Books
FinTech Nation’s books capture the people, principles, and progress that have shaped Singapore’s rise as a global fintech powerhouse. What began as a single book documenting the country’s journey has grown into a storytelling movement that celebrates builders, mentors, and innovators across the ecosystem.
Our books blend narrative, research, and lived experience. They spotlight the unsung connectors who move the industry forward, decode the frameworks behind successful ventures, and preserve the milestones that define each phase of the fintech story. By chronicling real practitioners and real lessons, these books act as both inspiration and recorded history for current and future leaders.
Key Titles
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Singapore: The FinTech Nation - The foundational book that traces how Singapore became a global benchmark in fintech excellence—unpacking the policies, partnerships, and cultural DNA that made it possible.
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Superhumans of FinTech - An annual anthology celebrating the quiet champions behind the industry. These profiles highlight mentors, operators, enablers, and community builders whose impact often goes unseen but shapes the entire ecosystem.
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Special Edition & Community Books - Community-driven books such as FinTech65 Coffee Book and various talent-feature editions that highlight individuals and initiatives powering the ecosystem.
Why Books Matter to Us
Our books are more than publications—they are the cornerstone of our mission. They build legitimacy, spark conversation, and create a tangible record of an industry constantly reinventing itself. They also serve as narrative touchstones for policymakers, founders, investors, and educators seeking to understand how fintech evolves and what drives Singapore’s success.
Fintech 65 - 2024
When we launched FinTech Nation back in 2015, one of the key things we set out to do was to build an ecosystem, driven by community engagement, talent recognition and mentorship.
The FinTech 65 initiative for us is founded on three key pillars, i.e. Recognition, Inspiration, and Aspiration.
Fintech Nation, The: Excellence Unlocked In Singapore
Singapore's FinTech journey has been a story of relentless pursuit of excellence to build a global financial service hub with limited means and lots of aspirations. The slogan of 'Dream big. Start small. Move fast' has rallied regulators, startups, investors, corporates and everyone else to achieve a common goal.
Fintech Nation - Excellence Unlocked In Singapore
Singapore attracts people across the region to build their ventures in the domains of finance and technology. This book traces Singapore's journey from 2015 till 2020 starting with the establishment of regional hubs and globalization of fintech innovation. The key principles which established Singapore as a Fintech Nation have been an obsession with excellence referred to as RFFL (Right First, Fast Later), a unique model of economic and legal policies known as Singanomics and lastly, an organized and controlled model of a new idea development termed Garden Innovation.
Fintech 65 - 2023 - Recognizing and Nurturing Talent in Singapore
The Fintech65 is our way of celebrating the most influential contributors to the fintech ecosystem in Singapore. From start-ups to financial institutions to big tech, these individuals have made meaningful contributions across regulatory and compliance, ESG and sustainability, Web3 and Blockchain, and women in the Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics domains.
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