As a follow-up event, during our innovation debate “Dream big. Start small. Move fast: Singapore, the FinTech Nation”, we welcome high-ranked policymakers, top FinTech entrepreneurs and outstanding professors from Singapore to discuss the new challenges. How did Singapore evolve from a traditional trading and financial centre to a world leader in financial technology innovation and a global force in FinTech? What role does Singapore’s robust regulatory framework, supportive startup ecosystem and innovative mindset play in this success? With the financial sector being one of the most heavily regulated industries, the question arises as to how the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and in particular the Regulatory Sandbox, could help FinTech companies overcome the regulatory burdens. In the era of the current AI summer, accompanied by a loud, relentless and inevitable hype drumbeat, how might Singapore's FinTech sector deal with the new challenges posed by AI? Although the Smart Nation programme launched a decade ago was very successful, why did Singapore release a refreshed version of it and what are the key priorities of the updated programme?

The CNTF conducts research and provides education on the emergence of new digital technologies and their impact on economy, society and geopolitics and has recently published its latest book – Startups and Robots – that includes papers from CNTF’s researchers and students.

Panellists:

  • Sopnendu Mohanty (Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore)
  • Varun Mittal (author of the book Singapore: The FinTech Nation) and
  • David Toh (Chief Executive Officer, NTUitive)

Moderators: Csenge Vörös and Domonkos Sohár (students of CNTF)

Agenda:

16:30 – 16:40:  Welcome and keynote by Prof. Zoltán Cséfalvay (head of CNTF)

16:40 – 17:40:  Moderated discussion with Sopnendu Mohanty, Varun Mittal and David Toh

17:40 – 17:50:  Q&A with the audience

17:50 – 18:10:  Networking

The MCC Innovation Debates are open to MCC students and the general public, with approximately thirty people usually attending such events.

Date: 20th November (Wednesday), 16:30 – 18:10

Venue: MCC Scruton, Budapest, 1113 Tas vezér utca 3-7.