FinTech Magazine October 2019 | Page 90

EVENTS & ASSOCIATIONS

[ SINGAPORE ] In 2018 , the week-long event was attended by 45,000 participants from 130 countries – this year , it is only set

to grow . Singapore FinTech Festival is sponsored by the likes of Deloitte , Google Cloud , VISA and Amazon Web Services . The world ’ s largest fintech event , it includes startups , policymakers , financial and technology industry leaders and more . The festival is organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore ( MAS ) in partnership with The Association of Banks in Singapore , and in collaboration with SingEx Holdings . Key highlights of the festival include the AI in Finance summit and the FinTech Awards .

[ MUMBAI , INDIA ] The India FinTech Forum ( IFTA ) 2019

is now in its fourth year . Over 500 attendees are due to gather from 250 institutions to network and collaborate on future innovations . The event will also host the prestigious fintech awards for innovations from fintech companies , the winning startup of which , will be invited to be a part of Paris FinTech Forum 2020 . Judges and speakers include : Pawan Bakhshi , India country lead for the Bill & Melinda Gates

Foundation ; Louise Smith , Head of Design and Transformation at RBS ;

Yashish Dahiya , CEO & Co-Founder of PolicyBazaar ; among many more . OCTOBER 2019