Emphasizing that Asia is an important market for internationally oriented Swiss SMEs, the virtual participation of the Swiss delegation at this year's Singapore Fintech Festival is part of the bigger goal for Swiss and Lichtenstein SMEs to realize their business potential in new and existing markets.

The Singapore Fintech Festival will be held in Singapore from 7-11 December with more than 40 global satellite events taking place through this festival. Switzerland Finance Minister Ueli Maurer will lead the Swiss participation with his keynote speech «Fintech, Sustainable Finance and Innovation,» followed by a panel discussion that highlights the strengths of Switzerland as a global financial center.

This panel discussion comprises: Thomas Gottstein, CEO Credit Suisse; Ralph Hamers, CEO UBS, and Herbert Scheidt, president of the Swiss Bankers Association. The session will be telecast live from Zurich on 7 December (5 pm SGT). Next, Switzerland's key players in the field of green and sustainable finance will present their initiatives at the «SFF Impact Summit» on 9 December (3:50 pm SGT).

Business Linkages

Fabrice Filliez, Ambassador of Switzerland to Singapore, said that the participating companies will reflect the robustness of the Swiss finance ecosystem, paving the way for collaborations and partnerships in co-innovation and fresh ventures. «With Singapore being Switzerland's most important trading partner in Asia, Swiss fintech companies view the republic as an important gateway to the wider Asian economic region,» Filliez said.

These efforts will be reinforced by the participation of seven Swiss fintech companies, which are strong in regulation technology, blockchain solutions, big data and analytics, algorithm trading and cybersecurity. The event presents an opportunity for Swiss fintechs and interested stakeholders in Asia to connect and build business linkages in a seamless manner.

Swiss companies participating in the Swiss Pavilion include:

  • AlgoTrader, an end-to-end quantitative and algorithmic trading software solution that supports both digital and traditional assets
  • Crealogix, which develops and implements innovative fintech solutions for the digital bank of the future
  • Custodigit, which provides a single, trusted gateway to the world of digital assets
  • SIX Digital Exchange, which is building the first market infrastructure in the world to offer integrated end-to-end trading, settlement and custody service for digital assets
  • SIX, which operates and develops infrastructure services in the securities and exchanges, banking services and financial information business units with the aim of raising efficiency, quality and innovative capacity across the entire value chain of the Swiss financial center
  • Swisscom, a leading telecom company and a key service provider in blockchain, digital assets and fintech space as well as trust services
  • Sygnum, the world's first digital asset bank, and a digital asset specialist with global reach