You Collected 70+ Cards at Singapore FinTech Festival 2026. Now What?
SFF leaves you with a 70-card stack of bankers, central bankers, fintech operators, and crypto OGs. The 7-day playbook below sorts the genuine business-development leads from the booth-sweepers. Follow up the wrong way and you've burned an entire fintech market.
The 7-day follow-up plan
Day 0 is the flight home. Day 7 is when the trail goes cold. What you do in between is the difference between "I went to Singapore FinTech Festival 2026" and "I closed three deals from Singapore FinTech Festival 2026."
Post-SFF Singapore: sort. LinkedIn-connect. Sleep.
Open NexaLink. Sort by sub-vertical (payments / lending / wealth / crypto / central banking). Different follow-up scripts for each. Singapore fintech expects formal follow-up — LinkedIn DMs are too casual for senior bankers + central bankers.
Personal email to every Hot contact.
Reference where you met. Reference what you talked about. Propose one specific next step. Use this template:
Dear [Mr./Ms. Last Name], Thank you for our conversation at Singapore FinTech Festival on [Day 1 / 2 / Hall 1 booth area]. I appreciated your insights on [specific fintech / regulatory topic]. Following up — would a [20-minute call / sandbox proposal / case study] be valuable for [their specific use case]? Best regards, [your name]
LinkedIn note + soft email to Warm contacts.
Lower energy than Hot, but still personalized. Reference one detail from your conversation. Don't propose a meeting — just offer help. Acceptance rate is lower; the goal is staying on their radar for next quarter.
LinkedIn-only for Cold. Bump non-replies in Hot/Warm.
Cold tier: LinkedIn connection request, no email. Anyone in Hot/Warm who didn't reply by Day 5 gets one bump email — short, low-pressure, easy to ignore. After this, drop them.
Re-surface every contact tagged Singapore FinTech Festival 2026.
NexaLink filter: tag = Singapore FinTech Festival 2026. Send 5-10 no-pressure check-ins to people who didn't convert in week 1 but are still relevant. This is where year-over-year compounding starts.
How NexaLink runs the 7-day follow-up for you
- → Every card you scanned at Singapore FinTech Festival 2026 is auto-tagged. Filter by tag and you have your follow-up list ready.
- → AI drafts the personalized first email per contact, referencing the session you tagged at scan-time.
- → Reminders auto-set for Day 5 bump and Day 30 check-in. You don't have to remember.
- → When Singapore FinTech Festival 2027 happens, the same tag tells you which people you already met. That is your warm list for next year — without lifting a finger.
Frequently asked questions
How soon after SFF should I send follow-ups?
Within 72 hours. Senior bankers + central bankers prefer thoughtful Day-2 emails over rushed Day-1 ones. Tuesday post-SFF is the sweet spot. Friday + weekend follow-ups can read as desperate to senior banking contacts.
What should the first SFF follow-up email say?
'Thank you for our conversation at Singapore FinTech Festival.' Reference the specific topic discussed. Propose ONE clear next step (call, regulatory proposal, sandbox onboarding). Formal sign-off. Senior fintech contacts expect 100-150 word emails — too short is dismissive, too long is unprofessional.
Should I follow up in English only?
Yes — formal English only for SFF follow-ups. SFF is officially multilingual but English-default for serious B2B. Including Mandarin or local languages reads as performative for senior banking contacts.
How do I follow up with central bankers / regulators?
Reference their published positions or recent speeches. Central bankers + regulators respond when they see you've engaged with their public thinking. Generic 'great chatting' notes get filed and ignored. Specific 'your point about programmable money policy at the panel — I think this connects to [our work]' gets read and replied to.
When should I send the second follow-up?
Seven to ten days after the first. Banking + central-bank inboxes move at a deliberate pace. Patience reads as professionalism. One bump email with a different angle, then drop if no reply. Try again at the next event in their calendar (Money 20/20, Sibos, etc.).
Don't lose the connection.
Free on iOS and Android. Scan cards, tag by event, and follow up without dropping a single name.