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Arjun Vir Singh
Partner, Global Head of Fintech & Digital Assets
Arthur D. Little
Arjun is a Partner with Arthur D. Little's (ADL) Financial Service Practice. His areas of focus are Fintech, Payments and Digital Assets.
Arjun is deeply involved in the Finance & Technology Ecosystem as an advisor, investor, community builder, mentor and commentator
He is also the host of a podcast called ‘Couchonomics with Arjun’ which focusses on the Future of Finance and Technology. In 2022, Arjun was recognized by LinkedIn as a ‘Voice of Gulf Region’.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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4:40–5:15pmWed 18 NovFounders StageHall 2, Singapore EXPOPremiumModerator
Policy Rewiring
Is Cross-Border Mutual Recognition Through Sandboxes Now Closer or Farther?
About this session
Expanding across fragmented regional markets forces digital finance startups into repetitive licensing cycles that multiply compliance costs and stall international scale. Recent progress by Kenya and Rwanda’s central banks in establishing mutual licence-passporting demonstrates that cross-border supervisory reciprocity is workable in practice. A recent survey by TechCabal Research revealed that 62.5% of regional fintechs already operate internationally or plan to, with an identical proportion backing passporting frameworks. This session convenes financial regulators and founders to examine how central banks can align supervisory frameworks and establish mutual recognition standards without compromising financial stability or compliance oversight.
