The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has outlined the programme for the Singapore FinTech Festival 2026, which will take place at Singapore EXPO from Nov. 18 to 20, 2026. Organised with the Global Finance & Technology Network, the festival will examine how technological advances, shifting international capital flows and evolving regulation are changing finance. Discussions and demonstrations will cover agentic artificial intelligence (AI), tokenisation, digital money and quantum technologies, including their implications for financial transactions and jobs.
Ahead of the festival, the Insights2040 Annual Meetings on Nov. 16 and 17 will bring together senior public and private sector leaders to discuss accountability and liability in agentic systems and barriers to scaling tokenised markets. The meetings will also examine global frameworks and shared practices for payment chains, alongside sovereignty and resilience in the financial system. These are discussion topics rather than announced policy changes.
New festival features include the 12th Global SME Finance Forum, bringing together senior executives from more than 80 countries to address financing for small and medium-sized enterprises. An India Pavilion will connect Indian financial technology firms with Singapore capital and financial institutions, while a separate pavilion will feature 30 technology companies from Shanghai and Shenzhen seeking international investors and partners. These activities complement the previously announced Global FinTech Hackcelerator, whose 18 finalists will present solutions on Nov. 18 addressing digital banking, wealth management and business risk challenges. The competition and FinTech Excellence Awards winners will be revealed on Nov. 19.