Education

Date: 2 November 2022, 2:40 – 3:00 p.m.

Venue: Singapore Expo

The FinTech Lab event at SkillsFuture X Smart Nation 2022 was a sharing session with our partners to learn about the skillset that the industry seeks from a candidate.

Date: 12 August 2022

Time: 10:00 – 11:30 AM

Venue: Plaza Singapura

On the 27th of July, NUS FinTech Lab and partners (Uli Hitzel and Vigneshwar Hariharan) conducted a workshop on the power of networks at Raffles Institution.

Through the session students learned more about artificial intelligence and the power of the blockchain. They ended the session on a memorable note with students minting their AI generated artworks as NFTs.

https://youtu.be/brnjqlAiinU

Venue : Pioneer Community Centre

In September 2021, some of our NUS FinTech SG (SGUS) and NUS FinTech SG graduates gathered virtually for the very first e-Speed Interview event, organised by NUS STMI, NUS FinTech Lab, NUS CFG, and NUS SCALE.

The e-Speed Interview allows our graduates to virtually meet and connect with employers of their choice and to explore roles that suit their interests. The interviewees have to try their best to leave a good first impression on the recruiters to get into further rounds of interviews and ultimately, landing the job.

Process Flow of e-Speed Interview

Jobs/Roles Graduates are Trained For

Benefits of Joining the e-Speed Interview

• To meet and connect with employers of your choice
• To learn what success looks like in each company
• To explore if there are any other roles/openings that suit your interests

We strongly encourage all of you to network with your peers, instructors and business leaders.

Wondering if Fintech Industry is for you? In this session, our experts gave us an insight into how Fintech is rapidly changing the financial industry. In this session, we also discovered the latest skills required for this industry and the many career opportunities we can explore! We also had the opportunity to have exclusive conversations in breakout rooms with industry professionals who shared their work experience and advice with us.

More about our speakers:

Ms. Carrie Suen:

Carrie is the Senior Advisor at Ant Group, where she is responsible for developing global strategy and driving thought leadership in support of Ant Group’s international public affairs goals. She has seen first-hand how the global FinTech industry has evolved. Under Carrie’s leadership, Ant’s International Legal Team grew fourfold from 2017-2021 and now supports Ant Group’s innovative companies in more than 100 markets. In 2020, Carrie was invited to be one of 13 advisors to the Money20/20 Asia RiseUp program, a global initiative to promote female leaders in the tech industry.

Mr. Ho Chee Wai:

Chee Wai is the Singapore Country Head and Vice President of Neobanking and Cards Strategy at Nium. In his role, Chee Wai is responsible for spearheading the customer acquisition and usage of Nium’s consumer arm, Instarem. He is now planning the next wave of growth initiatives in neobanking and cards in the retail business, starting with Instarem amaze, a first-of-its-kind launch of a World Debit Mastercard in Asia Pacific. Chee Wai is also Chairperson of the Remittance Subcommittee of Singapore’s Singapore Fintech Association and Remittance Association, which promotes the digital transformation of remittance businesses in Singapore.

Prof. Keith B. Carter:

Prof. Keith is Associate Professor at NUS School of Computing Information Systems, where he is responsible for consulting and teaching in the areas of Big Data, Machine Learning and Design Thinking. He is also Actionable Intelligence Strategist at KBC Global Partners, leading the implementation of Big Data projects for companies in Finance, Banking, Fintech and Supply Chain. He is also Chief Information Officer and Machine Learning Lead at Datarama, a fintech start-up.

Mr. Patrick Tay:

Patrick is Assistant Secretary-General of NTUC and also the Director of Legal and Strategy Departments of NTUC. He currently co-chairs the Financial Sector Tripartite Committee and the PME Taskforce. He is also Executive Secretary for the Banking & Financial Services Union and the Singapore Manual & Mercantile Workers’ Union.

As part of our FinTech Community Webinar series, we walked through the payments on electronic wallets with esteemed speakers from financial services companies such as Mastercard and American Express.

Watch our event video here!

View our YouTube videos in collaboration with Young NTUC about Fintech and how to get a foothold in the Fintech space!

https://youtu.be/Li-jfopGk9o

https://youtu.be/Li-jfopGk9o

The NUS FinTech Lab partnered with the Pioneer Grassroots Organisation and organised an webinar on Financial Literacy. Learn more about financial planning and literacy. We touched on topics such as CPIF, retirement, and how it relates to your current stage of life.

We have esteemed speakers such as:

1) Mr Patrick Tay, the MP of Pioneer CC

2) Mr Yeap Ming Feng, the Head of Marketing for Seedly

3) Mr Samuel Rhee, CEO of Endowus

https://youtu.be/dm3PX1W5LwY

Here is what you can get out of the webinar:

Young PMETs:

– An introduction to investments

– Gain insights on the different kinds of investments available

– New opportunities in the FinTech market

Mature PMETs:

– Learn more about new trends and skills to invest in

– Find out how you can best plan for your retirement

Retirees:

– Gain insights on financial management

– Learn more about the financial safety nets

Missed this event? Don’t fret, we have many more wonderful events coming up.

Have you ever wondered what the future of robotics looks like, and how it compares with robotics in the past? With new technologies from Advanced Computing to Sensor Data Analytics, robots can now be transferred from mere stationery machines in factories, to intelligent robots that can free-roam and perform tasks beyond an industrial setup. We spoke to Industry expert Dr William Lee to learn about the taste of the FutureEconomy and its transformative potential through the lens of robotics. 

Missed this event? Don’t fret, we have many more wonderful events coming up.