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SINGAPORE FINTECH FESTIVAL FINTECH EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2025

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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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SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, 2026

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Application Deadline:

Student competition closes 28 November 2025, 13:00 (GMT)

Youth competition closes 6 January 2026, 13:00 (GMT)

Open competition (including National & Regional Awards and Alpha Female Award) closes 6 January 2026, 13:00 (GMT)

Professional competition (including Latin America Professional Award, Japan National Award, and Sustainability Prize) closes 13 January 2026, 13:00 (GMT)

LOCATION: USA

The objective of the Sony World Photography Awards is to establish a platform for the continuous development of photographic culture. The Awards do this by recognizing great contributions to photography in the past through the Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize as well as finding new talents of the future and providing them with the opportunity to be promoted and exhibited around the world. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Student competition: Providing a platform for photography students worldwide. 

Free to enter for anyone aged from 18 to 30 years-old undertaking a photography programme

Students answer a set brief with 5 to 10 images

Up to 10 shortlisted photographers

One overall winner receives the Student Photographer of the Year title

Deadline for entries is 28 November 2025 at 13:00 (GMT)

Youth competition: Open to photographers aged 19 and under. Entry is free.

The competition runs from 1 June 2025 to 6 January 2026

Photographers can enter up to three images relating to a theme

Judges will select a shortlist of up to 10 photographers

Shortlist compete for Youth Photographer of the Year title

Overall winner receives Youth Photographer of the Year title and Sony digital imaging kit

Please see ‘Rules’ below for full image eligibility criteria

Deadline for entries is 6 January 2026 at 13:00 (GMT)

Open competition: Free to enter and open to anyone submitting single images taken in 2025

Enter up to three single images for free

Ten diverse categories to enter

Awards for category winners plus up to 15 shortlisted photographers per category

One overall winner receives the Open Photographer of the Year title

Please see ‘Rules’ below for full image eligibility criteria

Deadline is 6 January, 2026 at 13.00 GMT

Professional competition: Free to enter

Open to anyone submitting a series of 5 to 10 images per category

Ten diverse categories to enter

Awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place photographers plus up to 7 shortlisted photographers per category

One overall winner receives the Photographer of the Year title

Please see ‘Rules’ below for full image eligibility criteria

Photographer of the Year is rewarded with a solo presentation of their work as part of the Sony World Photography Awards London exhibition the following year

Deadline is January 13 2026 at 13.00 GMT

BENEFIT:

Student competition: Prizes include top Sony Digital Imaging equipment, inclusion in the London exhibition and the annual book – plus more!

Youth competition: You could win top Sony Digital Imaging equipment, inclusion in the London exhibition and the annual book—plus more!

Open competition: Win $5,000 (USD)

Professional competition: Win $25,000 (USD)

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