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Letting A Thousand Flowers Bloom

Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Financial Technology Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

20-Aug-19 08:05

Letting A Thousand Flowers Bloom

Two out of five fintechs in Southeast Asia are headquartered in Singapore for its ecosystem including access to venture capital funds. We get into the mind of the person who helped establish the country as a global fintech powerhouse - Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer, at the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

 

This interview was conducted at the inaugural ASEAN 4IR Showcase on The Future of Fintech in ASEAN, organised by CIMB ASEAN Research Institute (CARI), in collaboration with ASEAN Business Advisory Council Malaysia and ASEAN Business Club (ABC).

Presented by: Noelle Lim


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