate adoption.

Against this backdrop, the event will bring together perspectives from Luxembourg and Singapore, two internationally connected financial centres actively contributing to the development of digital finance.

TRM Labs and Drew & Napier invite you to an evening of talks and discussion on the future of AI fraud and risk, as we kick off Singapore FinTech Festival 2026. AI has changed the speed and believability of fraud. Deepfake-authorised payments, synthetic identities and agent-driven approvals now sit inside real transaction flows. This interactive session immerses the room into a single fraud event as it unfolds the anatomy of the case and works the decisions in real time, across the legal, regulatory and on-chain angles at once.

Waka Africa Night brings together leaders across policy, banking, fintech and investment from Africa and Asia for an evening during Singapore FinTech Festival week, with conversations focused on strengthening financial connectivity, cross-border trade and investment between our regions.

If you work with central banks or regulators, run a bank, payments or fintech business, lead in stablecoins and digital assets, or invest across Africa and Asia, this evening is for you.

Trade and capital between Asia and Africa are growing fast, yet they remain underserved by traditional rails. Over two focused panels and relaxed networking, you'll meet the people building, regulating and investing in this corridor, share ideas and find partners for what comes next.

The evening is hosted by Waka, which is building an onchain bank for underserved trade. Based in Singapore, Waka strengthens financial connectivity between Asia and frontier markets like Africa, using on-chain stablecoin settlement to make cross-border flows faster, cheaper and more transparent.

Supported by Enterprise Singapore, GFTN and the Singapore Business Federation, Waka Africa Night takes place on Monday, 16 November 2026, from 6 to 10pm SGT. Places are limited, so please register to request an invitation.

Join this one-day workshop designed for financial and business leaders, technologists and regulators shaping the future of digital finance in the AI era.

​Billions of dollars of assets are now moving across production systems powered by LF Decentralized Trust (LFDT) technologies, with more deployments going live in the coming weeks.

​With projects across the LFDT open source community driving financial infrastructure transformation, this workshop is a rare opportunity to hear from leaders developing and deploying these technologies globally - and explore the business and technology benefits, challenges and progress.

​This interactive session goes beyond presentations, providing an opportunity to engage with your peers, share real-world challenges and collaborate on practical solutions.

We are pleased to invite you to the Türkiye – Singapore FinTech Connect & B2B Forum, organized under the leadership of the Turkish Services Exporters' Association (HİB) as part of the HİB Fintech Delegation Program (November 16–20, 2026) in Singapore.

Our delegation brings together 12 leading Turkish fintech companies and senior executives offering pioneering solutions in cross-border payment infrastructure, RegTech, open banking, AI-driven risk and fraud detection, cybersecurity, and enterprise financial software.

We would be honored to welcome you to explore strategic commercial and technology partnerships, conduct tailored 1-on-1 B2B meetings, and discuss joint R&D and investment opportunities between our financial ecosystems.

Engage 26: Build to Anticipate
Tuesday 17 November, 12:30–17:00, Singapore

Most banks understand their customers reasonably well. Far fewer act on that understanding before the customer asks. Engage 26 is a closed-room afternoon for retail banking leaders working out how to close that gap: the data, the decisioning, who owns it, and how to get internal teams behind it.

You'll hear Moneythor's research on where banks actually are, a panel with Mastercard, AWS, RHB and Ryt, and how FAB turned what it knows about customers into engagement they respond to. Then the room gets to work, with table discussions on the internal blockers attendees vote for and five practical moves to take into 2027 planning.

It's peer discussion, not a vendor pitch. Places are limited and registration is by approval.

It's the day before Singapore Fintech Festival week, with drinks at Lantern, The Fullerton Bay Hotel afterwards.

The Infrastructure Behind Stablecoins: Key Management, Digital Asset Custody & Post-Quantum Security
Singapore FinTech Festival 2026 side event

Stablecoins are now the core settlement layer for institutional digital asset flows. The security infrastructure beneath them deserves closer attention. This closed-door roundtable is hosted by 1626 EVENTS, with ACCESS as a community partner. It brings senior practitioners together under the Chatham House Rule to discuss key management, institutional custody, multi-jurisdiction compliance and post-quantum readiness.

Confirmed participants include leaders from Securosys, HashKey OTC Singapore, Cactus Custody and Liminal Custody. The session is designed for custody leaders, stablecoin operators, risk and compliance heads, and security architects. It focuses on practical lessons from production.

📅 Wed, 18 Nov 2026 | 14:00–17:00 SGT
🔗 Register: luma.com/6utqqx3y

​Flying in for Singapore Fintech Festival? Qapita, Airwallex, and January Capital are bringing together founders, expert advisors, and investors for coffee and croissants as your first stop of the SFF week. Join us as we debunk a few Founder Myths to answer your burning questions on all things fundraising, captable and equity compensation, and scaling cross border.

​Panelists | Myths Facilitators
​- Hongfei Xia | Principal at January Capital
- Karuna Vishnubhotla | Partner, Equity Advisory at Qapita
- ​Nawaz Imam | Group CFO at Black Panda
- ​Sam Waldo | Head of Startups, Asia at Airwallex

​Agenda
​4:00pm | Doors open and registration, grab a coffee & croissant!
4:15pm | Welcome Address and Panellist Introductions
​4:30pm - 5:00pm | Debunking Founder Myths vs. Reality Statements
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Networking

​This event is cohosted by Airwallex, Qapita, and January Capital

What to Expect?

Payments have become the thing everyone assumes is working fine, until you actually look at the data. We pulled 7.42 million pay-in records across 208 Australian merchants to find out what's really going on, patterns that hold up across the markets we operate in, including here in Singapore. We're bringing payments industry experts, merchants, and platforms together to unpack it properly.

​Fewer payment attempts are landing more revenue, not less

​There's a precise speed threshold where a payment stops being safe and starts being a coin flip

​One finding in this report surprised even us

​What you'll walk away with:

​The 3 numbers costing merchants the most money right now, most of which nobody's measuring

​What actually separates the merchants pulling ahead from everyone else

​How Hello Clever is building product directly off these findings

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​Who should come:

Payments leaders, finance decision-makers, and anyone who makes calls on checkout or retention and wants the evidence behind those decisions, not just another product pitch.

What's happening:

Real data, a live product demo, an interactive session testing what you've picked up, and genuine conversation with other people in the payments industry about what's actually working. Oh, and food and drinks provided!

Spots are limited. Secure yours now!

Hosted by GFTN partner, Wise Platform - the infrastructure powering global cross-border payments for banks, financial institutions, and enterprises worldwide - this private evening reception brings together APAC’s leading voices in payments at KOMA, Marina Bay Sands. Connect with senior peers, exchange perspectives on the evolving financial ecosystem, and unwind over drinks in a relaxed setting. Space is limited, so please register with the link below.

Register here: https://luma.com/wise-connect-apac-26-after-hours

Venue: KOMA Singapore, The Shoppes, #B1-67

Digital Banking and Fintech leaders in Singapore are invited to join this roundtable dinner on “Scaling Across Asia: Staying Ahead of Fraud, Regulators and Risk Signals”.
An expert moderator will guide the knowledge-sharing event, stimulating discussion between participants in a closed, confidential environment.

As fintechs and digital banks expand across Asia, managing fraud, regulatory change and risk becomes increasingly complex. Each market introduces different rules, reporting requirements and fraud patterns, while risks can quickly move across borders and legal entities. For Fraud, Risk and Compliance leaders, scaling effectively means finding the right balance between regional consistency and local responsiveness.

This includes determining which controls can be centralised, preparing for regulatory changes before they take effect, and connecting fragmented signals across devices, behaviour, transactions and AML activity. A clearer regional view can help teams identify emerging risks earlier while maintaining efficient onboarding and payments. Equally, stronger collaboration across Fraud, Risk and Compliance teams can support faster, more informed decisions without creating unnecessary operational friction. The focus is on building resilient regional frameworks that can adapt as markets, threats and regulatory expectations evolve.

How can fintechs scale into new Asian markets without allowing fraud losses and compliance costs to grow at the same pace?
How can regional teams stay ahead of changing regulatory requirements while balancing centralised controls with local market needs?
How can Fraud, Risk and Compliance teams connect fragmented cross-border signals to identify emerging threats earlier and make faster, more informed decisions?

As financial institutions across APAC accelerate their digital transformation agendas, balancing agility, speed-to-market, and operational efficiency remains top of mind for leadership teams.

Join Engine by Starling and Synpulse during Singapore FinTech Festival week for an executive discussion on the region’s evolving digital transformation priorities. We will be exploring key market opportunities and challenges in an open-forum discussion format. Discussions will focus on Starling Bank's journey as one of the UK's leading digital-first banks, featuring special guest Bernadette Smith, Chief Customer and Banking Officer, Starling Bank, who will share insights on building a customer-centric, digital-first banking model.

