SFF x SWITCH 2020 attracts 3.5 million views online

Over 60,000 participants from 160 countries participated in the five-day event.

The five-day, round-the-clock Singapore FinTech Festival and the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SFF x SWITCH), which ended on 12 December, gained over 3.5 million session views on the online platform and social media from over 60,000 participants hailing from 160 countries.

Organized by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Enterprise Singapore (ESG), the event was joined by over 2,000 speakers, 1,300 exhibitors, 27 international pavilions, and 45 satellite events hosted by partner cities across the world.

MAS and ESG shared that more than 4,400 business meetings were facilitated through SFF x SWITCH, including over 1,000 virtual meetings between technology seekers and providers conducted through IPI’s TechInnovation platform.

For those who missed the event, SFF x SWITCH 2020 session recordings will be made available for free over the course of the next few months on SFF and SWITCH’s respective YouTube channels. SFF sessions have started to be made available to the public on the SFF YouTube channel from12 December, with recordings organised into 14 themes.

Meanwhile, paying delegates for SFF will receive a specially curated four-part SFF 2020 Insights report covering all sessions and partners’ content, as well as an exclusive discount voucher for SFF 2021. Paying delegates for SWITCH will also receive a SWITCH 2020 report that covers SWITCH’s content.

Several key industry initiatives were announced during the five-day event. These include the launch of the Asian  Institute  of  Digital  Finance,  hosted  by  the  National  University  of Singapore,  and  backed  by  MAS  and  the  National  Research  Foundation (NRF), to develop capabilities for digital financial services in Asia; and the S$12m Singapore Blockchain Innovation Programme by ESG, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and NRF, and supported by MAS, to strengthen Singapore’s blockchain ecosystem.

The event also featured the unveiling of the Singapore Financial Data Exchange, jointly developed by MAS and the Smart Nation and Digital Government Group, together with the key retail banks in Singapore, to enable individuals to consolidate their financial information residing in different banks and government agencies.

During the event, MAS also launched tech platform Project Greenprint aimed at promotinga green financial ecosystem, and driven by a consortium of financial institutions, FinTech firms, and industry players with expertise in Green FinTech.