SINGAPORE FINTECH FESTIVAL FINTECH EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2025

Application Deadline: 25 July 2025, 23:59.

LOCATION: Singapore

The Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) FinTech Excellence Awards 2025, organized by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore FinTech Association (SFA), serve as a beacon of excellence within the FinTech ecosystem, recognizing the remarkable contribution of both corporate entities and individual contributors. The awards underscore the innovative strides made in the field of financial technology. This is a prestigious awards ceremony in Singapore that shines the spotlight on those who have made extraordinary contributions to the industry’s meteoric rise on the global stage.

ELIGIBILITY:

Emerging FinTech Award: Incorporated within the past three years with a FinTech solution implemented/deployed in any part of the world.

The FinTech company’s core business must be related to the finance industry.

The FinTech company does not need to be a regulated entity in Singapore.

Financial Inclusivity Award: The company must have implemented/deployed a solution with the objective of promoting financial inclusion and improving access to financial services (e.g. microinsurance, peer-to-peer lending).

The company’s core business must be related to the finance industry.

The company does not need to be a regulated entity in Singapore.

Regulatory Leader Award: The company must have implemented/deployed an innovative solution to support regulatory compliance and governance.

The company’s core business must be related to the finance industry.

The company does not need to be a regulated entity in Singapore.

Sustainable Innovator Award: The company must have implemented/deployed an ESG solution adopted by corporates.

The company’s core business must be related to the finance industry.

The company does not need to be a regulated entity in Singapore.

Thematic—AI Champion: AI solution deployed or implemented by corporates.

You may register and submit your proposal here.

BENEFIT:

Emerging FinTech Award: 1st Place: S$50,000

Financial Inclusivity Award: 1st Place: S$50,000

Regulatory Leader Award: 1st Place: S$50,000

Sustainable Innovator Award: 1st Place: S$50,000

Thematic—AI Champion: 1st Place: S$50,000

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CAMBRIDGE AFRICA CHANGEMAKERS SCHOLARSHIP

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for PhD students in any subject, open to candidates from any country in Africa. It is tenable at any college.

It aims to provide support to talented students who require financial assistance to take up their places at the university, whose research contributes to the development of the continent and to climate-resilient and sustainable futures for Africa and the world. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Research areas must contribute to the development of the African continent and to climate-resilient and sustainable futures for Africa and the world.

No separate application is required for this scholarship, only the application for admission to the University of Cambridge, which must be submitted by the funding deadline specific to your course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory)

For more information, please visit About our postgraduate scholarships

BENEFIT:

University tuition fee

Annual stipend (sufficient for a single person)

Immigration Health Surcharge

Visa

Travel and research costs

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