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Holly Fang
President
Singapore Fintech Association
Holly Fang is President of the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA), Singapore’s leading national fintech industry body, where she represents the industry and works closely with regulators, financial institutions, technology companies and founders to advance the development of Singapore’s fintech ecosystem. In this role, she helps shape industry dialogue on innovation, regulation, talent and cross-border collaboration, while strengthening Singapore’s position as a leading global fintech hub.
Holly is also the Chief Business Officer at Finmo, a global Treasury Operating System for businesses, where she oversees strategic partnerships and market expansion. Prior to joining Finmo, Holly held leadership roles at Aspire, a Singapore-based fintech providing all-in-one financial workflow solutions to SMEs, and at Airwallex, the global leader in cross-border payments. Holly began her career at the Singapore Economic Development Board, and brings over a decade of experience leading strategic partnerships across both the public and private sectors.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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1:50–2:00pmWed 18 NovFounders StageHall 2, Singapore EXPOPremiumModerator
Capital Rewiring
Trust is the product: building for people the system never designed for
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Shivani SiroyaFounder & Chief Executive OfficerTala
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Holly FangPresidentSingapore Fintech AssociationModerator
About this session
Every company is now deciding how much to automate, and how to earn trust when users can’t see what’s happening under the hood. For Tala, that question isn’t new. Over the past decade, the company has built trust at scale with more than 14 million people across Latin America, Southeast Asia, and East Africa, many of them excluded from traditional finance.
In this fireside chat, Tala's founder and CEO Shivani Siroya shares what it takes to build for the global majority: why trust has to be designed into the product from day one, how the company is using AI-native credit infrastructure to serve more people, and what founders and builders can learn from working where the stakes of getting it wrong are highest. Join to hear more about the risks, the tradeoffs, and the lessons from a decade of building. -
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2:10–2:45pmThu 19 NovCatalyst StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpenModerator
Technology Rewiring
Asia's Financial Rewiring - Who Wins, Who Gets Left Behind?
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Jaclyn TsaiChairperson & Honorary ChairwomanAsia FinTech Alliance & Taiwan FinTech Association
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Lito VillanuevaExecutive Vice President & Chief Innovation & Inclusion Officer, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC); Founding ChairmanFinTech Alliance PH & RCBC
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Wilson BehCo-Founder & Immediate Past PresidentFintech Association of Malaysia
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Holly FangPresidentSingapore Fintech AssociationModerator
About this session
As ASEAN's fintech ecosystem matures, a bigger question emerges: will the region's technological progress translate into lasting competitive advantage in the global financial system? The rules of competition are changing. AI is reshaping financial services, digital assets are challenging traditional infrastructure, and geopolitical realignments are redirecting capital, talent and financial flows. Meanwhile, regulatory divergence and competing national priorities are testing ambitions for greater regional integration. These shifts will create winners and losers. Some markets will emerge as centres for next-generation financial innovation and infrastructure, while others risk losing relevance. Established financial centres and business models may find their traditional advantages increasingly challenged. Bringing together presidents of leading fintech associations across Asia, this candid discussion moves beyond familiar calls for regional collaboration to examine the difficult strategic choices facing individual markets. Which competitive advantages will endure? Where will the next financial champions emerge? Can Asian economies strengthen their collective influence while competing for the same opportunities?
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3:50–5:05pmThu 19 NovCatalyst StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen
Talent Rewiring
PolyFinTech100 API Hackathon
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Alvinder SinghHead, Innovation Acceleration OfficeMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Holly FangPresidentSingapore Fintech Association
About this session
The PolyFinTech100 API Hackathon is organised by PolyFinTech100, a pan-poly initiative comprising all five local polytechnics in Singapore, and supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), to develop and nurture fintech talent.
The five category champions will be pit against each other in this exciting Grand Finals to win the title of Grand Champion.
PayTech by NETS: Team Finovate (Ngee Ann Polytechnic)
ESG by CGSI: Team FINGIRLS (Ngee Ann Polytechnic)
Customer Experience by SCI: The Dream Team (Ngee Ann Polytechnic)
InsurTech by Prudential: Team Aptus Solutions (Ngee Ann Polytechnic)
Intelligent Banking by OCBC: Team CMIO (Singapore Polytechnic) -
