“I would like to commend Citi Foundation-SMU for the good efforts in addressing financial concerns close to the hearts of our youths.”

Ms Gan Siow Huang
Minister of State for Education and Manpower
[At the Opening Address at the 8th Citi Foundation-SMU Financial Literacy Symposium, 2021]

The programme uses a unique peer-to-peer training model that helps empower students to not only take charge of their own financial journey but to support others too.

Mr Lawrence Wong
Then Minister for Education
[At the Opening Address at the 7th Citi Foundation-SMU Financial Literacy Symposium, 2020]

MoneySense works with many partners from both the academia and the industry, and I would like to acknowledge all of you today. We thank our main partners for this series, SMU and Citi-SMU Financial Literacy Program for Young Adults, who are spearheading the carnival segment and have worked closely with student volunteers from our 5 polytechnics to design the carnival and games (My Money @ Campus 2018).

Mr Lee Boon Ngiap
Then Assistant Managing Director (Capital Markets), MAS and Chairman, Financial Education Steering Committee

We have explored a lot of different ways to extend our reach, and I think we have achieved that. It's more of how to enhance to enhance our reach and work more with our affiliates and reach out to more interested people. We had more collaborative and more close teamwork.

Perry Kwan
SMU Alumnus

Even though I learn derivatives and et cetera, I don't know about simple money management things like insurance and credit card. I think there's a gap in learning - at least in my course - they teach a lot of financial products, but they tend to skip over the practical concepts.

Joshua Chow
Polytechnic student

My parents ask me - how come you have so much knowledge on insurance? Because I join the Train-The-Trainers program lah! It does benefit us in the future, you just don't know when. I'm really happy that whatever I learn, I can really teach my parents too. And they're really proud of me!

Winnie Tan
ITE student