Bill Gates among star speakers at Singapore's biggest fintech festival

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (left), Google chief executive Sundar Pichai (top right) and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardernare slated to speak at the event. - Bloomberg/AFP/Reuters/Facebook

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore's biggest fintech festival and innovation week kicks off on Monday (Dec 7) with a star-line up of speakers, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who is also Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies and Minister for Finance, will open the Singapore FinTech Festival and Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SFF x Switch 2020) by speaking on the state of the economy.