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Here are some opinion articles written by us at NUS FinTech Lab.

Shoot for the Stars or Settle for the Moon?
The launch of ChatGPT has taken the world by storm, reaching a hundred million users a mere two months after its launch. In the process, it has kick-started a conversation

What is Payment for Order Flow and Why is the SEC Looking to Regulate It?
Individual investors banded together on the subreddit thread r/wallstreetbets and egged each other on to buy shares in the company GameStop. Why? To “squeeze” a number of institutional investors who

Let’s Not Learn the Wrong Lessons from What Happened at CNET
One article on CNET, the American website that covers and reviews technology and consumer electronics, was titled “What is a credit card?”. Another was titled “How to close a bank

Moving towards Harmless AI – the Future of Fintech
There are many reservations about the use of AI by dominant institutions and companies – namely, the lack of transparency and the potential for discrimination. People are worried that the

Singapore’s Payments Industry: The Way Forward in 2023
According to #PwC, 31% of Singapore’s Fintech firm provides payment services, making payments the largest subsector in Fintech. What are some of the most commonly used #payment methods in Singapore?
Predicting Consumer Choices from Eye Tracking Data
This morning at the Department of Information Systems and Analytics Seminar, Alex Tuzhilin (NYU) on his recent work entitled “Predicting Consumer Choice from Raw Eye-Movement Data Using the RETINA Deep

What are Stablecoins and Why are Governments Pushing to Regulate Them?
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong’s central bank, announced that it is pressing ahead with the regulation of stablecoins, unveiling a slew of measures in a report released on 31

Bondee Revises Privacy Policy after Backlash Against NFT Plans
Feb 7, 2023 – Bondee, the latest social networking app, has come under fire for previous mentions of NFTs and a blockchain wallet in its privacy policy, which has since

Identifying Scams in Crypto – How Do We Detect and Counteract Them?
Be Alert Against Scams! In the past decade, more and more people have become interested in cryptocurrency and the digital assets associated with it. While the virtual world has opened
