The Monetary Authority of Singapore is pushing out their proactive financial technology embrace to Australia, with news that the regulator's Chief FinTech Officer is heading to Sydney.
Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore, (MAS) will be hosting discussions and a networking event with Stone & Chalk, an independent, and strongly supported, not-for-profit fintech hub.
Stone & Chalk's objective is to help foster and accelerate the development of world-leading fintech start-ups. It considers itself a physical «centre of gravity,» for the local fintech eco-system in Australia.
First Asian Festival
Mohanty will be elaborating on the opportunities provided by the Singapore Fintech Festival, to be held in Singapore in November 2016, and reported by finews.asia earlier this year.
The MAS is aiming to bring together the global financial community in a week-long celebration of FinTech in Singapore.
Fintech Centres
Stone & Chalk has been working hard to build bridges between Sydney and neighbouring tech cities in the Asia-Pacific region, through their own Fintech Asia program.
Following the successful delegation of Stone & Chalk resident startups to Hong Kong & China, they have been busy unearthing opportunities in other regional hubs such as Singapore.