Why FinTech Companies Should Expand to Scotland: A Connected, Innovative and Supportive Gateway to the UK and Europe
This one-hour investment workshop is designed to help FinTech companies understand why Scotland is a compelling base for UK and European expansion. The session will highlight Scotland’s connected financial services ecosystem, growing FinTech cluster, access to AI and data talent, university research capability, and the practical support available for international companies setting up and scaling in the UK. The discussion will be practical, business-focused and interactive. It will help companies explore how Scotland can complement London as a strategic location for technology development, engineering, operations, innovation, talent and market access.
A coordinated programme of senior-level engagements, ecosystem visibility, lead generation and targeted follow-up will be carried out. These activities will be anchored by an invitation-only

What do a scam, a laundering operation, and a sanctions breach have in common? They run on the same money, exploit the same accounts, and profit from the exact same blind spot: detection systems built to catch them in isolation. Catalyst is a series of events where the industry connects the fight to close it.

Join over 100+ senior compliance leaders in Singapore on November 18th to:
1. Insights
Get a head start on 2027
Discuss the shifting financial crime landscape, the new AI infrastructure underneath it, and what both mean in practice for your team.

2. Showcase
See what good looks like
A demonstration of how connected AI and next-generation data are being applied by firms already ahead of the curve.

3. Connect
Meet your peers
Network with senior leaders facing the same regulatory and fraud pressures through candid conversations.

Mini Stage Showcase

Step into the UOB Pavilion at Singapore FinTech Festival and experience innovation in action. Explore trusted and responsible AI, smarter payments, digital finance and practical solutions transforming businesses and customer experiences. Meet industry leaders, researchers, startups and emerging talent through interactive showcases and live mini-stage conversations on scaling AI, building future-ready workforces and turning bold ideas into measurable impact. Discover, connect and see how UOB and its partners are shaping the future of financial services.

A*STAR MERaLiON: Compliance Intelligence

Explore Agentic, Trustworthy and Voice AI with A*STAR, MDDI and industry partners, and discover the technologies shaping tomorrow's digital economy live.

Deloitte: Measuring the Value of AI

Discover how a transparent and defensible approach to value measurement can move the conversation beyond assumptions, build confidence in outcomes and strengthen governance.

Skills & Workforce Development Agency (SWDA): Building an AI-Ready Workforce

Hear perspectives from banking, workforce transformation, and SMEs on building an AI-ready workforce and turning AI adoption into real business impact.

e2i: Building Singapore's Future Talent Pipeline

Connecting Workforce, Transformation, Innovation and Opportunity:  Discover how industry, education and workforce partnerships can build future-ready talent pipelines and unlock new opportunities

H2O.ai: From Experimentation to Enterprise IMPACT

Operationalising AI at Scale: See how H2O.ai and UOB scale governed AI with MAP, predictive AI, and MLOps—catch the enterprise lessons live at the UOB Pavilion.

MENDAKI: Langkah Digital Showcase

See how UOB and MENDAKI are transforming digital skills into innovation, opportunity, and community impact through Langkah Digital, an M³+ initiative led by MENDAKI.

Ngee Ann Polytechnic: Leveraging Behavioral Insights to Drive AI Transformation

Learn how to leverage behavioural insights to deepen responsible AI adoption and how NP deployed simple nudges within UOB to increase Copilot training attendance ninefold.

NTUC LearningHub: The Everyday AI Dividend

Discover Dr Koh Niak Wu's 'AI Dividend' and see how small experiments can compound into meaningful business transformation—catch the interactive session live.

NTU: UOB Innovation Hub Start-up Showcase

Meet startups including EVOV AI, Ropedia, Deepfaic, PQStation, Pints AI and Synvo AI, and discover innovations spanning productivity, digital trust, cybersecurity, enterprise intelligence and AI-powered solutions.

Quantexa: Why do Many AI Initiatives Struggle to Create Measurable Impact?

Discover how Quantexa uses connected data and trusted context to turn Agentic AI into accurate, explainable and measurable banking outcomes.

SUTD: The Right Call by Prof Gordon & AI in Banking

Explore human-centred Design·AI with Dr Gordon Tan, then see UOB × SUTD students showcase AI solutions for real banking challenges.

UOB: "Trusted by Design" What does it Really Take to Scale AI?

Join an expert panel discussion on scaling AI responsibly, followed by the official launch of the UOB ASEAN Insights Special Report on Innovation: Trusted by Design.

UOB: Innovation Academy, Innovation Challenge

Discover how UOB Academy is building future-ready talent through AI capability development and learning pathways, and explore solutions from the UOB Innovation Challenge, where participants apply AI and emerging technologies to solve real-world business and banking challenges.

UOB: Tokenised Finance (is this content final? If it is then it is okay)

Explore UOB's work in tokenised finance, featuring tokenised deposits, stablecoins, tokenised MAS Bills, agentic payments, programmable compliance and SWIFT Ledger, and discover how these innovations are reshaping financial services.

UOB x Ngee Ann Polytechnic: SME Elevate - AI isn't just for Big Firms

Discover how the AI Ready Programme helps SMEs move from AI exploration to implementation through practical learning, ecosystem partnerships and adoption support.

UOI: Reimagining the Future of Insurance Claims with AI

Experience how AI can transform the insurance claims journey through intelligent claims processing, automated assessments and enhanced customer experiences, making claims faster, simpler and more seamless.

What do a scam, a laundering operation, and a sanctions breach have in common? They run on the same money, exploit the same accounts, and profit from the exact same blind spot: detection systems built to catch them in isolation.

CATALYST is a series of events where the industry connects to close it.

Join 100+ senior compliance leaders in Singapore on November 18, 2026, for a head start on 2027.

The morning covers the shifting financial crime landscape and the AI infrastructure underneath it, what both mean in practice for your team, and how connected AI and next-generation data are already being applied by firms ahead of the curve, alongside candid conversations with leaders facing the same regulatory and fraud pressures.

Check out our agenda here: https://get.complyadvantage.com/catalyst-2026/singapore

Innovation at UOB goes beyond technology. It depends on people’s ability to identify opportunities, challenge assumptions and turn ideas into practical solutions. The Innovation Academy equips employees with skills, tools and an innovation mindset, while the Innovation Challenge puts learning into practice through experimentation and collaboration across functions.
Together, these initiatives embed innovation in everyday work. Explore how UOB empowers its people to innovate with purpose, turning ideas into solutions that deliver meaningful value for customers, colleagues and the bank.

Learn how proactive, long-horizon agents that work over weeks or months, and across channels and systems, can drive your growth.

Discover how Kobona integrates geospatial, ecological, and satellite data to help financial institutions identify nature-related risks across corporate sites and supply chains. This demonstration explores applications in lending due diligence, investment risk assessment, and ongoing monitoring, with reference to the TNFD LEAP approach. Meet the CoCoTree team to discuss practical use cases, data requirements, and potential pilot projects.

Elevate your Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) experience and celebrate a major milestone with MariaDB. We are thrilled to debut our brand-new look and corporate identity right here at SFF! Join us for an exclusive hospitality activation featuring handcrafted specialty espresso, lattes, and artisan brews served right on the exhibition floor. It is the perfect spot to fuel your day, check out our fresh new vision, and network with industry peers.

When: 18 Nov & 19 Nov | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Where: MariaDB Booth 4H07, Hall 4

At the event, we will be showcasing our patented GenAl Twin®- A Strategic Enterprise Application that Drives Economic Value

We will also be hosting live demonstrations of GenAl Twin®'s cognitive capabilities and application:
Date: 18-20 November 2026
Daily: 10:00 AM & 2:00 PM - For enterprises across all sectors
Daily: 12:00 PM & 4:00 PM - For financial services enterprises

We would be delighted to welcome you to our booth and explore how GenAl Twin® can support your organization's Al journey.

Fireside Chat with Karine Delvallee and Zineddine Alla on Turning Digital Asset Innovation Into Client Value.

Fireside chat: From Framework to Flow: How Tokenised Collateral Is Rewiring Cross-Border Capital Markets - Speakers: Thilo Derenbach, Head of Sales & Business Development Digital Securities Services at Clearstream, Philippe Noeltner, Counsel, Global Financial Markets at A&O Shearman and Agnes Tsang, Partner at A&O Shearman

HSBC's 2026 investor survey found that 69% of affluent and high-net-worth investors in Singapore use AI for investment research and analysis. For research teams, the challenge is delivering differentiated investment views—not just faster news summaries.

