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Friederike Lange
Head of Digital Finance, Payment Services & Cybersecurity
German Federal Ministry of Finance
Dr. Friederike Lange is Head of Digital Finance, Payment Services and Cybersecurity at the German Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin. Before stepping into her current position, she headed Financial Market Regulation Strategy and Capital Markets Union at the Ministry. She has a background in public law: Prior to joining the Ministry, she worked as an Administrative Court Judge, as a Law Clerk to the former President of the German Federal Constitutional Court, and as a researcher on comparative Constitutional Law.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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4:40–5:15pmWed 18 NovFounders StageHall 2, Singapore EXPOPremium
Policy Rewiring
Is Cross-Border Mutual Recognition Through Sandboxes Now Closer or Farther?
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Juan Pablo OrtegaCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerYuno
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Shweta Rajpal KohliPresident & Chief Executive OfficerStartup Policy Forum
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Friederike LangeHead of Digital Finance, Payment Services & CybersecurityGerman Federal Ministry of Finance
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Arjun Vir SinghPartner, Global Head of Fintech & Digital AssetsArthur D. LittleModerator
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 agreements between Rwanda’s central bank and its counterparts in Ghana and Kenya to establish fintech licence passporting show that cross-border supervisory reciprocity is moving from principle to 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.
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