Report: London, Singapore excel as fintech hubs
Both have five factors in their favour, but London is a more mature fintech market, says ISCA-ICAEW report
Claudia Chong
Singapore
SINGAPORE and London make for successful fintech hubs because of a confluence of five key factors - markets, talent, capital, regulation and government support.
But the cities differ in the maturity and focus of their fintech scenes, which has led to different challenges in fund-raising and in contrasting approaches to policy-making.
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