This session follows the research process from an emerging market trend to an individual stock assessment. Using AlchemyJ’s research framework, Agentic AI examines company news, earnings and valuations to develop an investment view that highlights key catalysts and risks.

Fireside chat "Tokenising the real economy: SME credit, funds and hard assets" - Speakers: Daniel Lee, CEO at Cactus Custody and Brice Vandevoorde, CEO - Co-founder at Realiz.io.

AI and data investments are growing, but how can organisations demonstrate the value they create? This session explores Project Credence, UOB’s structured approach to measuring the economic impact of AI and data use cases.
Drawing on practical examples from Deloitte and UOB, discover how a transparent and defensible approach to value measurement can move the conversation beyond assumptions, build confidence in outcomes and strengthen governance. Explore how clearer evidence of business impact can help organisations prioritise investments, optimise resources and make more informed decisions about where AI and data can deliver the greatest value.

Meet Revve AI at SFF 2026 for a short, hands-on demo of AI voice and chat for customer service, sales, and collections. Built for leaders in banking, financial services, and insurance. Bring a customer workflow or challenge, explore how AI and human teams can work together. Runs daily, 18–20 Nov, at Booth 4A40, Hall 4.

See how Sierra’s platform automatically identifies ways to improve your agent, prioritizes the highest-impact opportunities, and puts Ghostwriter to work getting them live fast.

A talk about BNP Paribas' and Kantox's collaboration journey.

Fireside chat: Europe vs. Singapore: Two markets, two playbooks? - Speakers: Biba Homsy, Founder & Partner at Homsy Legal and Arnaud Wenger, COO and General Counsel at Sakura Linkage International

AI and data investments are growing, but how can organisations demonstrate the value they create? This session explores Project Credence, UOB’s structured approach to measuring the economic impact of AI and data use cases.
Drawing on practical examples from Deloitte and UOB, discover how a transparent and defensible approach to value measurement can move the conversation beyond assumptions, build confidence in outcomes and strengthen governance. Explore how clearer evidence of business impact can help organisations prioritise investments, optimise resources and make more informed decisions about where AI and data can deliver the greatest value.

Discover how evolving digital communication trends in Singapore and Malaysia are reshaping the way businesses connect, engage, and build trust with their customers.

Join WhatsApp Business- Albert Tiong, Program Manager and Telesign as we explore the growing opportunities for conversational messaging, particularly across banking, financial services, and fintech. Learn how businesses can leverage the WhatsApp Business Platform, powered by Telesign's Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) capabilities, to deliver personalized customer experiences, automate communications, enable secure authentication, and drive meaningful customer engagement at scale.

From customer onboarding and transaction notifications to marketing, support, and omnichannel communications, this session will highlight practical use cases and strategies to help businesses turn everyday conversations into stronger customer relationships and measurable business outcomes.

A short fireside chat at the Hydra X booth on what is moving tokenisation from pilots towards production, and the role established market infrastructure plays. With Glenn Woo (Digital Asset), Alex Sulaimani (Euroclear) and Derek Neo (SGX), moderated by Daryl Low, CEO, Hydra X.

・Combining governed data, agentic AI, and intelligent managed services for financial institutions
・Enabling faster decisions, greater operational efficiency, and stronger mission-critical operations
・From modern data foundations and Customer 360 to AI-powered automation — trusted insights and always-on banking at enterprise scale

As digital payment ecosystems continue to evolve, interoperability is critical to delivering seamless experiences for consumers and merchants. This session explores the vision for the SGQR+ National Switch, a scalable interoperability platform designed to connect payment and acceptance networks through a common routing and resolution framework.

By transforming SGQR into a National QR Routing Directory and enabling intelligent routing across participating networks, the model aims to simplify connectivity, reduce fragmentation, and improve ecosystem efficiency. Attendees will gain insights into the design principles, governance considerations, cross-border opportunities, and the strategic benefits this approach can unlock for financial institutions, merchants, consumers, and the broader digital economy.

Still relying on manual processes to make lending decisions? Discover how HyperVerge's Underwriting AI helps automate document processing, financial analysis, and credit assessment to accelerate decisions and scale lending operations.

While financial services organizations can rapidly build with AI, applications consistently stall before delivering value—trapped by security reviews, compliance hurdles, and unvetted code. UnqorkAI closes this gap by safely shipping applications directly into production and seamlessly governing and managing them across their entire lifecycle.

A short fireside chat at the Hydra X booth on what 24/7 settlement across currencies looks like in practice. With Glenn Woo (Digital Asset) and Bud Novin (LSEG).

Fireside chat "Parallel rails or convergence? Securities services in the DLT era" - Speakers: John Ho, Head, Legal, Financial Markets at Standard Chartered, Andrey Martovoy, Senior Adviser - Innovation & Digital at The Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL) and Ying-Ying Tan, Global Head of Product Management and COO, Financing & Securities Services at Standard Chartered

Building trust in the digital economy requires new approaches to security and resilience. Explore how Deepfaic and PQStation, startups supported by NTU Innovation & Entrepreneurship, are combating deepfake fraud and digital impersonation and helping organisations prepare for the quantum computing era. Discover how emerging research is being translated into practical solutions that help businesses, financial institutions and governments navigate evolving threats and strengthen confidence in an AI-powered world.

As digital commerce evolves, issuers face a challenge: move beyond fragmented tokenization implementations to a foundation that can scale with their ambitions. Join Visa and Thales to explore how breaking down silos across tokenization, identity and authentication can support simpler, trusted payment experiences—from Click to Pay and Payment Passkeys to agentic commerce.

• What will make Click to Pay as natural online as contactless is in-store?
• How can issuers strengthen authentication without complicating checkout—and where do Payment Passkeys fit alongside 3DS?
• Are issuers’ infrastructure and operating models ready for their token-centric ambitions—and what needs to change
• When AI agents buy and pay on consumers’ behalf, what does it take to trust each transaction?

Fireside chat "The future of cross-border payments: Connecting traditional and digital rails" - Speakers: Rahul Advani, Global Co-Head of Policy at Ripple and Ananda Kautz, Member of the Management Board at The Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL)

Fireside chat "Bridging Luxembourg and Singapore: Building cross-border payment rails for fintechs" - Speakers: Azmul Haque, Managing Director at Collyer Law and Zoé Wagner, Attorney at Schiltz & Schiltz

Interestng launches its digital lending platform at Singapore FinTech Festival 2026. Built for banks, NBFCs and lending fintechs, it brings borrower onboarding, KYC, credit bureau checks, decisioning, sanction and disbursal tracking into one lender dashboard. Visit us across all three days for live demos showing a loan going from application to disbursal, conversations about integrations, and one-to-one sessions on running a pilot with your team. Open to lenders, credit risk teams, investors and fintech partners. No registration required, so just walk in.

Fireside chat on "Transition Finance: Can Technology Move Capital Where Taxonomies Cannot?" - Speakers: Lorenzo Avico, Deputy CEO at LSFI and Colin Chen, Head of Sustainable Finance at MUFG Bank

Hosted by Payful, this fireside chat will explore emerging trends in global payments and commerce in the age of AI. Bringing together representatives from financial institutions, technology companies, research institutions, and industry media, the discussion will examine how AI is reshaping global payments, advancing next-generation payment infrastructure, balancing technological innovation with trust, and unlocking new growth opportunities in global commerce. The event will bring together industry perspectives and practical insights to explore the future of AI-powered global payments.

A strategic partnership signing ceremony between J.P. Morgan and Payful, followed by an exclusive 1-on-1 Fintech Leaders Dialogue on global payments collaboration and growth, and a networking reception bringing together industry leaders and partners to explore new opportunities.

SMBC will be hosting a Business Co-Creation Dōjō session at the Singapore Fintech Festival, designed to provide industry professionals, regional startups and investors with access to the latest trends and technologies, and facilitate business co-creation.

With “AI: Exploration, Implementation, and Beyond” as the key theme, participants will explore where companies, startups and investors can create enduring value as AI capabilities become increasingly commoditized, through perspectives from government, investors and AI-native companies.

Speakers include Masuo Kuremura (Regional Head, APAC METI / Executive Director, JETRO SG), Jui Tan (Managing Partner, Lanchi Ventures) , Christian Schneider (Co-Founder & CEO, fileAI) and Bharat Bhardwaj (Co-Founder & CEO, Xhipment) and more.

Interested participants are invited to contact SMBC (AsiaInnovationCentre@sg.smbc.co.jp) for further details on attending the session.

Discover the frontlines of Japanese financial innovation at the Japan Pavilion during Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) 2026!

​Where tradition meets disruption. Japan's Fintech Spotlight 2026 brings together the nation’s leading enterprise giants and high-growth startups for an exclusive, fast-paced pitch event.
Experience first-hand how established industry leaders are driving large-scale transformation, and how agile startups are redefining the future of finance with cutting-edge technology.

