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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

Published Mon, Oct 29, 2018 · 09:50 PM

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.