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Curious about what it’s like to be the Chief Legal Officer and co-founder of a regional FinTech company?  Come join us for this exciting lunchtime career talk to hear from Samson Leo (NUS Law Class of 2011) as he shares his career journey towards becoming the Chief Legal Officer in Xfers, as well as the various challenges and opportunities for an in-house legal counsel in Tech.

Samson will also share the fascinating story of how he decided to start a business of his own, how he grew Xfers from a 3-person start-up to a regional company with more than 200 people across the region and some of the critical lessons he learnt along the way.  This is an invaluable opportunity to learn from a NUS Law alumnus who will share insights into what it takes to be successful lawyer in the FinTech space, so don’t miss it!

About the Speaker

Samson Leo
Co-founder & Chief Legal Officer, Xfers
Chief Legal Officer, Fazz Financial Group

Samson Leo is currently the Chief Legal Officer of Fazz Financial GrClick HERE to Register.oup and Xfers, which are both high-growth “Fintech 250” companies. Since his time as co-founder and Chief Legal Officer in Xfers, he has grown Xfers from a 3-person start-up to a regional company with more than 200 people across Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam and Philippines. Today, he heads the Fazz Financial Group’s legal team of 6 legal counsels in Singapore & Indonesia, and oversees the FFG Compliance committee consisting of senior compliance professionals and their team.

Samson has grown the regulatory profile of Xfers by successfully obtaining a rare MAS approval in 2019 for Xfers to become a widely accepted stored value facility, one of only six in Singapore. External partners have remarked that it was a “highly ambitious goal given that Xfers was a start-up, the need to partner a bank and MAS’ scrutiny in processing Xfers’ application”. Later in 2020, Xfers became licensed by MAS as a Major Payment Institution under the Payment Services Act. Under this regime, Xfers launched the first regulated Singapore-dollar denominated “stablecoin” – the “XSGD”, offering consumer protections under the Payment Services Act and the technological edge of blockchain-based payments.

Samson’s compliance leadership was also recognised by the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. K. Shanmugam, and also with four police awards to date for the company’s efforts in the fight against cybercrime – 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022.