Singapore FinTech Festival is the largest Financial Technology event in the world, providing a platform for the FinTech community to connect, collaborate and co-create. Given the pandemic, this year’s edition is hosted virtually and Copenhagen has been selected as the Scandinavian hub to ensure cross-collaboration and knowledge exchange between the Nordics and the tropics. The overarching theme is sustainability and impact when key players from across the public and private sector on 9 December zoom in on sustainable innovation, financial inclusion and tech for greater good.
Meet the frontrunners at Singapore Fintech Festival's Nordic dialogue
As this year’s Nordic hub, Copenhagen takes over the live-stream on Wednesday 9 December with a full day’s focus on financial technologies as a force for sustainable development. Led by Copenhagen Fintech the speaker's line-up include Kirsten Brosbol, Director General at Digital Europe Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Denmark’s Climate Ambassador Tomas Anker Christensen, Director General of the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority Jesper Berg, and business leaders from A.P. Moller - Maersk, Saxo Bank, SimCorp and many others. Find more information here.
On the climate aspect, Greenland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Energy, Steen Lynge, will also give a presentation on the shared responsibilities for sustainability in the Arctic. The presentation is part of the Festival’s green shoots impact summit on 9 December at 20.40-21.00 (GMT) / 04.40-05.00 (SG). Find the programme here.
You can read more about Singapore and Denmark’s fintech collaboration for sustainable development here: https://www.businessinsights.dk/copenhagen-fintech/nordic-fintechs-aim-to-unlock-aseans-sustainable-development-potential/
For general information about Denmark’s overall sustainable fintech collaborations in Southeast Asia and the ‘DanSing’ FinTech bridge:
Magnus Højberg Mernild, Head of Communications & Public Diplomacy, Royal Danish Embassy in Singapore, on magmer@um.dk