Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping financial services in Singapore. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
Recently founded means a recorded 2023–2026 founding year and no recorded parent, acquirer or public-company status. These companies are not labelled startups without that separate classification.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
56 of 1,291 tracked companies have open roles.
44 of 1,291 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 65 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 45.0% of disclosed capital, while 96.6% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $177.09M | 61 | 3 |
| 2017 | $705.9M | 70 | 6 |
| 2018 | $1.01B | 79 | 5 |
| 2019 | $759.47M | 87 | 6 |
| 2020 | $125.84M | 88 | 3 |
| 2021 | $680.46M | 68 | 6 |
| 2022 | $172.74M | 46 | 9 |
| 2023 | $11.5M | 36 | 3 |
| 2024 | $461.5M | 29 | 9 |
| 2025 | $173M | 2 | 6 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
82 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in financial services company rounds since 2016.
Backed by TAC and Z Venture Capital and others.
Backed by Pollen Street.
Backed by GDP Venture and Farallon Capital Management and others.
Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund and MSIG and others.
Backed by Khazanah Nasional Berhad and General Atlantic and others.
Backed by Shinhan Financial Group and Temasek and others.
Backed by Cool Japan Fund and Temasek and others.
Backed by Insignia Ventures Partners and Venturra Capital and others.
Backed by Peak XV Partners and Nextinfinitymanagement and others.
Backed by SeaTown Holdings International.
Backed by EDBI and The Dietrich Foundation and others.
Backed by WOORI Venture Partners and WashU and others.
No reviewed exact national-ID connector maps Singapore company identities to the configured global filings table.; No reviewed exact national-ID connector maps Singapore company identities to the configured global filings table.
How the Singapore companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
15 of the 1,291 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (1.2%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 416,038 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| DBSdbs.com.sg | 2,511,762 | 64 | 55.1% |
| Irasiras.gov.sg | 1,779,433 | 60 | 63.3% |
| OCBCocbc.com | 1,474,039 | 59 | 37% |
| SGXsgx.com | 1,288,528 | 57 | 64.6% |
| UOBuobgroup.com | 1,156,522 | 51 | 36.9% |
| Great Easterngreateasternlife.com | 956,040 | 55 | 46.3% |
| Carrocarro.co | 689,668 | 44 | 74.9% |
| Seasea.com | 416,038 | 38 | 16% |
| Prudentialprudential.com.sg | 335,619 | 48 | 41.7% |
| POSBposb.com.sg | 263,168 | 48 | 43.5% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
56 of these companies (4.3%) publish at least one Android app — 87 apps in all, carrying 9.1M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| DBS PayLah!DBS | 3.4M | 3.8 | Finance |
| OCBC SingaporeOCBC | 2.2M | 4.7 | Finance |
| Great Eastern SingaporeGreat Eastern | 551.5K | 3.9 | Finance |
| SGX MobileSGX | 538K | 4 | Finance |
| Great Eastern Rewards SGGreat Eastern | 338.6K | — | Lifestyle |
| Maybank2u SGMaybank | 284.8K | 3.4 | Finance |
| QuickCreditQuick Credit | 225.7K | 2.8 | Finance |
| OCBC BusinessOCBC | 213.4K | 3.4 | Finance |
| Great Eastern Rewards MalaysiaGreat Eastern | 152.1K | — | Lifestyle |
| DCS CardsDCS Card Centre | 117.3K | — | Finance |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q3–2026Q2).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks | 11 | 6.4M | DBS PayLah! 3.4M | |
| Insurance Carriers | 19 | 1.4M | Great Eastern Singapore 551.5K | |
| Investment Tech | 4 | 548.6K | SGX Mobile 538K | |
| Financial Exchanges | 4 | 542.2K | SGX StarGate Authenticator 2.2K | |
| Consumer And Sme Loans | 12 | 387.4K | QuickCredit 225.7K | |
| Asset Management | 17 | 166.3K | UOBAM Invest 69.1K | |
| Service Providers To Banks | 5 | 121K | DCS Cards 117.3K | |
| Brokers And Dealers | 4 | 59K | LIMTAN (Lim & Tan Securities) 39.7K |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 66 of 87 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
5 companies hiring · $1.02B disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Caster Ong, co-founder of SG Alliance, said: “We share Ascend Asia’s vision of bringing consumers more choice and value, and joining the group is an exciting step to allow us to enhance our advisory offerings and continue growing with our financial consultants and clients.”
Bharti Group is discussing the sale of as much as 85% of its life insurance arm to Prudential in a transaction that could value the business at around Rs70bn ($742.8m)–Rs80bn.
Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd acquired a new stake in Lockheed Martin in the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000.
OCBC Bank is the leading contender to acquire HSBC Holdings’ retail banking operations in Indonesia, reported Bloomberg citing sources.
"In 2021, US data centre giant Digital Realty raised $977 million in gross proceeds from the IPO of Digital Core REIT on the SGX, helping fortify the city-state’s status as a digital infrastructure hub."
