Global Finance & Technology Network

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| name = Global Finance & Technology Network

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| type = Nonprofit organization

| founded_date = 2024

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| location =Singapore

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| key_people = Ravi Menon, Chairman
Neil Parekh (NMP), Deputy Chairman
Leong Sing Chiong (Deputy MD, MAS), Deputy Chairman
Sopnendu Mohanty, Group CEO

| area_served = Global

| focus = Fintech

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| homepage = [https://gftn.co/ www.gftn.co]

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Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) (formerly Elevandi) is created by Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to serve expanding Singapore's fintech ecosystem globally.{{Cite web |title=MAS appoints ex-managing director Ravi Menon as chairman of new group Global Finance & Technology Network(update)|url=https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/fintech/mas-appoints-ex-managing-director-ravi-menon-chairman-new-fintech-group-global-finance|access-date=2024-10-31|website=The Edge (Singapore)|date=2024-10-30|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=MAS sets up finance and technology network to be chaired by Ravi Menon|url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/mas-sets-finance-and-technology-network-be-chaired-ravi-menon|access-date=2024-11-02|website=The Business Times (Singapore)|date=2024-10-30|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=MAS sets up new not-for-profit firm as it seeks to extend reach to global fintech sector|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/mas-sets-up-new-not-for-profit-firm-as-it-seeks-to-extend-reach-to-global-fintech-sector|access-date=2024-11-02|website=The Straits Times|date=2024-10-30|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore's MAS sets up new fintech network led by former chief|url=https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/732220|access-date=2024-11-02|website=The Edge (Malaysia)|date=2024-10-30|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore's central bank sets up not-for-profit global fintech network|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/singapores-central-bank-sets-up-not-profit-global-fintech-network-4713216|access-date=2024-11-02|website=CNA (TV network)|date=2024-10-30|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore sets up global fintech network, appoints former MAS chief Ravi Menon as chairman|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/mas-global-fintech-network-chairman-ravi-menon-4711791|access-date=2024-11-02|website=CNA (TV network)|date=2024-10-30|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Former Singapore MAS Chief Sets Up New Fintech Network|url=https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2024/10/30/former-singapore-mas-chief-sets-up-new-fintech-network/|access-date=2024-11-02|website=Business Today (Malaysia)|date=2024-10-30|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Singapore MAS Sets Up New Fintech Network Led by Former Chief|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-30/singapore-mas-sets-up-new-fintech-network-led-by-former-chief?embedded-checkout=true|access-date=2024-11-02|website=Bloomberg News|date=2024-10-30|language=en-GB}}

GFTN will focus on four business lines – organising fintech festivals, providing advisory and research services, providing digital platform services to SMEs, and establishing a fund for investing on technology related start-ups.

Ravi Menon, former managing director of the MAS is appointed as the chairman of GFTN.

History

GFTN replaces and builds upon Elevandi, the non-profit organisation created by the Monetary Authority of Singapore in August 2021 to foster an active and open dialogue between the public and private sectors, to advance FinTech further in the global digital economy.{{Cite web|url=https://deshgujarat.com/2023/07/18/gujarat-origin-nimil-parekh-nominated-to-singapores-parliament-as-mp/|title=Gujarat-origin Nimil Parekh nominated to Singapore's Parliament as MP|access-date=2 August 2023|work=DeshGujarat|date=18 July 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/banking-finance/singapore-fintech-festival-2021/next-global-lift-sff|title=The next global lift for SFF|access-date=2 August 2023|work=The Business Times (Singapore)|date=2 November 2021}}

GFTN will continue to operate as a not-for-profit, and will work with the MAS on industry and policy dialogues in the area of payments, asset tokenization, AI and quantum.

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