​We look forward to welcoming you at the Japan Pavilion!

Accelerate your digital transformation without the regulatory headaches. By joining our sandbox, you gain immediate access to enterprise-grade database architectures tailored to Singapore’s strict compliance standards from day one.

Why Partner with Us?
- Zero-Risk Testing: Validate your security, speed, and recovery protocols in a safe, isolated cloud environment before going live.
- Future-Proof Compliance: Stay ahead of regional regulations with a platform built to align early with Singapore's digital frameworks.
- Eliminate Costly Production Downtime: Enjoy the real zero downtime with our proxy server. Identify and patch vulnerabilities early to secure your financial or government-level deployments.
- Certified Excellence: Built on a foundation of trust with a database platform that has officially secured Tech Accreditation from IMDA.

Live demonstration at MariaDB Booth #4H07

Date: 18-20 Nov 2026
Time: 2PM and 4PM

Presentation of SCM Case Study - Innovative Supplier Financing Solution in Vietnam.

Discover the enhanced NETS App and how it is designed to deliver a seamless payment experience for both local users and overseas visitors. This session will showcase today's tourist payment use case, while offering a glimpse into the future-state experience and capabilities that will further simplify payments, enhance convenience, and support a more connected digital payment ecosystem.

Fireside chat "Digital money for cross border payments?" - Speakers: Cathrine Foldberg Møller, Partner at DLA Piper and Samson Leo, Chief Legal Officer at FAZZ Financial

Scaling AI from successful pilots to enterprise impact requires more than effective models. It calls for robust governance, streamlined deployment and the capabilities to operationalise AI at scale.
Explore how UOB’s Machine Learning Acceleration Platform (MAP) supports AI development, governance and deployment across the bank. Discover practical lessons in MLOps and how combining predictive and agentic AI can enable more efficient decision-making, automation and measurable business value.

As digital securities gain momentum, market infrastructures are increasingly required to support settlement across both distributed ledger platforms and conventional real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems.

This presentation examines how Delivery-versus-Payment (DvP) settlement across these heterogeneous infrastructures to support settlement contingent execution can be achieved and how closer integration between securities and cash infrastructures can improve liquidity utilisation, enhance settlement efficiency, and support the next generation of digital asset markets.

Streamcube debuts its Digital Risk Officer, a real-time intelligent anti-fraud AI agent for fraud and credit risk control, at SFF 2026.

Looking to expand your business into Europe? Start in Milano & Lombardy!
Join us for an exclusive session to discover how Milano and Lombardy can be your launchpad for European growth.
Explore market opportunities, regulatory insights, strategic partnerships, access to talent and tailored soft-landing support and hear firsthand from fintech leaders who have successfully navigated international expansion.
The session will be followed by a networking aperitivo with drinks and refreshments.

The product launch will introduce XCard, LianLian’s AI-powered business card designed for global businesses, integrating multi-currency payments, real-time spending controls, and centralized expense management with exclusive AI benefits and native support for autonomous payments by AI agents. The event will also showcase XWorker, highlighting how AI agents can integrate with payment capabilities to enable smarter, more efficient business workflows. Together, XCard and XWorker demonstrate LianLian’s vision for AI-native payments, empowering businesses to optimize operations and prepare for the next era of global commerce.

Join Jan Cenkr, CEO of EmbedIT, for a gathering of financial industry leaders to connect, exchange perspectives and explore the future of digital lending.

Discover how EmbedIT is helping financial institutions accelerate innovation and improve efficiency through intelligent automation, AI-powered capabilities and modular technology. The meetup will also introduce em/banking, EmbedIT's next-generation lending platform, built on more than 25 years of experience in financial services.

An opportunity for meaningful conversations, new connections and fresh perspectives in an informal setting.

The technology and design choices behind natural, reliable voice experiences in APAC.

AI Panel on From AI Assistants to AI Agents - Are Enterprises Ready for the Age of Autonomous AI?

As AI agents, machine-to-machine interactions and usage-based services become more prevalent, payment infrastructure must evolve to support autonomous transactions at high volume and low value.

This session showcases how PRISM (Programmable Real-time Interbank Settlement Mechanism) and Nova MASB (Multi-Asset Settlement Bridge) provide the foundations for scalable micropayments, programmable settlement and a trusted ecosystem for agentic commerce, while maintaining the controls, audit trails and accountability that safe automated payments require.

Agentic AI’s ability to deliver business value depends on more than advanced models. It requires connected data and trusted context to understand people, organisations and their relationships.
This session explores how Quantexa’s entity resolution and context layers support more accurate, explainable and trustworthy decisions. Through practical banking examples, discover how a stronger data foundation can turn AI ambitions into scalable value across growth, productivity, risk management and customer experience.

Clients are becoming more open to AI-powered investment insights. According to Citi Wealth (2026), 58% of high-net-worth clients surveyed in Singapore are comfortable exploring AI for personalised insights. How can advisors deliver more personalised investment assessments efficiently?

Discover how AlchemyJ’s Agentic AI combines client mandates, investment research and quantitative analysis to evaluate the same investment idea for two different clients—showing why their investment assessments may differ.

・As financial institutions face labor shortages and a shrinking pool of skilled professionals, there is growing demand to embed AI into both operations and system development.
・This seminar presents Hitachi’s approach to AI adoption with financial institutions — applying AI agents to lending and inheritance, and regenerating design documents from legacy mainframes using generative AI.

Not to miss announcement

Visit the Japan Pavilion to meet representatives from the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) attending SFF 2026.

The session will begin with opening remarks from the FSA, followed by an opportunity to directly connect with its representatives through one-on-one consultations and networking.
Members from the FSA, board members of the Fintech Association of Japan, and representatives from Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Sapporo (international financial cities) will be available to answer your questions about entering the Japanese market and share resources to support fintech companies looking to expand into Japan.

We look forward to welcoming you at the Japan Pavilion!

NEXUS NETWORKING BINGO
Meet. Connect. Collaborate.

Nexus Networking Bingo, presented by F2 Fintech, is an interactive networking game bringing together exhibitors, visitors and industry professionals at SFF.

Purpose
- Encourage meaningful business connections.
- Discover potential clients, investors and partners.
- Explore new collaborations and opportunities.
- Connect professionals across industries and countries.

How to Play
Register online, find people matching the Bingo challenges and scan their visiting cards. All entries will be verified by F2 Fintech.

The participant with the highest number of valid entries wins an exclusive F2 Fintech Gift Hamper. Winners will be announced on 20 November.
Don't just exchange visiting cards. Build connections that create opportunities!

Accelerate your digital transformation without the regulatory headaches. By joining our sandbox, you gain immediate access to enterprise-grade database architectures tailored to Singapore’s strict compliance standards from day one.

Why Partner with Us?
- Zero-Risk Testing: Validate your security, speed, and recovery protocols in a safe, isolated cloud environment before going live.
- Future-Proof Compliance: Stay ahead of regional regulations with a platform built to align early with Singapore's digital frameworks.
- Eliminate Costly Production Downtime: Enjoy the real zero downtime with our proxy server. Identify and patch vulnerabilities early to secure your financial or government-level deployments.
- Certified Excellence: Built on a foundation of trust with a database platform that has officially secured Tech Accreditation from IMDA.

Live demonstration at MariaDB Booth #4H07

Date: 18-20 Nov 2026
Time: 2PM and 4PM

As financial market infrastructures become more complex and interconnected, central banks and payment system operators face increasing pressure to balance innovation with long-term control and resilience..

This presentation introduces the concept of Sovereignty by Design, a framework for building next-generation financial market infrastructures that combine the flexibility of modern technology with the control traditionally associated with in-house development. The discussion explores practical design principles spanning infrastructure portability, governance flexibility, intellectual property safeguards, technology independence, and capability development.

While financial services organizations can rapidly build with AI, applications consistently stall before delivering value—trapped by security reviews, compliance hurdles, and unvetted code. UnqorkAI closes this gap by safely shipping applications directly into production and seamlessly governing and managing them across their entire lifecycle.

How regulated businesses can deliver great AI-powered customer experiences while staying safe, secure, and compliant.

Held alongside the Singapore Fintech Festival at an iconic, central location in the city, this intimate evening brings together a small, curated group of startup founders building across finance and insurance. No panels and no pitches, just honest peer-to-peer conversation about the challenges, decisions and pressures that only other founders truly understand.

Hosted by Black Mangroves, with support from AWS and Stripe.

​Join founders, investors and operators building at the intersection of digital assets and global finance for a relaxed evening of conversation at Mandala Club.

Good Drinks. Great Vibes. Even Better Company.

