World FinTech Association

Name

World FinTech Association

Legal name

World FinTech Forum

Website

https://worldfintechforum.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The World FinTech Association operates the World FinTech Forum, an invitation-only leadership meeting for digital finance, hosting annual continental and global editions that convene national fintech associations, regulators, unicorn founders, and policymakers around FinTech Golden Rules development.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Industry Leadership Forums

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), Business Associations (813910)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Summits & Invitation-Only Forums (MPAGAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Finance & Investment Conferences (MPAGAGAG)

Keywords

• Fintech leadership forums
• Digital finance events
• Industry association meetings
• Regulatory dialogue platforms
• Cross-border fintech networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Forum Participation and Institutional Partnerships: Revenue is derived from participation fees for the leadership forum events (continental and global editions), as well as institutional partnership opportunities. The forum offers participation requests for general information, continental editions, global edition, institutional partnership, and media/press information.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The World FinTech Association (World FinTech Forum) organizes invitation-only, closed-door leadership meetings for digital finance. It convenes leaders from national fintech associations, regulators, governments, international organizations, and the fintech industry across continental editions in the Americas, Europe, Africa & the Middle East, and Asia, culminating in a global edition. The forum focuses on regulatory dialogue, industry alignment, and shaping the future of digital finance.

Product overview

The World FinTech Forum is a single unified product — a global leadership meeting/conference platform for digital finance. It consists of four regional continental editions (Americas, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Asia) held annually plus a global flagship edition, all built around a structured three-day programme of closed-door working sessions, public forum presentations, and the G30 Roundtable. The Forum is backed by the Global FinTech Alliance network of 130+ national FinTech associations and serves as the platform for developing and validating the FinTech Golden Rules across the global ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• World FinTech Forum (umbrella leadership meeting) An invitation-only, closed-door leadership meeting for digital finance stakeholders, including national fintech associations, regulators, governments, international organizations, investors, and fintech industry leaders.
• Continental Editions of the World FinTech Forum Region-specific editions of the World FinTech Forum convened separately across the Americas, Europe, Africa & the Middle East, and Asia, enabling regional dialogue among local fintech associations, regulators, and industry leaders.
• Global Edition of the World FinTech Forum The culminating global edition of the World FinTech Forum, bringing together leaders from all continental editions into a single global leadership meeting for digital finance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 130+ national fintech associations connected through the Global FinTech Alliance
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Global FinTech AllianceflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Global FinTech Alliance is the primary supporting organization for the World FinTech Forum, connecting more than 130 national fintech associations worldwide. The GFA Board provides speakers for the forum, and the alliance backs the continental fintech associations involved in the forum's regional editions. The Chairman of the GFA, Rodrigo García de la Cruz, serves as a key spokesperson for the forum.

Scale indicators12 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Abu Dhabi Finance Week / FinTech Abu Dhabi: Annual FinTech and finance leadership event hosted in Abu Dhabi, covering payments, digital assets and regulatory innovation; comparable invitation-driven format targeting FinTech leaders in the EMEA region.
• Money 20/20: Large-scale global FinTech-focused events series (Las Vegas, Singapore, Amsterdam) that convene payments, banking and FinTech leaders; directly comparable in serving the same senior FinTech ecosystem that WFF targets.
• Sibos (SWIFT): Annual financial industry conference organized by SWIFT covering payments, banking and market infrastructure; directly comparable in convening senior leaders across banks, market infrastructure providers and regulators.
• Hong Kong FinTech Week: Major annual FinTech event in Hong Kong featuring regulators, financial institutions and FinTech leaders across the Asia-Pacific region; comparable in audience and regulatory dialogue focus.
• Singapore FinTech Festival: Annual FinTech leadership event hosted by MAS and the Singapore FinTech Association; comparable as a global FinTech forum bringing together regulators, policymakers and industry leaders.
• London FinTech Week: Annual FinTech-focused leadership week in London bringing together senior FinTech, regulatory and policy stakeholders; comparable regional FinTech event targeting the same European ecosystem WFF covers.

Others

• SIFMA: U.S. securities industry trade association that organizes leadership conferences and policy convenings; comparable as an industry-body convening organization for senior financial leaders and regulators.
• Institute of International Finance (IIF): Global membership association for financial industry that convenes bankers, regulators and policymakers and produces policy guidance; comparable as a private convening organization operating in the international financial regulatory dialogue space.

Broad incumbents

• Web Summit: Large-scale technology leadership conference (Lisbon and other venues) attracting founders, investors and senior tech executives; comparable as a high-profile leadership event for the broader digital ecosystem that includes FinTech.
• World Economic Forum (Davos): Annual invitation-only leadership meeting in Davos that brings together heads of state, regulators and CEOs; WFF explicitly brands itself as the 'Davos of FinTech', making the WEF the closest model and aspirational benchmark.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/world-fintech-forum

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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