The Singapore FinTech Festival of 2021 (SFF 2021) took place over five days from the 8th to the 12th of November, hosting several in-person talks and sessions as well as being broadcast to a global online audience.
The festival week provides unique opportunities for business communities in the FinTech sector to network, connect and collaborate. The 2021 event featured over 700 individual speakers and 350 sessions, with 14 international pavilions and more than 260 exhibitors.
Jerry Cole, Red Rose co-founder, is the founder of a money management app for women called Bixie. An expert in the FinTech industry, Jeremy Cole was excited to see so many people enjoying these exclusive opportunities worldwide.
You can find out more about plans for the 2022 event by watching the embedded short video.
Significant Growth in Attendees
SFF 2021 saw a significant year-on-year growth in attendees, with approximately 60,000 attending the event. This represents an increase of almost a third on the previous year, demonstrating the growing interest in the sector.
On top of this, live broadcasts attracted over two million views, more than half of which came from outside Singapore. You can view the Singapore FinTech Festival 2021 in figures by taking a look at the infographic attachment to this post.
Theme: Web 3.0 and its Impact on Financial Services
The main theme of SFF 2021 was ‘Web 3.0 and its impact on financial services’.
Key highlights of the week-long event included a Web 3.0 certification programme, where participants from over 80 countries were awarded knowledge certificates from the Asian Institute of Digital Partnership and the National University of Singapore.
Over 5,000 certificates were issued throughout the event using blockchain technology. The programme will continue until September 2022, so it is expected that more certificates will be awarded over the coming months.
SME Day
Newly launched at the festival in 2021 was SME Day: a whole day dedicated to leaders and academics in the small to medium enterprise sector. Participants were able to share knowledge and skills to help each other build resilient, strong, future-proof businesses. Digital Certificates of Knowledge were awarded to successful participants, with around 84% of learners achieving this goal.
Singapore recently became recognised as one of the world’s top global hubs for FinTech – you can learn more by taking a look at the embedded PDF.
Top Global FinTech Hubs of 2021