​You’ve walked the expo floor and survived back-to-back meetings. Time to take it up 70 floors.

​Join us at SKAI Bar for After Dark with PhotonPay, an intimate evening of craft cocktails, live acoustic music, and sweeping views of the Singapore skyline.

​We’re bringing together people from across banking, payments, fintech, media, and the wider business community. Expect familiar faces, a few new ones, and conversations that go well beyond the usual conference small talk.

​No decks. No speeches. Just good drinks, great vibes, and even better company.

​Come for the view. Stay for another round.

​See you at the top.

​Good to Know

​RSVP Required Spots are limited. Please register in advance and look out for your confirmation email.
​Your Entry Pass Confirmed guests will receive an email with their event details and digital ticket. Please have your ticket ready at check-in.
​Bringing a Guest? Additional guests are subject to prior approval.
​Getting There SKAI Bar is located on Level 70 of Swissôtel The Stamford, in the heart of Singapore

SFF 2026: The Future of AI Agents Doesn't Sleep.

Join us live at midnight for a first look at the MariaDB Enterprise Platform 2027. Discover why a single, open foundation is the new standard for running production-grade AI agents.

What we are unpacking while you stay up:
• Bring agents directly to your enterprise data—no separate AI stacks.
• Speed up live agents with AI Retrieval, Agent Memory, and Semantic Cache.
• Run transactional, analytical, and AI workloads on one live source of truth.
• Scale effortlessly using Raft clustering and active-active multi-region setups.
• Secure everything with a single trust boundary across on-prem and cloud.

Can't make the midnight webinar? We have you covered. Register now to catch the on-demand replay tailored for the Asia-Pacific region!

​Join the TRM Labs team for an early morning of fuel and fitness before heading out to the Singapore Fintech Festival 🇸🇬 - suitable for all fitness levels!

​The run 👟: A 4K run (or walk!) at a conversational pace, starting at 7am and led by TRM’s Ari Redbord around Singapore’s scenic Marina Bay. Here’s a bonus — limited edition TRM Run Club caps anyone?

​The fuel ☕ : Enjoy an authentic Singaporean breakfast experience and yes, coffee is always part of the deal

​Participants are welcome to join just the run or breakfast, or both. Breakfast will be starting at 7:45am at Lau Pa Sat.

​Put your running shoes on, work up an appetite, and prepare to be energised!

Join us for happy hour at the AWS booth!
Wrap your day at Singapore Fintech with the AWS team! Stop by the AWS booth each day for a happy hour, where you can unwind and connect over drinks. We look forward to raising a glass with you.

See how Sierra’s platform automatically identifies ways to improve your agent, prioritizes the highest-impact opportunities, and puts Ghostwriter to work getting them live fast.

Fireside chat: Connecting financial ecosystems: Luxembourg and Singapore on the future of payments and digital finance - Speakers: Chek-Tchung Foo, Project Director - Singapore Payments Network at The Association of Banks in Singapore and Ananda Kautz, Member of the Management Board at The Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL)

AI is changing the way we work but are organisations and their people ready?
Join Skills & Workforce Development Agency (SWDA) for a practical conversation on building an AI-ready workforce. Together with leaders from UOB, Singtel, Secured Vision, the panel will discuss how AI is reshaping everyday tasks, the skills employees will need, and the role organisations play in enabling meaningful adoption.
From closing capability gaps to learning through real work, the session will provide practical perspectives on empowering employees to use AI responsibly, enhance decision-making, and translate new capabilities into tangible business outcomes.

Join UOB and MENDAKI as they share how Langkah Digital, an M³+ initiative led by MENDAKI, is creating pathways for youths and communities to build practical digital and AI capabilities.
The session will feature participant stories, live demonstrations of selected projects, including banking and finance-related prototypes, and insights into how industry partnerships are helping translate learning into innovation and opportunity.

Go beyond the booth and join us for a series of exclusive business and product sessions featuring leaders from across Mastercard and our ecosystem. Discover new innovations, hear fresh perspectives on the trends shaping payments and commerce, and explore what's next through real-world insights. Every attendee will receive an exclusive gift and a chance to win a McLaren cap!

​Markets can reprice quickly as new information emerges. In this live demo, see how AlchemyJ combines quantitative analysis with Agentic AI to translate market scenarios into portfolio insights—assessing portfolio impact, uncovering key risk drivers, and identifying emerging investment opportunities.

​See how AI agents apply financial knowledge and portfolio context to turn complex market signals into clear, actionable analysis that supports more informed portfolio decisions.

Connect with ACAMS at Booth 6H24 to discover certifications and training designed to strengthen skills across AML, fraud and digital assets. Meet our team to discuss your professional development or organization’s training needs and learn more about IBF-STS funding for selected ACAMS certifications. Eligible Singapore professionals may receive up to 70% course fee subsidy support.

Every payment comes down to two goals: higher payment success rates and lower fraud losses. As payment methods evolve, fraud tactics evolve with them, and merchants are caught between approving more transactions and stopping more fraud. This panel brings together Mastercard, TrustDecision and Yuno, representing the card network, the risk platform and the payment orchestrator. In three rounds, speakers will first look at how payment methods and fraud tactics are changing, and how merchants can lift payment success rates. They will then cover the solutions: Mastercard's Identity Insights for Transactions and Ethoca Alerts, both integrated by TrustDecision, and TrustDecision's end-to-end risk monitoring from registration and login to marketing and payment. Finally, they will share real orchestration success stories and risk monitoring results.

AI transformation does not always begin with large investments. Small experiments, focused learning and early wins can build momentum for lasting change.
This session explores the “AI Dividend”, showing how practical first steps can compound into greater productivity and stronger business outcomes. Through Singapore SME examples, audience interaction and live demonstrations, discover how businesses and workers can move from uncertainty to action, creating shared benefits for employees, customers and the wider community.

​Focusing on the Italian financial services market, this roundtable brings together industry leaders and technology experts to explore what it takes to move from promising pilots to AI embedded in everyday operations. Drawing on experiences from banks, fintechs and technology providers active in Italy, the discussion will examine practical applications of Generative and Agentic AI, how to identify high-impact use cases, establish effective governance frameworks and measure business outcomes beyond technical performance.

​The session will also provide insights into the opportunities, challenges and regulatory considerations shaping AI adoption across the Italian financial ecosystem.

​Moderator: Camilla Cionini Visani, General Manager ItaliaFintech

​Speakers:
​Marco Castaldo, CEO, IdentifAI Labs
​Armand Magharian, CRO, CoreFi
​Nicola Niro, Founder & CEO, Biquo
​Fausto Pupo, Head of Alignment, Compliance and Security, Altilia

Learn how proactive, long-horizon agents that work over weeks or months, and across channels and systems, can drive your growth.

Presentation & Panel Discussion on Data & Analytics.
Presentation - Data Prism360 – A Next Gen Data & Analytics Platform from BNP Paribas Securities Services
Panel Discussion - How Data and AI are Helping Evolve the Next Gen Operating Models for Financial Services

・Combining governed data, agentic AI, and intelligent managed services for financial institutions
・Enabling faster decisions, greater operational efficiency, and stronger mission-critical operations
・From modern data foundations and Customer 360 to AI-powered automation — trusted insights and always-on banking at enterprise scale

Building on the market trends and insights explored in Day 1, this session takes a practical look at how financial institutions can transform their customer journeys using WhatsApp.

Join WhatsApp Business representative, Albert Tiong, Program Manager and Telesign as we explore real-world applications of the WhatsApp Business Platform, powered by Telesign's CPaaS capabilities. From replacing traditional SMS OTP experiences with WhatsApp authentication to streamlining onboarding, delivering transaction alerts, automating customer support, and enabling personalized engagement, discover how businesses can build more secure, seamless, and connected customer experiences throughout the fintech lifecycle.

A short fireside chat at the Hydra X booth on how a traditional broker approaches digital asset markets. With Stephanie Kim (TP ICAP).

While financial services organizations can rapidly build with AI, applications consistently stall before delivering value—trapped by security reviews, compliance hurdles, and unvetted code. UnqorkAI closes this gap by safely shipping applications directly into production and seamlessly governing and managing them across their entire lifecycle.

Fireside chat "The AI–climate paradox: Can we finance the AI boom sustainably?" - Speakers: Lorenzo Avico, Deputy CEO at the Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative and Martjin Hoogerwerf, Head of Sustainable Solutions Group APAC at ING

As AI and digitalisation reshape industries, preparing people for work requires stronger connections between education, employment and skills development.
This fireside chat brings together perspectives from e2i and UOB to explore how partnerships across employers, workforce agencies and educational institutions can strengthen talent pipelines. Through practical examples, discover how collaborative workforce ecosystems can connect emerging talent with industry opportunities, support workforce transformation and build the capabilities businesses and workers need to adapt and thrive.

