Industry Dialogue That Build Lasting Connections

GFTN Connect unites leaders across finance and technology in focused environments designed for exchange, insight, and partnership. Each edition addresses specific industry themes whilst creating space for the strategic conversations that shape global financial services. 

These gatherings serve as trusted platforms where C-level executives, decision-makers, and innovators explore emerging trends, share operational realities, and build the relationships that drive collaboration. From AI adoption to regulatory pathways, payments innovation to digital assets, GFTN Connect is a platform for industry practitioners to gather with purpose.   

From London to Singapore, over topics like AI and digital assets, or simply to celebrate key milestones, each edition is tailored to meet specific market priorities.  


Why GFTN Connect? 

Strategic Networking
Carefully curated attendee lists enable meaningful connections between decision-makers, founders, investors, and operators across the finance and technology ecosystem.

Global Reach
Editions take place across major financial centres, connecting regional ecosystems whilst maintaining a global perspective on industry development. 

Actionable Insights
Structured formats that balance formal dialogue with open networking, enabling participants to exchange practical experiences and explore tangible opportunities for collaboration.

Sector-Specific Focus
Each edition addresses distinct industry themes, from AI and payments to digital assets and regulatory pathways, ensuring relevant dialogue for participants. 

 

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Sector-Specific Focus

Each edition addresses distinct industry themes, from AI and payments to digital assets and regulatory pathways, ensuring relevant dialogue for participants. 
Capital Market Workshops

Strategic Networking

Carefully curated attendee lists enable meaningful connections between decision-makers, founders, investors, and operators across the finance and technology ecosystem.
Sustainability and Impact Finance Forums

Global Reach

Editions take place across major financial centres, connecting regional ecosystems whilst maintaining a global perspective on industry development. 
Reports & Impact

Actionable Insights

Structured formats that balance formal dialogue with open networking, enabling participants to exchange practical experiences and explore tangible opportunities for collaboration.

GFTN Connect Around the World

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LONDON | APRIL 2025

GFTN Connect - London edition
An invitation-only evening with senior leaders from London's fFinTtech ecosystem. This milestone gathering creates space for C-level peers to connect, exchange insights, and explore collaboration in an intimate setting.
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SINGAPORE | JUNE 2025

GFTN Connect - AI edition
Bringing together C-level leaders and decision-makers from both sides of AI adoption in financial services. This edition focuses on the practical realities of implementation, deployment, and transformation. 
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SINGAPORE | AUGUST 2025

GFTN Connect - Stripe Tour Edition
Held as part of the Stripe Tour, this payments-focused gathering convenes C-level leaders across the FinTech landscape to reflect on key trends, explore frontier technologies, and build meaningful relationships. 
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SINGAPORE | SEPTEMBER 2025

GFTN Connect - On-Chain Brunch
A gathering for everyone in the digital assets licensing journey: those already licensed, those in process, those exploring, and those who have attempted. Featuring a Japanese buffet, free-flow drinks, and a live DJ, this edition brings together exchanges, chains, custodians, and operators to share the realities of getting regulated. 
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SINGAPORE | NOVEMBER 2025

GFTN Connect - Pre-SFF Celebration
Celebrating 10 years of the Singapore FinTech Festival and looking towards the next decade of financial technology. This edition acknowledges the teams behind the scenes, from marketing and events to partnerships, policy, compliance, and operations, who make SFF possible each year.