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24 Aug 2026

Banks and experts: Though counter transactions decline, in-person services remain vital for fraud prevention

SMU Assistant Professor of Finance Yu Yang co-authored a study last February which examined the relationship between US bank branch closures and…

23 Aug 2026

Foot traffic at three Singapore bank branches drops sharply but they remain a vital line of defence against scams

SMU Assistant Professor of Finance Yu Yang co-authored a study last February which examined the relationship between US bank branch closures and…

23 Aug 2026

Polymarket faces fresh insider trading scrutiny after 152 wallets allegedly made $8 million betting on US military markets: report

SMU Assistant Professor of Finance Shihao Yu co-authored a working paper with Stanford researchers that raised concerns about alleged manipulation of…

23 Aug 2026

Reading the Next Economic Shock: A New Risk Map for Asia-Pacific Policymakers and Investors

A new research by Iris Claus and Leo Krippner associated with the International Monetary Fund's Institute for Capacity Development and IMF–Singapore…

11 Aug 2026

[Puso at Diwa] Foreign currency deposit secrecy: Time for a constitutional rethink

In a commentary, Diwa Guinigundo, Member of the Advisory Panel of SMU’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, opined that the uncertainty…