Singapore FinTech Festival 2026: The World’s Largest Gathering of Finance, Policy & Technology
📅 Date: November 18–20, 2026
📍 Venue: Singapore EXPO Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
🔗 Website: fintechfestival.sg
🎟️ Tickets: Register Now
🌟 About the Event
The Singapore FinTech Festival, now entering its 11th edition, returns from November 18 to 20, 2026, at the Singapore EXPO Convention & Exhibition Centre, and it continues to hold its title as the world’s largest fintech gathering. Organised by the Global Finance & Technology Network in partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, SFF has grown from an ambitious regional gathering into a genuine global nexus where policy, finance, and technology communities converge in one place.
Organisers expect more than 70,000 decision-makers, buyers, and innovators from 140-plus countries and regions to attend the three-day event, spread across six thematic stages covering blockchain, AI, digital assets, and other emerging financial technologies. The programme mixes keynotes, panels, roundtables, and hands-on workshops with a substantial exhibition floor featuring standard and premium booths, international pavilions, and dedicated startup and technology zones.
What genuinely distinguishes SFF from other fintech festivals is its policy weight. The event routinely draws heads of state, central bank governors, financial regulators, and senior policymakers alongside private-sector founders and investors, giving attendees a rare chance to hear directly from the people shaping financial regulation, not just the companies building around it. That combination has made SFF a genuine agenda-setting event, one where regulatory direction and market sentiment are often signalled well before formal policy announcements follow.
A major highlight returning in 2026 is the Global FinTech Hackcelerator, now spotlighting early-stage innovators transforming financial services. Up to 20 finalist startups receive mentorship and investor access before pitching at Demo Day on November 18 for a SGD 240,000 prize pool, plus the opportunity to pilot their solutions directly with industry leaders. The 2026 edition also marks the 11th year of the SFF FinTech Excellence Awards, run with the Singapore FinTech Association and PwC Singapore, recognising the individuals and initiatives driving financial inclusion and innovation across the region.
For attendees, the promise of SFF has always been concrete outcomes rather than passive networking: a partnership set in motion, a regulatory position clarified in person, a technology decision made on the show floor, or a funding conversation that started over coffee and kept going long after the festival ended.
🔍 Key Highlights
- ✅ 3 days (Nov 18–20) at the Singapore EXPO Convention & Exhibition Centre
- ✅ 70,000+ decision-makers, buyers, and innovators expected from 140+ countries
- ✅ Six thematic stages covering blockchain, AI, digital assets, and financial technology
- ✅ Global FinTech Hackcelerator with a SGD 240,000 prize pool and Demo Day on Nov 18
- ✅ 11th annual SFF FinTech Excellence Awards with MAS, SFA, and PwC Singapore
- ✅ Heavy policymaker presence, including heads of state and central bank leaders
- ✅ Dedicated startup zones, technology pavilions, and international country pavilions
👥 Who Should Attend
SFF is built for a genuinely wide fintech audience: bank and financial institution executives, central bankers and regulators, fintech founders and startups, venture investors, and technology vendors serving the financial sector. Its policy-heavy programming also makes it uniquely valuable for compliance, government affairs, and regulatory strategy teams looking to track where financial regulation is heading next.
📈 Why Singapore FinTech Festival Matters
Singapore has spent over a decade building its reputation as one of the world’s most fintech-friendly regulatory environments, and SFF is the clearest annual demonstration of that strategy in action. The Monetary Authority of Singapore uses the festival as a platform to unveil new regulatory sandboxes, digital asset frameworks, and cross-border payment initiatives, meaning attendees frequently get first access to policy shifts that will shape the region’s fintech landscape for the following year.
For global fintechs weighing Southeast Asian expansion, the festival’s scale and policymaker density make it one of the most efficient single stops on the calendar, combining direct access to regulators, capital, and a genuinely international buyer base in one three-day window.
📌 Good to Know Before You Go
- Startups interested in the Global FinTech Hackcelerator should watch for the application window, which opens well ahead of the festival
- Early-bird registration typically offers meaningful savings versus standard pricing closer to the event
- Hotels near Singapore EXPO and across the city fill quickly given the scale of the festival, book early
- Several satellite and pre-festival events run in the days leading up to Nov 18, factor these into your travel plans
