As we go into the season of conferences with SIBOS just kicked off in Europe, Singapore Fintech Festival and Hong Kong Fintech Week coming up and M2020 in Vegas just around the corner, we want to celebrate the power of a candid discussion.  

During September, we hosted four in-person events in Singapore on topics ranging from ISO20022 to Alternative Payments and being back in person; the discussions are better than ever before and we walked away with new inputs on where to take our policy and advocacy agenda for the next 12-24 months (more to come on this November). 

Our favourite way of interacting with our community is to host industry round tables on the topic of challenges and opportunities to enhance payments. Our smaller, Chatham House Rules governed gatherings always creates a great discussion on creating content that we know the industry values.  

Each of us may differ on seeing opinions as facts, black and white, or right and wrong, but a key purpose of the round table discussion is to clarify and to create a space for differing opinions on a topic. Consider each participant’s background and how this insight affects what he or she brings to the discussion. We are not seeking answers we are seeking new ways of approaching the topic.  

Please see in the past event section for summaries of recent events.  

We hope to cross paths with you during the conference - we are a proud partner of SFF and if you have not yet got your pass please see below. 

The 7th edition of the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) is happening on 2 – 4 November 2022 at Singapore EXPO. As the first in-person SFF since 2019, the SFF team is excited to welcome the global FinTech community back for a long overdue reunion. 

EPAA is excited to announce that we will be attending the Singapore Fintech Festival next month - and we want to meet you! If you would like to chat to us and learn more about EPAA, please contact Sally Sternecker to book a catch-up. sally.sternecker@emergingpaymentsasia.org 
 
Each year, SFF brings together the global FinTech community to engage, connect, and collaborate on issues relating to the development of financial services, public policy, and technology. As the world’s largest FinTech festival, last year’s edition brought together over 60,000 participants from 160 countries. 
 
This year’s event theme will focus on “Building Resilient Business Models amid Volatility and Change”. Within this theme, several payment-related topics will be covered, including; achieving universal financial inclusion within interoperable, instant payment systems; and buy now, pay later. The event also welcomes payment-expert speakers from organisations such as EPA Asia, Mastercard, Wise, 2C2P, circle, and others. 
 
Register now to be part of 2022’s largest FinTech reunion: https://bit.ly/3cbZ9vs