Out of the box: Singapore tries to become a fintech hub

Print section
Print Rubric: 


A financial hub confronts the job-shredding potential of fintech




Print Headline: 


Out of the box




Print Fly Title: 


Fintech in Singapore








UK Only Article:  standard article




Issue: 


Equipping people to stay ahead of technological change




Fly Title: 


Out of the box





Location: 


SINGAPORE




Main image: 


20170114_fnp504.jpg








IN AN era when architectural masterpieces curve and bloom (Zaha Hadid), or shimmy and fold (Frank Gehry), designers of central-bank buildings remain reassuringly fond of right angles. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the city-state’s central bank and financial regulator, is housed in a boxy tower just south of the central business district. But tucked into one corner is a room called “LookingGlass@MAS” that desperately wants to be Silicon Valley: ...