In early 2020, WeBank, a digital-only bank in China and SMU formed a collaboration and signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to work together on curriculum and practice design for blockchain courses. One of the objectives of this partnership is to foster a culture of innovation in blockchain practices among SMU students. SMU also partnered with AMTD Group, Xiaomi Finance, and the Institute of Systems Science at NUS (NUS-ISS) and launched the ‘AMTD-Xiaomi-SMU-ISS Digital Finance Leadership Programme’ (AXSI Programme) on June 18, 2020. The AXSI programme is catered for senior executives, regulatory leaders, and fintech entrepreneurs from the financial technology sectors in Asia, and aims to help participants gain more knowledge about digital business transformation and digital finance so that they are equipped with the relevant skills in the midst of the digital disruption.