The Singapore Fintech Festival and Switch will come together to bring the global innovation community to Singapore.

The Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) and the Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (Switch) will come together as SFF x Switch to synergize across the themes of fintech and deep tech. SFF x Switch will run from 11 to 15 November 2019, according to a news release from the MAS.

SFF x Switch will bring insights from global thought leaders, showcase innovative solutions, and engage entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators from around the world. It will also provide rich networking opportunities for participants to collaborate on technological innovation across five key sectors – fintech, urban solutions and sustainability, health and biomedical sciences, advanced manufacturing and engineering, and digital services.

Marquee Event Beyond Fintech

«The Singapore Fintech Festival is the world’s largest fintech gathering and a marquee event for the global FinTech community. Our partnership with Switch this year allows us to engage technology ecosystems beyond fintech, and to present a comprehensive showcase of innovations that benefit all segments of society,» Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer, MAS, said.

Participants can gain access to the three-day conference and exhibition of both events, which will take place from 11 to 13 November 2019 at the Singapore Expo.

Country Pavilions

The conference will feature for the first time the theme of sustainability, and cover financial services; Industry 4.0 – artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud and cybersecurity; financial inclusion; green finance; and technology beyond finance.

The exhibition will feature country pavilions, industry exhibitors, financial industry showcase booths, and a startup zone.

Three Competitions for the Global Innovation Community

  • Global FinTech Hackcelerator, which matches innovative startup solutions to address industry’s problem statements
  • Slingshot 2019, an international startup pitching competition
  • Fintech awards, which recognizes innovative financial technology solutions

Finalists from the competitions will showcase their solutions at SFF x Switch.

Two Deal-Making Platforms for Investors

  • Deal Fridays, curated deal-making sessions for facilitating investment into startups, that will run every Friday from 21 June to 25 October 2019
  • TechInnovation, a technology-to-industry matching marketplace which facilitates business matching within the industry, seeds licensing opportunities and fosters open innovation collaborations

On 14 and 15 November, 2019, workshops and events designed for the tech industry and an expanded innovation lab crawl will take place at various locations across the island.

Singapore Fintech Festival is organized by MAS, in partnership with The Association of Banks in Singapore, and in collaboration with SingEx Holdings. Switch is organized by Enterprise Singapore, NRF, and Intellectual Property Intermediary (IPI). Last year, the two events together drew close to 57,000 delegates from almost 130 countries.