Deepfakes are evolving, and facial verification alone isn't enough. Discover how HyperVerge and Shield combine advanced biometric fraud detection with device intelligence to uncover sophisticated threats, detect suspicious activity, and secure digital onboarding.

A short fireside chat at the Hydra X booth for banks working out where stablecoins fit in their payments business. With Kennie Ong (Ubyx).

Fireside chat "Comparatives on regulating frontier technologies" - Speakers: Maha Al-Saadi, Council Member - Policy & Regulation Working Group at Mena Fintech Association, Natasha Deloge, Head of Innovation at the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) and Biba Homsy, Founder & Partner at Homsy Legal

Digital-first doesn’t mean physical cards are disappearing. For Reap, they remain a critical bridge between digital financial services and everyday spending. In this fireside chat, discover how the fintech approached its expansion into Latin America, where launching physical card programmes meant navigating new production, personalization and delivery requirements. Reap shares how, with Thales D1, it built a repeatable issuance model designed to reduce the complexity of entering new markets, accelerate programme launches and provide greater visibility across the card journey. A practical discussion on what it really takes to scale physical card issuance at the speed of digital.

AI is reshaping business, but technology alone will not make SMEs future-ready. The real advantage lies in building the capabilities to adapt, transform and act.

Hear SME leaders share first-hand lessons from their transformation journeys, from tackling real business challenges to translating new capabilities into action. Discover what it takes to navigate change, unlock opportunities and thrive in the AI economy.

Presented in partnership with UOB FinLab, as part of the UOB SME Elevate Programme.

Join us for insights, connections, and celebrations!
Cocktails & bites at our booth.

Fireside chat on "Crypto as a mainstream asset" - speakers: Thomas Campione, Director - Digital assets accelerator lead at Deloitte and Reuben Conceicao, EU Director at KairosX

Happy Hour by LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Fireside chat "Bridging Europe and APAC: Transforming fund distribution through digital assets and emerging technologies" - Speakers: Cristina Gomez Asencio, Head of Product APAC at FundsDLT and Adrian Song , Digital Asset Senior Analyst at Schroders

How can stablecoins connect the payment networks businesses use today, and what can builders create with onchain infrastructure?

Join Circle during Singapore FinTech Festival for an afternoon of conversations and practical insights with leaders from Circle, Thunes and M-DAQ. Explore how traditional and blockchain payment rails can work together, what institutions need to adopt new infrastructure, and how AI can help turn ideas into onchain applications.

Who should attend
Bank, fintech and payment provider leaders, existing and prospective CPN partners, and product, finance and technology professionals exploring onchain applications.

See how NTU-supported startups are turning bold ideas into practical business impact. Dr Yi Chenyu, Founder of EVOV AI, will showcase how AI digital workers can automate routine tasks, boost productivity and make AI more accessible to organisations of all sizes. Ropedia will share how its data infrastructure captures and structures real-world human experiences to advance spatial and embodied AI, enabling intelligent systems to better understand and interact with the physical world.

Discover the best of Italian FinTech at the ITALIA Pavilion, where finance meets AI, technology and cross-border collaboration. Meet our exhibiting startups and innovative SMEs, and see them in action at a dedicated pitching session.

1) CoreFi – Cloud core banking platform with governed agentic AI, covering core banking, digital onboarding, digital lending and white-label experiences for banks, lenders and fintechs

2) Opentech – PCI DSS Level 1 certified provider of digital payment solutions for banks and card issuers, including 3DS authentication, card tokenisation, cross-border P2P transfers and mobile wallets

3) Altilia AI – Sovereign European platform for agentic AI that automates document-heavy processes in banking, insurance and other regulated industries; a spin-off of Italy’s National Research Council (CNR).

4) MyMoney – Device-free biometric payment system that lets users pay at points of sale with a fingerprint, with no cards, phone or cash needed.

5) identifAI Labs – Enterprise deepfake detection platform that identifies AI-generated images, video and synthetic voice in real time, used to fight KYC, payment and insurance fraud.

6) CheckSig – Italy’s first MiCAR-licensed crypto-asset service provider, offering trading, institutional-grade custody, staking and tax compliance for Bitcoin and crypto investors.

7) Penelope by BxT.ai - AI-powered investment intelligence platform offering directional signals, multi-asset analysis and portfolio allocation tools for retail investors, financial advisors and institutional desks.

Discover, connect, and network at the Japan Pavilion during Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) 2026!

​Join us for a series of pitches by our co-exhibiting organizations and discover the latest ideas and solutions from Japan’s fintech ecosystem.
Following the pitches, stay for our networking reception to meet fellow fintech professionals, exchange ideas, and make new connections over drinks and light bites.

​We look forward to welcoming you at the Japan Pavilion!

• A panel discussion with Takamitsu Ito, Japan Country Manager at Chainalysis, Inc., a leading blockchain intelligence and analytics company.
• Bringing together Chainalysis’ global expertise and Hitachi’s experience in collaborative AML initiatives in Japan.
• Explores the potential to extend collaborative approaches to financial crime prevention across APAC, and the key conditions required for successful cooperation

A networking event bringing Uzbekistan’s leading fintech companies, investors, financial institutions, technology companies, policymakers and international partners to explore the opportunities emerging from Uzbekistan’s rapidly developing fintech ecosystem.

Learn about the biggest Fintech Companies from Uzbekistan industry leaders such as: UZUM, PAYNET, PAYME, TBC Bank, OSON, APEX bank, ATMOS and more.

The event is organized by the Fintech Association of Uzbekistan , with the support of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan, GFTN, and the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Singapore.

As finance becomes more digital and interconnected, financial crime risks are evolving just as quickly. Discover how ACAMS certifications, including CAMS, CCAS and CAFCA, can help you build the practical knowledge to navigate money laundering, fraud, cryptoasset risk and emerging financial crime threats with confidence.

Build the skills to keep pace with innovation and stay ahead of financial crime.

Fireside chat "Payments - a strategic differentiator for corporates" - Speakers: Nadia Manzari, Founder - Lawyer at Manzari Legal and Xavier Zhang, Chief Compliance Officer at SF Express

Showcasing UOB’s Blockchain & Digital asset work to shape vision for the future of finance through tokenization, highlighting how blockchain and tokenization digital technologies can transform the movement of value, digitization of digitize assets, embed trust, enable intelligence, and connect ecosystems connectivity.
It features key initiatives such as stablecoins, tokenized deposits, tokenised MAS Bills, programmable compliance, agentic finance payments, and SWIFT Ledger, illustrating how trusted digital infrastructure can enable a more open, interoperable, and efficient financial ecosystem.

How regulated businesses can deliver great AI-powered customer experiences while staying safe, secure, and compliant.

Key Participant: Maybank\KBank\XTransfer

Demo on Data Prism360 – A Next Gen Investments Data & Analytics Platform from BNP Paribas Securities Services.

Fireside chat: Tokenisation: building the funds of the future - Speakers: Georges Bock, Founder & CEO at Investre and Inmoo Jonathan Hwang, Co-founder, Group Managing Director and CFO at ADDX

How can lenders approve more customers without increasing risk? Join Credolab for a 20-minute roundtable on leveraging behavioural intelligence to drive responsible credit inclusion. What You’ll Learn:

- Optimizing approval rates: How alternative, device-footprint and behavioral data unlocks credit access for thin-file and unbanked applicants without increasing risk.
- Lowering cost of risk: Practical frameworks to improve early-stage default detection and curb fraud losses using predictive behavioural scoring models.
- Real-world best practices: Case studies from global lenders who achieved measurable ROI with behavioural scores.

Even as investors increasingly use AI, human advice remains essential. HSBC's 2026 survey found that 79% of affluent and high-net-worth investors in Singapore turn to professional advisors for reassurance. Yet Capgemini's global research found that wealth advisors spend 41% of their time on operational tasks, leaving less time for client conversations.

A portfolio rebalancing case shows how AlchemyJ’s Agentic AI uses quantitative results and client goals to explain investment decisions in plain English. Relationship managers can prepare clearer client commentary and spend more time engaging with clients.

・As financial institutions face labor shortages and a shrinking pool of skilled professionals, there is growing demand to embed AI into both operations and system development.
・This seminar presents Hitachi’s approach to AI adoption with financial institutions — applying AI agents to lending and inheritance, and regenerating design documents from legacy mainframes using generative AI.

Launch of the Catapult Programme

AI's next challenge is scale. As organisations move beyond experimentation, how can they embed AI into everyday operations while maintaining trust, governance and business value? This session brings together leaders from industry, academia and enterprise to discuss what it really takes to scale AI responsibly.
The conversation will explore perspectives spanning research and real-world application, workforce transformation and implementation in practice, before culminating in the official launch of the UOB ASEAN Insights Special Report on Innovation: Trusted by Design.

