About Fintech Academy

Fintech Academy(FTA) is incorporated in Singapore for spearheading talent development programmes ranging from financial and fintech literacy awareness to deep dive fintech engineering courses with experts from the industry. FTA works closely with professional bodies, polytechnics and universities. Besides our universities in Singapore and overseas, FTA collaborates with international organizations like ACCA, CPA Australia, ISCA, Prudential and Pearson.  Fintech Academy (FTA) is committed to reliable and efficient professional development services to develop human capital. FTA will continue to curate innovative education programmes by integrating learning, industry and community so as to heighten fintech literacy awareness.

Since its inception in 2018, it has run 3 cohorts of fintech talent programme 80-hr courses and organized 8 events including the inaugural FinEdTech conference and the first Fintech Vietnam ICT Outlook conference which is supported by 4 ministries and the Peoples Committee.  Our Founder was invited to speak at several international conferences organized by universities, Central banks, OECD and professional bodies like MIA, IAI, ICAEW, CPA Australia, etc  FTA works together with many partners from polytechnics, universities and professional bodies to curate courses with industry experts, with the support of government funding, to develop human capital and prepare our youth to be future ready.

Company Description

Fintech Academy (FTA) is the ASEAN leader in talent development, research and consulting across the fintech and smart city sectors, with a mission of empowering nations, developing human capital. Building capabilities!

Founded in 2018, our success has always been underpinned by the simple principle of providing trusted research and advice that makes a difference to our partners and community. Today we have over 200 associates ranging from the largest digital, energy companies and financial institutions to governments as well as smaller market specialists, who journey with us to serve our community of practice, our networked learning community.

Our teams are located around the world. This enables us to stay closely connected with customers and understand the markets and sectors we cover. Collectively this allows us to offer a compelling combination of global alliance with detailed local market knowledge. We are growing our Alliance, a not for profit organization, for venture building and academic support so as to journey with innovators through to success by connecting our co-founders lab with venture capitalists and industry expert mentors, backed by universities.

We are committed to supporting our people to grow and thrive. At the Alliance, we value different perspectives and aspire to create an inclusive environment that encourages diversity and fosters a sense of belonging to this innovation culture. We are committed to creating an ecosystem of co-founders lab in this space starting with fintech and healthcare, with a vision to getting  involved in Wellness, Diversity and Inclusion, and Community Engagement initiatives.

At the heart of what we do is help clients have social impact. Our access to a great network of industry experts and academia enables our networked learning community with access to information and insights to fintech, both the financial as well as the technology space, in healthtech and the financial services markets so they can make faster and more informed decisions. In addition, we work with companies, government agencies and institutions of higher learning on financial inclusion and Healthcare accessibility and affordability issues through research and advocacy.