BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Singapore Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250101 TZNAME:Malay Peninsula Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF)\, with the support o f the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)\, 12 financial institution (FI ) partners\, 5 polytechnics\, SCI and Young NTUC\, organised a half day Fi nancial Industry Fiesta on 9 Jul 2025\, 9.30am to 1.30pm\, at the Ngee Ann Poly Convention Centre. \;Attended by over 700 students\, the event w as designed to help provide students with a better understanding of the mu ltiple pathways available in the financial industry for polytechnic talent — including internships\, traineeships\, and work-and-study opportunities . \;Scroll on to find out more about the key highlights of the event b elow. \;Event Highlights \;Dialogue with Mr Alvin Tan\,Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development\, and Board Member of MAS \;Mr Alvin Tan\, Minister of State (National Development and Tr ade and Industry) and Board Member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) graced the event as the Guest of Honour and shared his insights in a dialogue session. \;The dialogue session between MOS Tan\, polytechni c students and alumni exchanged personal reflections and shared the multip le pathways for polytechnic talent to access meaningful training opportuni ties in the financial sector. \;Fireside Chat: Decoding Career Pathway s in the Financial Services Sector \;Leaders from key FIs shared insig hts on how young talent optimise their exposure to the financial services industry through internships and \, traineeships to gain good hands-on exp erience to prepare them for their careers. \; \;They also opened u p about their own career journeys – the wins\, the pivots\, and what they wish they knew when starting out. \;[video][video]\n \;[video]&nb sp\;Financial Sector Marketplace \;The financial institutions supporti ng this outreach initiative also hosted booths to share more about the tra ineeship opportunities with their organisations and answer questions from students on internships\, traineeships\, and work-and-study opportunities. \;IBF and youth mentors from Young NTUC were also present to provide career tips and advice to students as they explore next steps after comple ting their studies.Stay Connected with IBF \; \;Follow us to stay updated on upcoming events\, useful insights\, and opportunities in the fi nancial services sector. \; \;@ibfsgIBFSGLinkedInIBFSingapore@ibfs g \;Participating FIsBrought to you byIn collaboration with \; DTEND:20250709T053000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T072744Z DTSTART:20250709T013000Z LOCATION:Singapore\,Convention Centre\,Ngee Ann Polytechnic SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:IBF Financial Industry Fiesta 2025 UID:RFCALITEM639234988644362054 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Institute of Banking and Fin ance (IBF)\, with the support of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) \, 12 financial institution (FI) partners\, 5 polytechnics\, SCI and Young NTUC\, organised a half day Financial Industry Fiesta on 9 Jul 2025\, 9.3 0am to 1.30pm\, at the Ngee Ann Poly Convention Centre. \;

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Attended by over 700 students\, the event was designed to help provide students with a better understanding of the multiple pathw ays available in the financial industry for polytechnic talent — including internships\, traineeships\, and work-and-study opportunities. \;

Scroll on to find out more about the key highlights of th e event below. \;

Event Highlights

Dialogue with Mr Alvin Tan\,

Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development\, and B oard Member of MAS

Mr Alvin Tan\, Minister o f State (National Development and Trade and Industry) and Board Member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) graced the event as the Guest of Honour and shared his insights in a dialogue session.

The dialogue session between MOS Tan\, polytechnic students and alumni exchanged personal reflections and shared the multiple pathways for polytechnic talent to access meaningful training opportunities in the financial sector.

MOS Alvin Tan

Fireside Chat: Decodin g Career Pathways in the Financial Services Sector

Leaders from key FIs shared insights on how young talent optimise t heir exposure to the financial services industry through internships and \ , traineeships to gain good hands-on experience to prepare them for their careers. \; \;

They also opened up a bout their own career journeys – the wins\, the pivots\, and what they wis h they knew when starting out.

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\; Financial Sector Marketp lace \; The financial institutions supporting this outreach init iative also hosted booths to share more about the traineeship opportunitie s with their organisations and answer questions from students on internshi ps\, traineeships\, and work-and-study opportunities. \; IBF and youth mentors from Young NTUC were al so present to provide career tips and advice to students as they explore n ext steps after completing their studies.