Connect, unwind and raise a glass with fellow merchants at Merchant Connect, hosted by T&P Payments Advisory. Join us at the Merchant Experience Zone (Stage Area) to swap stories, share ideas and build new connections over drinks after a busy day at SFF.

*Priority access for merchants with an M tag*.

Join us at Merchant Connect, a happy hour sponsored by T&P Payments Advisory.
Meet fellow merchants. Swap stories. Unwind over drinks.

The technology and design choices behind natural, reliable voice experiences in APAC.

AI is reshaping financial services, but fragmented evidence makes it difficult to compare applications and learn from implementation.

Developed by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in collaboration with CFTE and NayaOne, AI Spotlight Observatory offers a practical taxonomy and documented examples of real-world implementations of AI use cases to build shared understanding.

Join its Singapore launch during Singapore FinTech Festival 2026 for a live demonstration, regulatory and industry discussion, audience Q&A and networking. Explore the Observatory, exchange insights and discover opportunities to contribute.

For regulators, central banks, financial institutions and selected technology, industry and research leaders.

19 November 2026 | 17:00–20:00 SGT
Wise office, Paya Lebar Quarter, Singapore

Supported by Wise, Innovate Finance, FCDO and GFIN.

Attendance is by invitation only. Registration is subject to host approval.

Beyond the Agent
Where AI, Trust & Payments Connect
As AI agents begin to take part in real transactions, an important question emerges: how can identity, trust and payment controls work together?
During Singapore FinTech Festival 2026, KUN and ADVANCE.AI invite you to Beyond the Agent—an evening cocktail reception bringing together people across AI, digital trust, fintech and payments.
Join us for drinks, light bites and conversations that go beyond the conference floor. Meet industry peers, exchange ideas and make new connections.
Also joining: AdvanceX · YeeZ
Registration is open. Limited spots available. Attendance is subject to confirmation.
See you in Singapore!

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Beyond the Agent
共话 AI、信任与支付
当 AI Agent 开始参与真实交易，如何建立信任、明确授权，让支付安全执行？
SFF 2026 期间，鲲 KUN 与 ADVANCE.AI 将携手举办「Beyond the Agent」行业交流酒会，邀请 AI、数字信任、金融科技及支付领域的同行，在展会之外轻松相聚。
现场备有酒饮与精致小食。期待与你交流行业实践、结识新伙伴，在轻松的氛围中探索合作机会。
参与品牌： AdvanceX · YeeZ
开放报名，名额有限，席位以确认通知为准。
期待与你相见！

Join Atul Singh, Global Head of Distribution Sales at G+D, and Ashwini Pandey, CEO of Copecto, for an exclusive showcase of premium wood payment cards over coffee. Discover the craftsmanship and possibilities of premium wood cards, exchange ideas, and connect with industry experts to discuss the future of premium card experiences.

An evening during Singapore FinTech Festival Week around Regulated Layer One (RL1), the open, neutral, non-profit network for regulated on-chain markets. An open exchange among the people building regulated on-chain markets: digital bonds, tokenised funds, on-chain collateral, and the rails connecting Europe and Asia. Conversations over drinks and canapés, with the people who have already issued these instruments, not observers. RL1 members present include ABN AMRO, ClearBank, Chartered Investment, Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, DekaBank, DZ BANK, LBBW, Natixis CIB, NatWest, SC Ventures and Seturion. Request an invitation via the event link, each request is reviewed personally.

As artificial intelligence reshapes the financial landscape, trust is becoming one of the most critical foundations for innovation, security, and sustainable growth. From digital banking and payments to emerging fintech platforms, organizations face a growing challenge: accelerating digital experiences while protecting customers against increasingly sophisticated fraud.

With deepfakes, synthetic identities, and AI-powered scams redefining the threat landscape, traditional approaches to identity verification and fraud prevention are being challenged.

Hosted alongside Singapore FinTech Festival, this executive roundtable will bring together fintech innovators, financial institutions, and industry leaders to explore how identity intelligence, emerging technologies, and smarter fraud prevention strategies can help build a more secure and frictionless digital financial ecosystem.

The discussion will examine how organizations can balance innovation with security, strengthen customer trust across the digital journey, and navigate the evolving expectations for responsible AI adoption and financial resilience in Singapore and beyond.

Key discussion pillars:
- The AI-Powered Fraud Landscape
- Identity intelligence as the Foundation of Digital Trust
- Security Without Friction
- Innovation, Regulation & Financial Resilience
- The Future of Trusted Digital Finance

You see founders building lean teams with AI, where one person gets the work of five done. You've tried it too, but AI still gets things wrong, your team works as before, and you're doing too much yourself. Are you using AI wrong, or is it time to hire? Join two Iterative-backed founders who run lean, AI-powered teams to discover what they delegate to AI and what they still handle themselves.
Raymond Yeh, founder of Synscribe, helps B2B companies get discovered on Google and ChatGPT. He signed 7 customers in under 3 months with a team small enough to fit around one pizza.
Jingjing Zhong, co-founder of Superbench, built AI that manages WhatsApp sales through to booking. Before it worked, she was the AI herself, fixing client conversations at 3 AM.
If you're stuck between hiring and getting more out of AI, join us for an evening of practical insights and founder conversations.

Join us on 19th of November at 7p.m. for an evening of high-level networking at the iconic Lantern rooftop bar. The programme will open with a brief presentation on Moscow’s innovation potential, followed by rapid-fire pitches from the startups. After that, we invite you to stay for an open dialogue — over drinks, with no formal barriers — to discuss cross-border initiatives, potential pilots, and co-investment opportunities.

Meet the delegation:
SmartAn — Reinventing SME lending.
SemantIQ.AI — Intelligent document review.
SinoTrade — Trade finance without borders.
IntellInvest AI Terminal — The next-gen wealth management assistant.
SimpleEstate — A crowd-investment platform providing access to commercial real estate.

Who should attend: Venture funds, banks, insurers, fintech founders, and innovation hubs looking for actionable partnerships and cross-border growth.
Register to attend: https://luma.com/5zow3s19

We are open to dialogue and look forward to meeting you!

Join GFT and Thought Machine for an exclusive Afterwork gathering during the Singapore FinTech Festival, bringing together senior leaders and innovators from the region’s financial services community.

Join senior banking leaders for an intimate evening of conversation and peer exchange on the opening evening of Singapore FinTech Festival.

​Bringing together C-suite executives, technology leaders and transformation decision-makers from across ASEAN, the discussion will explore how banks can select the right core banking platform, navigate key trade-offs and de-risk migration. From defining selection criteria and building the business case to managing implementation complexity and ensuring business continuity, the evening offers an opportunity to share experiences and practical perspectives on one of banking’s most critical transformation decisions.

​Away from the pace of the conference floor, guests can connect with peers in a relaxed, private setting, exchange lessons learned and discuss approaches to modernizing core banking with greater confidence.

​Who should attend

​This event is designed for senior leaders from banks and financial institutions, including:
* C-suite executives shaping technology and business strategy
​* Technology leaders driving modernization at scale
​* Heads of Innovation & Digital Transformation leading institutional change
​* Regional leaders responsible for transformation across ASEAN markets

​Attendance is intentionally limited to encourage meaningful discussion and high-quality connections among peers.

​About the hosts:

​10x Banking is a cloud-native core banking platform for financial institutions and their partners. Proven across transformational deployments including Westpac, Chase, Old Mutual and The Co-operative Bank of New Zealand, 10x Banking offers banks the fastest, most cost-effective and derisked path to full cloud-native transformation.

​GFT Technologies is a global digital transformation partner for leading financial institutions, driving innovation through AI, cloud, and next-generation core banking solutions. In APAC, GFT collaborates closely with major banks to deliver scalable digital platforms that enhance efficiency, customer experience, and business growth.

​Let’s Go Beyond_

Join us for happy hour at the AWS booth!
Wrap your day at Singapore Fintech with the AWS team! Stop by the AWS booth for a happy hour, where you can unwind and connect over drinks. We look forward to raising a glass with you.

How regulated businesses can deliver great AI-powered customer experiences while staying safe, secure, and compliant.

