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Making way for a promising AI-Powered FinTech in Singapore has begun.Singapore’s strategic location and strong financial infrastructure attractinternational FinTech firms. Startups and established companies collaborate inareas like digital payments, blockchain, and robot-advisory services. Eventslike the Singapore FinTech Festival showcase the latest advancements andencourage networking among industry leaders.
Despitean overall funding dip in the global fintech sector, investors are showing agrowing appetite for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fintech startups,particularly in innovation hubs like Singapore. In 2024, global fintech fundingplummeted to $1.3 billion, its lowest point since 2020. But Singapore tells adifferent story. AI-fintech investments here skyrocketed from just $24 millionin the first half of 2024 to a striking $160 million in the second half,according to data from KPMG.
Investorsare zooming in on startups that develop AI solutions for core financialfunctions such as credit risk assessment, cyber-fraud detection, and dynamicasset allocation. Other growth areas include regulatory technology (regtech)for transaction monitoring, quantitative trading via algorithmic models, androbo-advisory platforms that offer low-cost, data-driven investment strategies.
TheSingapore FinTech Association (SFA) acknowledged the growing demand from banksand financial institutions for cutting-edge AI tools - particularly generativeAI and agentic AI systems that operate with minimal human oversight. While SFAhasn't flagged any headline-making mega-deals yet, the rising trend isunmistakable. Early use cases are already yielding measurable results byboosting productivity, streamlining compliance, reducing operational risks, andtransforming customer service through intelligent chatbots and virtualadvisors.
What’sfuelling this optimism? Singapore’s long-term commitment to AI. InFebruary 2024, the government pledged over $1 billion towards AIinfrastructure, talent development, and ecosystem growth, cementing thecity-state’s ambition to become an AI powerhouse.
Asregulatory frameworks evolve and enterprise adoption deepens, AI-fintech isbecoming the bright spark in an otherwise cooling market. For investors with asharp eye on the future, the message is clear: AI is no longer an add-on, it’sthe engine of next-gen finance.
AI-LocalDelight
An inspiring localcompany that has made its mark on the global AI-FinTech stage is ATTIX. Theorganisation is not just participating in the AI-fintech revolution, it’sdefining it. From its cutting-edge studio in Singapore, ATTIX engineers a newera of intelligent trading, where machine learning meets market intuition.Whether you're a seasoned investor or just stepping into the world of finance,ATTIX delivers precision tools that feel tailor-made, merging real-timeanalytics, social intelligence, and adaptable strategies that evolve with you.
Whatsets ATTIX apart is its ability to think beyond the chart. Its AI doesn’t justanalyze - it anticipates. And this thinking extends far beyond fintech. Fromhigh-performance automotive systems to algorithmic trading infrastructures andnext-gen communication platforms, ATTIX is building the digital nervous systemsof tomorrow’s industries.
Ina world where market conditions shift by the second, ATTIX offers somethingrare: confidence through clarity.
FinTech growth in Singapore - FromLocal Vision to Global Powerhouse
When the first Singapore FinTechFestival (SFF) launched in 2016, few anticipated how rapidly it would evolveinto one of the world's largest and most influential gatherings for financialtechnology. Born from a bold idea by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS),the festival was envisioned to position Singapore as a leading hub for fintechinnovation. Less than a decade later, SFF has grown into a global platform thatdraws thousands of industry leaders, technologists, policymakers, and investorsfrom every corner of the world.
In 2016, fintech was buzzingwith potential, but still emerging. The MAS saw an opportunity: rather thanmerely reacting to the wave of digital disruption sweeping through finance,Singapore would shape it. With support from the Association of Banks inSingapore, the first SFF was launched, attracting over 13,000 participants from60 countries.
A Magnet for Global Innovation
Since its debut, the SingaporeFinTech Festival has ballooned in scale and ambition. By 2019, it was drawingover 60,000 participants from 140 countries, including presidents, central bankgovernors, and global CEOs. It became a meeting point for East and West, whereglobal tech giants shared space with nimble startups, and regulators rubbedshoulders with venture capitalists.
Now entering its ninth year, theSingapore FinTech Festival remains a powerful symbol of Singapore’s commitmentto innovation, regulation with flexibility, and cross-sectoral collaboration.As AI, embedded finance, and decentralized technologies take centre stage, SFFcontinues to be where the future of finance is debated, built, and launched.
From a government-backedexperiment in 2016 to a global juggernaut today, SFF has shown what happenswhen vision, policy, and innovation align. And by all signs, it's just gettingstarted.