CLAR earlier announced that it has launched an equity fund raising to generate gross proceeds of no less than approximately $900m through a private placement and a non-renounceable preferential offering.
Paslay Management Group—a provider Executive Program Management for complex capital development programs, organizational analysis, and enterprise-level business advisory strategies—has announced its merger with Chicago-based Unison Consulting.
Joint underwriters DBS Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, and United Overseas Bank subscribed the remaining units under the underwriting agreement, allowing the REIT to raise its targeted gross proceeds of about $196.6m.
BOC Aviation has completed a self-arranged club loan transaction worth US$2 billion with the participation of 19 international banks, strengthening its funding base and supporting future growth.
Zurich Insurance Group announced its agreement to acquire UK-based specialty insurer Beazley plc in a deal valued at approximately $10.8 billion (£8 billion).
Top 10 categories among 773 recorded events in the 24-month window.
5 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · SGX2 reports
OFS · Singapore1 reports
IPO1 reports
IPO · United States4 reports
IPO · NASDAQ1 reports
80 tracked people moves
Appointment head of family office and wealth advisory
Departure Previously Market Leader for Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam
Appointment Senior Wealth Adviser
Appointment Head of Family Office and Wealth Advisory for Singapore
Departure Previously Japan Chief Executive at Keppel’s fund management and investment business
Appointment Chief Sustainability Officer
Departure Previously Chief Sustainability Officer
Departure Previously Chief Executive Officer
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
AI data infrastructure
Compensation framework
Wealth Management
Exclusive Client Space / Health & Wellness
Remittance
Consumer Finance
AI chatbot
Internal chatbot
22 recorded customer wins
Customer: Sovereign wealth fundReal Estate
Customer: sky airlineAviation
Customer: fast retailingRetail Real Estate
Customer: jetsmartAviation
Customer: Financial services
Customer: Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)Energy
2 companies with reported reductions
17 recorded events
Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore
approved for saleSingapore Food Agency
pending regulatory approval
15-year ban imposedMonetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
12 tracked suits
breach of SGX rule 877(10) regarding allocation of excess rights sharesRegulatory · Settled
Antitrust violations in debt refinancing blockAntitrust · Ongoing
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 171 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascend Asia→SG Alliance ↗ | Completed | 2026-05-04 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Prudential→Bharti Group\'s life insurance arm | Announced | 2026-04-27 | $742.8M |
| zurich insurance→Beazley ↗ | Pending | 2026-04-23 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Keppel→cleantech solar | Completed | 2026-04-23 | $200.0M |
| Pilgrim Partners Asia→lockheed martin | Completed | 2026-04-19 | $35.0K |
| OCBC→HSBC Holdings | Rumored | 2026-04-17 | $350.0M |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
191 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 523-posting snapshot covers 239 employers.
2 tracked postings mention remote work.
227 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 523 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 213 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Sea ↗ | 63,800 |
| Manulife ↗ | 40,000 |
| OCBC ↗ | 29,000 |
| UOB ↗ | 24,146 |
| Tan Chong International ↗ | 5,537 |
| Great Eastern ↗ | 5,500 |
| Yoma Strategic Holdings ↗ | 5,432 |
| enterprise singapore ↗ | 1,384 |
366 founders and chief executives across 298 companies.
Singapore Management University BSc 2010, Carnegie Mellon University MSc 2010
Ex-Wilmar International and the Economic Development Board.Carnegie Mellon University B.S
ex-Parkway. ACCA 1997
CEO-ESR-REIT Management
Director - Delta Capital. University of Cambridge Master of Engineering 2000
CEO Keppel REIT, ex-REITAS, CapitaLand. University of Michigan MBA
Founder & CEO iFAST, ex-Co-Founder Fundsupersmart.com. NUS BE
Ex-Keppel, SCCPRE Hospitality REIT Management, Ruyi Asset Management. National University of Singapore BSc 2001
AU Group, ex-Marsh. Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce BCom 2006, Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies MBA 2008
Ex-Flybits, Appear Networks, Orange Business Services. ESC Rennes 2005
Ex-Lenovo, Qihu 360, Alibaba.
Group Chief Executive Officer - Nueva Capital · Ex - Keenai Global, Lighthouse Canton · Harvard Business School, SCMHRD
88 profiles with education records.
12 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
173,141 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Financial Services coverage across Singapore · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 22,399 |
| 2021Q3 | 24,870 |
| 2021Q4 | 22,594 |
| 2022Q1 | 24,585 |
| 2022Q2 | 25,286 |
| 2022Q3 | 28,171 |
| 2022Q4 | 31,670 |
| 2023Q1 | 32,646 |
| 2023Q2 | 32,221 |
| 2023Q3 | 32,673 |
| 2023Q4 | 35,904 |
| 2024Q1 | 34,822 |
| 2024Q2 | 40,989 |
| 2024Q3 | 39,799 |
| 2024Q4 | 41,923 |
| 2025Q1 | 49,543 |
| 2025Q2 | 32,369 |
| 2025Q3 | 85,779 |
| 2025Q4 | 26,380 |
| 2026Q1 | 29,669 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
1,277 recorded company events across 71 companies; percentages use that event total.
