SMU School of Computing and Information Systems student Yeo Jin Yee was Vice President of the SMU FinTech Club in 2021. Here she recounts how her leadership experience turned into a journey of self-discovery.
Just because the hype has died down, blockchain is most definitely not dead—not be any means. A new wave is coming, says SMU Assoc Prof Paul Griffin, and it's coming in the form of 'decentralisation'.
The fintech revolution is gaining momentum and it knows no boundaries. But where is it going? What are the latest trends? SMU Prof Robert Kauffman gives a peek into the upcoming trends and outlook of fintech.
Catalin Burlacu, Adjunct Faculty of the SMU MITB (Financial Technology) programme sets out the main trends that will affect the industry in the next five years: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Conversational Computing and Immersive Technologies.
While, traditionally, retail payment processing has been dominated by end-of-day batch processing, this is changing with real-time payments fast becoming ubiquitous. Assoc Prof Guo Zhiling tells us more.
The digital economy is by no means a new concept, and yet banks have been slow to harness disruption. How can banks find its footing to co-exist with fintech, and what exactly is this second wave called "TechFin"?
Many fear the threat of fintech replacing jobs or maybe even banks themselves. In an interview with Bondlinc co-founder EK Ong, he explains that this isn't the case. In fact, fintech will ultimately play a big role in making banks more efficient.
Ether is the second largest cryptocurrency after bitcoin and yet not that many of us have heard about it. Find out more from Dr Suiunbek Ibraev as he delves deeper into the Ethereum platform and its digital currency, Ether.
Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) may both be hot topics right now, but that's where their similarities end. What happens when the two meet? Will there be convergence or collision?
When it comes to fintech, Singapore means business. We speak to fintech start-up incubator, LATTICE80, and SMU Professor Paul Griffin about Singapore's potential for becoming a global fintech hub, and what lies ahead in this journey of evolution.