SFF 2025 Puts Technology at the Centre of Building Sustainable Financial Systems

SINGAPORE, September 22, 2025 – The Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) returns from November 12-14, 2025 at the Singapore EXPO for its 10th anniversary, convening global leaders to explore how technology can redefine the future of finance. Organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN), and Constellar, in collaboration with the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS), this year’s theme “Shaping the Next Decade of Growth” reflects the urgent need to align financial innovation with long-term resilience and inclusion.

Technology as a Force for Resilient Financial Systems

Over 70 sessions will explore how Artificial Intelligence, Tokenisation, and Quantum Computing can drive secure, efficient, and inclusive financial systems. AI’s role in improving compliance and risk management, tokenisation’s potential to unlock new capital efficiencies, and quantum’s implications for cybersecurity are set to dominate discussions.

Speakers include industry leaders such as Charles Cascarilla (Paxos), Rafael Echemendia (The Ethical Hacker), Professor Urbasi Sinha (Raman Research Institute), and Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Paytm), all of whom are at the cutting edge of technology deployment.

A Decade of Progress and a Call to Action

Kenneth Gay, Chief FinTech Officer at MAS, highlighted that the anniversary mirrors FinTech’s journey “from early digital innovations to today’s AI-driven transformation,” underscoring Singapore’s role as a hub for innovation and collaboration.

Sopnendu Mohanty, Group CEO of GFTN, called for “urgent action to address persistent gaps in global finance and to build the next generation of trusted and inclusive infrastructure powered by AI, Quantum Computing, and Tokenisation.”

Innovation Meets Inclusion

The festival will also showcase the 10th Global FinTech Hackcelerator, spotlighting AI-driven start-ups that address financial inclusion and resilience challenges. The new Global Impact Champions Awards, launched by GFTN, will recognise achievements under the theme of Financial Health, highlighting the intersection of technology, social equity, and sustainability.

With over 65,000 participants from 134 countries last year, SFF has become a global platform where sustainability, innovation, and finance converge. Its 10th edition reinforces Singapore’s ambition to shape financial ecosystems that are not only digital-first but also resilient, inclusive, and sustainable.