Financial Services coverage across Singapore · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Financial Services coverage across Singapore
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| countries | 2,416 | 1,012 | 139% |
| decentralized forex | 407 | 231 | 76% |
| stablecoin fx impact | 394 | 175 | 125% |
| study overseas | 336 | 105 | 220% |
| overseas study | 306 | 100 | 206% |
| semester abroad | 270 | 80 | 238% |
| exchange rates | 206 | 144 | 43% |
| international programs | 202 | 56 | 261% |
| ai research | 202 | 134 | 51% |
| tanker routing | 198 | 30 | 560% |
| flight safety measures | 66 | 285 | -77% |
| direct investments (pe) | 145 | 243 | -40% |
| brent crude forecast | 46 | 241 | -81% |
| aircraft emergency procedures | 50 | 232 | -78% |
| crude oil analysis | 44 | 218 | -80% |
Financial Services coverage across Singapore
territories, disputed islands, countries
18.3% critical · 16.0% positiveinflation reports fx, currency intervention policies, pre-ipo valuation
41.1% critical · 58.7% positivegdp growth forex, gdp growth rate, inflation reports fx
39.4% critical · 51.8% positiveFinancial Services coverage across Singapore. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Compare demand signals in Singapore’s newsflow with the financial services categories mapped to each signal.
Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.
The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crypto & digital assets ↗Adoption Shift | 37.5 | 0.0 | +37.5 | +68.3% | |
| Interest rates & policy ↗Macro Pressure | 50.0 | 75.0 | -25.0 | +4.6% | |
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 37.5 | 75.0 | -37.5 | +17.0% | |
| Market volatility ↗Macro Pressure | 87.5 | — | No matching category | — | +234.6% |
| Data & privacy regulation ↗Compliance Pressure | 37.5 | — | No matching category | — | +91.0% |
Showing all 5 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.
All 1 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. Singapore is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.
Interest rates & policy · Market volatility · Crypto & digital assets
Crypto cycles can pull exchange, wallet and compliance demand in waves.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 29 | 9.61 |
| 2024Q4 | 24 | 8.13 |
| 2025Q1 | 27 | 8.25 |
| 2025Q2 | 28 | 13.04 |
| 2025Q3 | 56 | 13.44 |
| 2025Q4 | 44 | 17.85 |
| 2026Q1 | 31 | 12.37 |
Rate moves can reprice every loan book — lending and deposit products feel it first.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 166 | 54.99 |
| 2024Q4 | 155 | 52.5 |
| 2025Q1 | 109 | 33.29 |
| 2025Q2 | 60 | 27.94 |
| 2025Q3 | 200 | 48.0 |
| 2025Q4 | 125 | 50.7 |
| 2026Q1 | 123 | 49.08 |
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 70 | 23.19 |
| 2024Q4 | 72 | 24.39 |
| 2025Q1 | 63 | 19.24 |
| 2025Q2 | 56 | 26.08 |
| 2025Q3 | 76 | 18.24 |
| 2025Q4 | 42 | 17.04 |
| 2026Q1 | 79 | 31.52 |
Volatility can drive trading, hedging and advice-seeking in the same week it spikes.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s financial services market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 39 | 12.92 |
| 2024Q4 | 29 | 9.82 |
| 2025Q1 | 33 | 10.08 |
| 2025Q2 | 30 | 13.97 |
| 2025Q3 | 48 | 11.52 |
| 2025Q4 | 219 | 88.83 |
| 2026Q1 | 77 | 30.72 |
Privacy rules can land as engineering requirements — consent, data handling and audit tooling follow.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s financial services market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 20 | 6.63 |
| 2024Q4 | 25 | 8.47 |
| 2025Q1 | 18 | 5.5 |
| 2025Q2 | 20 | 9.31 |
| 2025Q3 | 67 | 16.08 |
| 2025Q4 | 26 | 10.55 |
| 2026Q1 | 31 | 12.37 |
Singapore financial services coverage
Urban Studies
24 citations in the snapshot
Journal of payments strategy & systems
22 citations in the snapshot
Journal of Medical Economics
19 citations in the snapshot
Journal of Aging & Social Policy
19 citations in the snapshot
Singapore coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| forex liquidity | 92 | 42 | 125.9% |
| capital markets | 51 | 28 | 87.8% |
| gold spot price | 75 | 55 | 40.6% |
| yuan exchange | 55 | 43 | 31.9% |
| trade finance | 50 | 42 | 22.8% |
| precious metals | 51 | 47 | 11.9% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
98.7% across the displayed hubs
53 companies hiring · $4.7B disclosed funding
Explore companies in Singapore ↗0.7% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore companies in Bukit Merah ↗0.1% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore companies in Jersey City ↗
0.1% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore companies in Utrecht ↗0.1% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore companies in Bedok New Town ↗
0.1% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore companies in Bedok ↗0.1% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore companies in Morton Grove ↗
0.1% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 31 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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