Singapore’s fintech sector saw a significant revival in the first half of 2025 (H1 2025), attracting close to US$1.04 billion across 90 deals—the highest level of investment since the first half of 2023, according to KPMG data.
This represents an year-on-year increase in deal value compared to H1 2024. Investors were primarily drawn to three key areas: payments, cryptocurrency, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML).
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Payments led the way, securing US$474.66 million in investments, with deals spread evenly across early and late stages.
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Cryptocurrency followed with US$254.1 million.
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AI and ML deals rounded out the top three with $234.5 million.
Unlike payments, cryptocurrency and AI/ML investment mostly centered on early-stage deals. This local growth occurred even as global fintech investments experienced a decline, falling to US$44.7 billion in H1 2025 from US$54.2 billion in H2 2024.
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