{"id":81185,"date":"2026-09-01T07:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81185"},"modified":"2026-09-01T07:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T23:09:10","slug":"mas-commits-220m-to-deepen-singapores-fintech-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81185","title":{"rendered":"MAS commits $220m to deepen Singapore\u2019s fintech innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The three-year programme will support frontier technologies, financial infrastructure and at least 1,000 internships.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will commit $220m over three years to accelerate financial technology development and adoption under its renewed Financial Sector Technology and Innovation Scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth iteration of the programme, known as FSTI 4.0, will support financial institutions and fintech firms in developing, deploying and scaling new solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Its priorities include artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technology, quantum technology and digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme will operate through six tracks covering manpower, institutional projects, AI adoption, infrastructure and platforms, centres of excellence, and fintech awards.<\/p>\n<p>Under the manpower track, MAS will co-fund internship stipends and support at least 1,000 fintech internship opportunities over the next three years.<\/p>\n<p>A new portal managed by the Singapore FinTech Association will connect fintech firms with students from institutes of higher learning for business, technology and other roles.<\/p>\n<p>The institution project track will support Singapore-based financial institutions and fintech companies developing solutions involving frontier technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the AI Pathfinder track will help financial institutions adopt market-ready AI solutions listed on PathFin.ai, an MAS-led platform connecting financial institutions, AI providers and other industry partners.<\/p>\n<p>FSTI 4.0 will also fund industry-wide infrastructure and platforms intended to improve efficiency, productivity and innovation across the financial sector.<\/p>\n<p>Its centre of excellence track seeks to anchor the innovation functions of global financial institutions and fintech firms in Singapore, particularly in AI, quantum computing and digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>MAS will also introduce a Global FinTech Hackcelerator Scale-up Grant to help eligible competition finalists develop and validate their solutions, attract private investment and strengthen their presence in Singapore.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sbr.com.sg\/news\/mas-commits-220m-deepen-singapores-fintech-innovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three-year programme will support frontier technologies, financial infrastructure and at least 1,000 internships. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will commit $220m over three&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}