07 Aug 2026 09:55AM
(Updated: 07 Aug 2026 09:58AM)
From expanding beyond unit trusts to acquiring a UK bank, the digital wealth management platform has pursued a long-term strategy guided by the belief that geography should never define growth.
Most companies begin by asking how to grow. For iFast Corporation chairman, group CEO and co-founder Lim Chung Chun, the more important question was how big the business could become.From the outset, Mr Lim believed Singapore’s borders should not limit the company’s ambitions. That thinking has shaped every major stage of iFast’s evolution over the past 25 years – from expanding beyond a unit trust platform into a wealth management business to acquiring a bank in the United Kingdom as part of its long-term strategy.Today, the company operates across Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, China and the UK, with the ambition of becoming what Mr Lim describes as a “truly global” digital banking and wealth management platform.
“JUST BECAUSE WE ARE BASED IN SINGAPORE DOESN’T MEAN OUR CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO SIX MILLION PEOPLE. WE SHOULD BE THINKING OF MUCH BIGGER POTENTIAL – A BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.”– MR LIM CHUNG CHUN, CHAIRMAN, GROUP CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, IFAST CORPORATION
