Out of the box: Singapore tries to become a fintech hub
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A financial hub confronts the job-shredding potential of fintech
Print Headline:
Out of the box
Print Fly Title:
Fintech in Singapore
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Issue:
Equipping people to stay ahead of technological change
Fly Title:
Out of the box
Location:
SINGAPORE
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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: ...