Fireside chat "AML Compliance: When tech and legal come together" - Speakers: Iain Armstrong, Executive Director at FCC Strategy, ComplyAdvantage and Anida Mumzdic, Attorney at Schiltz & Schiltz

Fireside chat "From licence to scale: How regulation can enable trusted fintech innovation" - Speakers: Lawrence Buka, Chief Compliance Officer at PIPO Luxembourg (subsidiary of ByteDance) and Olivier Hoen, Chief Executive Officer at PIPO Luxembourg (subsidiary of ByteDance)

A hands-on session for developers building compliant on-chain finance. Regulators and institutions are coming on-chain, and they need apps that know who is transacting and enforce the rules on every transfer. Cleanverse gives builders that layer as simple APIs: Cleanverse Verified Identity (CVI) for wallet-bound KYC/KYB credentials, and Cleanverse Verified Assets (CVA) for tokens whose transfers are checked on-chain. Our engineers will walk through the protocol, showcase what hackathon builders have shipped with it, and live-build a compliant transfer on testnet. Bring a laptop. Attendees who complete the session can claim an on-chain attendance badge.

Agenda: Why compliance is a builder primitive · Cleanverse API walkthrough · Ecosystem keynote · Hackathon showcase · Live build · Attendance badge

Who should attend: smart contract and dApp developers, hackathon builders, students, and chain ecosystem teams.

HSBC's 2026 investor survey found that 69% of affluent and high-net-worth investors in Singapore use AI for investment research and analysis. For research teams, the challenge is delivering differentiated investment views—not just faster news summaries.

This session follows the research process from an emerging market trend to an individual stock assessment. Using AlchemyJ’s research framework, Agentic AI examines company news, earnings and valuations to develop an investment view that highlights key catalysts and risks.

・In digital asset transactions, risks spread across borders and institutions, making the full picture difficult to see from a single firm’s data alone
・Introduces multi-layered risk assessment, monitoring across pre-transaction, post-transaction and token flows, cross-institutional risk signals, and the future AML Joint Center concept
・Seeks audience input on challenges across APAC, what information can be shared, and which stakeholders to engage

Discover how Artificial Intelligence (AI) could transform the insurance claims experience, making it faster, simpler and more seamless for both customers and insurers. Customers get to experience how AI could simplify claims submission, guide users through the process and provide greater clarity on their claims journey.
Step into the shoes of a claims executive and explore how AI could assist in reviewing documents, analysing claim details and recommending next steps. By reducing manual processes and supporting more informed decision-making, AI has the potential to empower claims professionals to focus on what matters most.
Embrace the future of insurance with faster, smarter and more customer-centric outcomes.

Learn how proactive, long-horizon agents that work over weeks or months, and across channels and systems, can drive your growth.

In this session, Hear from Christina Lim, Melanie Tschugmall and Melanie Lennert opens up why scaling and market entry are decisions that sit with the CEO, not with sales.

Get insights from a real-life client story: where the expansion broke, what it cost, what the CEO changed, and where the business stood twelve months after that.

Built for CEOs, CROs, COOs and CFOs of companies that are scaling, entering new markets, or going through an acquisition.

Leave the room after this 60-mins session:

Where expansion breaks - Early signals leadership misses
Running GTM as a system, not a function - How strategy, market selection, sales and delivery connects
Clear read on your own GTM - Know which part of your GTM will be put to test in the next market you enter

A short fireside chat at the Hydra X booth for firms looking at Vietnam’s digital asset market. With Nicole Nguyen, Founder, APAC DAO.

Fireside Chat "Agentic AI and the role of humans" - Speakers: Shash Gupta, Founder of Altcoin Buzz and Luc Maquil, Managing Partner at MAQIT

Faster merchant onboarding shouldn't mean compromising on trust. Discover how intelligent KYB and digital verification help businesses streamline merchant onboarding, establish business authenticity, and reduce fraud risks while delivering a frictionless experience.

As quantum computing accelerates toward commercial viability, modern public-key cryptography faces an unprecedented structural deadline. Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre and global cybersecurity authorities have urged the industry to act now: once cryptographically relevant quantum computers emerge, legacy cryptographic algorithms securing billions in digital assets, wallet keys, and tokenized rails will be rendered vulnerable.

Join the Responsible FinTech Institute (RFI) at 80RR for an exclusive executive afternoon exploring the frontier of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum-resilient infrastructure for institutional finance.

Discover breakthroughs from RFI and Safeheron's Project Eagle—a pilot advancing quantum-safe multi-party computation (MPC) and custody architecture—alongside two expert panel discussions featuring leading cybersecurity specialists, institutional custodians, Web3 protocols, and policy leaders.

Discover how two NTU-supported startups are tackling some of the biggest challenges in enterprise AI adoption. Join the founders of Pints AI and Synvo AI as they showcase innovative solutions designed to help organisations move beyond AI experimentation and achieve real business impact.
Pints AI will share how regulated industries can deploy compliant, accurate and auditable AI agents at scale, while Synvo AI will demonstrate how enterprise AI can securely capture and reuse organisational knowledge, decisions and expertise. Together, these startups offer a glimpse into the next generation of AI systems built for business.

・As financial institutions face labor shortages and a shrinking pool of skilled professionals, there is growing demand to embed AI into both operations and system development.
・This seminar presents Hitachi’s approach to AI adoption with financial institutions — applying AI agents to lending and inheritance, and regenerating design documents from legacy mainframes using generative AI.

・Combining governed data, agentic AI, and intelligent managed services for financial institutions
・Enabling faster decisions, greater operational efficiency, and stronger mission-critical operations
・From modern data foundations and Customer 360 to AI-powered automation — trusted insights and always-on banking at enterprise scale

The Trust Summit, co-hosted by Terminal 3 and GFTN, comes to Singapore for the first time to bring together senior executives and policy-makers to examine the growing role of ‘trust technologies’ in the digital asset and AI ecosystems.

​Building on the inaugural Summit in 2024, the 2026 Summit will address the applications of trust technologies across​ agentic payments, agent governance, digital money, and more.

Explore how organisations can move from shallow AI use to deeper, valuable and responsible adoption. Discover how motivation, capability and trust shape behaviour, and how simple nudges helped UOB increase average monthly Copilot training attendance ninefold and reach its training targets two months early.

・As financial crime crosses institutions and borders, AML/CFT operations face growing pressure from resource shortages, investigation workloads, fragmented information and cost

・finoject and Hitachi share their journey toward industry-wide collaborative AML in digital assets — from concept and PoC to commercial implementation — and examine what makes collaboration work in practice, from information sharing and governance to cost allocation and sustainability

Fireside chat "From data to decision: Building trusted agentic AI for insurance" - Speakers: Marc Hengen, CEO, Luxembourg Insurance and Reinsurance Association (ACA) and Fausto Pupo, Head of Delivery, Altilia

The technology and design choices behind natural, reliable voice experiences in APAC.

This session explores how data-driven climate risk insights can identify decarbonization and resilience opportunities and translate them into measurable financial value.

Ever wondered what device footprints reveal about risky behaviours? Join Credolab for a live, interactive demonstration of behavioural intelligence at work. See how non-intrusive metadata transforms into real-time risk scores that help risk teams approve more applicants safely.

What you’ll see:

- Live data capture to score: Step-by-step walkthrough of how behavioural signals are captured, anonymised, and converted into predictive risk scores in seconds.
- Behavioural scorecard walkthrough: Experience the behavioural risk scorecard, including granular behavioural predictors.
- Fraud vs. Credit risk signals: How subtle interaction patterns flag synthetic identity, device manipulation, and intent to default.

Markets can reprice quickly as new information emerges. In this live demo, see how AlchemyJ combines quantitative analysis with Agentic AI to translate market scenarios into portfolio insights—assessing portfolio impact, uncovering key risk drivers, and identifying emerging investment opportunities.

See how AI agents apply financial knowledge and portfolio context to turn complex market signals into clear, actionable analysis that supports more informed portfolio decisions.

Who are we designing AI for? Join Dr. Gordon Tan from SUTD to explore Design·AI, a human-centred approach that helps technology understand people, not just data, and create more inclusive, trusted banking experiences. The keynote is followed by UOB × SUTD AI in Banking Masterclass students showcasing solutions to real banking challenges. Catch the session at the UOB Pavilion and see how human-centred thinking and emerging talent are shaping practical AI.

・In digital asset transactions, risks spread across borders and institutions, making the full picture difficult to see from a single firm’s data alone
・Introduces multi-layered risk assessment, monitoring across pre-transaction, post-transaction and token flows, cross-institutional risk signals, and the future AML Joint Center concept
・Seeks audience input on challenges across APAC, what information can be shared, and which stakeholders to engage

See how Sierra’s platform automatically identifies ways to improve your agent, prioritizes the highest-impact opportunities, and puts Ghostwriter to work getting them live fast.

Fireside chat "Navigating regulatory complexity in digital assets" - Speakers: Baptiste Aubry, Partner, Financial Services Regulatory at A&O Shearman, Laurent Collet, Partner at Deloitte Consulting and Ida Mokhtassi, Head of Legal at Banking Circle