Point Zero Forum: Steering the Future in an Age of Disruption

Singapore Fintech Festival 2025: Doubling Down

Written by Claude Baumann | Publisher

Jointly hosted by Singapore’s Global Finance & Technology Network and the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance, the Point Zero Forum kicks off at a pivotal moment for the industry. This high-level event explores the future of finance amid accelerating disruption.

The fourth edition of the Point Zero Forum (PZF) will be held from 5 to 7 May 2025 at the Circle Convention Centre in Zurich, Switzerland. This year’s gathering comes at a pivotal moment for Europe and the global economy, as traditional growth models and supply chains are being reshaped by shifting geopolitics, trade, technological disruption, sustainability imperatives, and demographic change.

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These forces are driving an urgent need in the financial industry for innovation, resilience, and new pathways to value creation.

«Given the geopolitical tensions, this Forum, co-organised by Switzerland and Singapore, is more important than ever,» said Daniela Stoffel, State Secretary for International Finance (SIF), Swiss Federal Finance Department.

Held annually in Zurich, the PZF convenes a curated community of global decision-makers to build trust in frontier innovation, co-design next-generation financial architecture, and align on regulatory pathways that are both robust and enabling.

Pressing Issues

«This year’s Forum arrives at a pivotal moment as central banks, financial institutions, and fintech pioneers race to define the architecture of the next-generation financial system,» said Sopnendu Mohanty, Group CEO of Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN). «From the rise of AI and quantum computing to the global deployment of digital currencies and tokenized assets, the PZF tackles the pressing issues and spotlights the breakthroughs reshaping financial systems.»

The PZF 2025 will convene over 2,000 global leaders, including central bankers, regulators, policymakers, investors, innovators, and entrepreneurs from across shaping finance, technology, and policy. Together, they will explore the new financial paradigms needed to support the next generation of economies.