About Us
About the FinTech Talent Programme
We held our Fintech conference in 2019 for educators at M Hotel this year and like our Fintech conference in 2018, we had an overwhelming response by professors, lecturers, and education officers gathered at M Hotel to learn from our stellar line-up of renowned industry practitioners, C-suite leaders and entrepreneurs from locally and internationally grown organizations. We also had industry visits arranged for our delegates to AI lab, Cybersecurity firm and SaaS as well as a financial institution. We also had a roundtable discussion for our thought leaders from accounting, banking and tech founders at MAS Reflection.
Networking opportunities and the sharing of experiences by our speakers were organised and we had our webinars where FinTech professionals and mentors shared their technical expertise and tips on pitching and how to expand their network was covered by practitioners, leaders, and entrepreneurs.
Another milestone achievement by the Fintech Academy is the formation of the Healthcare Fintech Alliance (HFA) which began with Pfizer and Alibaba as the founding partners. AccessHEALTH and other partners joined the Alliance and it was a roaring success in the first 6 months of its life, which culminated in an inaugural virtual ASEAN CSR Network Conference for 600 delegates, officiated by 2 Ministers and Ambassadors, as well as prominent industry leaders. university faculty, and government officials from ASEAN. The webinars, Thirsty Thursdays, and Tech Tuesdays were excellent awareness sessions with strong thought leadership provided by our very knowledgeable leaders and experts in their field. We are humbled and very appreciative of the support by government and industry in our endeavour to do outreach and advocate innovation and provide mentorship opportunities with academic rigour for the ecosystem. especially the founders and start-ups. We are also very blessed with the opportunity to participate in the Singapore Fintech Festival 2020 to provide workshops at the Talent Pavillion and hosted a panel from 7th to 11th Dec 2020.
Singapore: The Fintech Nation is the first ever book published on fintech scene in Singapore, and it was launched at the Singapore Fintech Festival, having narratives from our very own FinTech founders whom our Founder Dr Lillian Koh interviewed and documented these conversations, together with Varun Mittal, the “go-to-man” in fintech. Read more here Singapore: The Fintech Nation | McGraw Hill Asia (mheducation.com.sg)
Who We Are
The A Team comprises our Dy CEO SY Lim who has more than a decade of experience in logistics and blockchain and our Associate Director, Nikhil Ratnam who brings with him 2 decades of banking and finance experience from Wall Street and worldwide, to fintech now, and he is a much sought-after consultant with real expertise in this space; our Research and Development Manager, Jean and Josh, who are leading our research team, and members of our Founders labs, powered by our partners. Last but not least, our Founder & CEO, Dr Lillian Koh, who is the servant and evangelist of Fintech Academy. With more than 3 decades of being in education, she has a solid network of well renowned university professors in academia as well as practitioners who are Industry Experts in the fintech world to join us in this journey of educating others to spread the love.
FinTech Academy (FTA) spearheads talent development programmes ranging from financial literacy awareness to deep dive FinTech engineering courses.
We collaborate with educational institutions in Singapore as well as professional associations and bodies to co-certify industry-recognized training programmes.
We work closely with our institutions of higher learning (polytechnics and universities) in developing and delivering the courses as well as in research.
FinTech Academy is committed to providing learners with reliable and efficient professional development courses and we take pride in engaging our participants in unpacking the fundamentals and bringing them up to mark with relevant use cases and discuss current trending issues.
We curate innovative education and upskilling programmes by integrating a spirit of lifelong learning within our growing community.
We will continue to curate innovative education programmes by integrating learning, industry and our growing community.
Founder & CEO, Dr Lillian Koh
Dr. Lillian Koh is the Founder and CEO of Fintech Academy (Singapore). She was with the Ministry of Education, Singapore as a Senior Curriculum Specialist and was a faculty member at the National Institute of Education Singapore, which is an institute of the Nanyang Technological University. Advocating diversity in teaching and learning at the sole teacher training institute, Dr. Koh is also the champion of financial literacy in Singapore and was involved in spearheading financial and business education in Singapore. Using engaging pedagogies, technology and a model that has a great multiplier effect, she has positioned NIE at the forefront of the University’s work in seamless learning environment initiating a Class on Cloud with learning communities of members contributing to the Accounts Teaching Modules (ATM), Economics Resource Pool (ERP) and World of Work (WoW!) for business educators. She was the Chair of the Center of Financial Literacy at NIE, NTU and also the founding President of the Association of Commerce Educators (ACES). Appointed Chair of the Education Advisory Board of MDIS College and a faculty associate at A*STAR she was into a lot of innovations and start-ups also in her role as a consultant to various organizations like UNESCO, NHG, Pearson, MYOB, NETS, and Citi for education programmes. Besides leading FTA, she is also Director of the Center of Research and Innovation at NTUitive. She is also Advisor to the NTU Investment Interactive Club (NTU-IIC) and serves as a Mentor at Temasek LaunchPad. She was appointed International Consultant to the World Bank and has been serving as Advisor to the Institute of Blockchain, Singapore.
OUR VISION
A FinTech-Savvy World
We believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right and no one should be left behind. We therefore we set our sights on the ambitious vision of creating A FinTech-Savvy World where we are technologically savvy and financially literate.
OUR MISSION:
We aim to realize this Vision by focusing on the Product, Process and People that define our daily Mission:
- We accelerate people’s growth in fintech and build a culture of continuous learning through our programs.
- We work closely with stakeholders to challenge and improve on industry best practices.
- We collaborate and journey with people and partners who make it possible to achieve this Vision.
- We wish to keep ourselves up to date on latest developments that will affect the way we work, live and play, to be empowered to use AI-driven innovations and leverage on data for decision- making in this cyber world.