Commercial air transport is one among the most affected business sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic. The drop in airline passengers poses great challenges for most if not all existing airlines.Responding towards the issue, UNS in collaboration with Boeing, holds a General Lecture on Commercial Passenger/Air Cargo Market Update and Long Term Forecast. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn with the biggest air transport company in the world, mark your calendar: 📌 8 March 202210 am Jakarta Time (UTC+7) 💻 Zoom meeting platformhttps://lnkd.in/gW27RRUY __For more informationIG: @uns.fintechcenter

Fintech Update – The Center for Excellence (PUI PT) Center for Fintech and Banking Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS Fintech Center) held a sharing session with a European Union (EU) representative for Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, and Asia and two managers of Erasmus+ OPTBANK program from Indonesia and France. The sharing session was held online through the Zoom Cloud Meeting platform on Friday (21/01/2022) and was attended by participants from various universities in Indonesia. The program was opened by the Vice-Rector for Planning, Partnership, Business, and Information Affairs UNS, Prof. Dr. rer.nat Sajidan, M.Si., invited three speakers. The first speaker from UE representative for Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, and Asia, Destriani Nugroho, explained the processes that Indonesian universities need to go through if they were interested in applying for the Erasmus+ program. Mrs. Desrtriani Nugroho also explained the objectives and types of programs funded by the EU for third-country universities. The second speaker came from the manager of Erasmus+ OPTBank program Universite de Limoges, Dr. Ruth Tacneng. As program manager and coordinator for European university partners, Dr. Ruth shared her experiences managing the program with other university partners from Europe and Indonesia. She also shared the criteria for awards provided by the EU for Erasmus+ program implementation. The last sharing was provided by Dr. Putra Pamungkas as the representative from Erasmus+ OPTBank program coordinator for Indonesian university partners. In line with Dr. Ruth’s materials, Dr. Putra also shared his experiences managing the program and the challenges faced during its implementation. He, in particular, emphasized the importance of diversity in university consortiums that want to apply for the Erasmus+ program from the EU. The sharing session was concluded with a questions-and-answers session led by Dewanti Cahyaningsih. This sharing session is expected to benefit the participants and increase the number of Erasmus+ applications from Indonesian universities, considering its significant impacts on educational development, according to Prof. Sajidan’s explanation in his opening remark. “Hopefully, this sharing session could benefit all participants, and they could send an application for the CBHE program,” Prof. Sajidan stated. Fintech Media Team

Fintech Update – The Chief of Center for Excellence Fintech and Banking Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta or UNS Fintech Center was officially inaugurated as the youngest professor in UNS on Thursday (30/12/2021). Professor Irwan Trinugroho, Ph.D., was inaugurated as Professor in Financial Management and the 19th Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and 245th Professor in UNS. In the inauguration ceremony that was held offline and online from the GPH Haryo Mataram Auditorium UNS, Zoom Cloud Meeting, and live broadcast in UNS YouTube channel, Prof. Irwan delivered an inauguration speech on “Finance, Technology, Inclusion and Inequality” that discuss the potential of digital finance and fintech in improving income distribution and financial literacy in the community. Prof. Irwan also mentioned the possibilities of the ‘dark side’ from digital finance and the rampant illegal fintech in Indonesia, which might widen the existing inequality. In the ceremony attended by professors from national and international universities, partner universities, academic members, and family members, Prof. Irwan also emphasized the importance of fintech regulation to prevent the technological development to be abused as a tool that further marginalized the marginalized people. Concluding his inauguration speech, Prof. Irwan delivered his gratitude to all people who have supported and assisted him in achieving the Professor at the age of 37 years old. The inauguration ceremony was closed with video profile and prayers. UNS Fintech Center congratulates Prof. Irwan Trinugroho Ph.D., for his inauguration ceremony as Professor in UNS. Fintech Media Team

UNS DIGITAL INNOVATION FESTIVAL 2021 As the Covid-19 pandemic challenging every part of our world, any idea and opportunity to solve the problems are worth to discuss, UNS Fintech Center invites you to “UNS Digital Innovation Festival 2021”, the agenda will consists of:Webinar, Talkshow, Signing MoU, Entertainment, and Awarding Digital Innovation Challenge 2021. Opening Remarks:Prof. Jamal Wiwoho (Rector Universitas Sebelas Maret) Keynote Speakers:Mr. Teten Masduki (Minister of Cooperatives, Small, and Medium Enterprises of the Republic of Indonesia)Prof. Wimboh Santoso (Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Indonesia Financial Services Authority (OJK)) Other invited speakers:Prof. David Lee Kuo Chuen (President, Global Fintech Institute)Mr. Paul Schulte (Founder Schulte Research)Dr. Pei Sai Fan (Investor and Mentor of Fintech Startups)Mr. Dannarjaya Harinta Sri (VP Operations and Technology APL (ICIO Community)Taufiq Arifin (Researcher UNS Fintech Center) Save The Date! Tuesday, 25th May 2021 7.00 pm WIB (Jakarta, UTC+7)Live via Zoom Registration Link: bit.ly/reg-unsdifFREE, Including E-CERTIFICATE, and get a chance to win DOORPRIZE! ——— for more information:WA : 0812-2959-1948Instagram : @uns.fintechcenterTwitter : @Fintech_UNS

UNS Fintech Center Anniversary https://youtu.be/26bTKgU9UGEMarch 12th is a special date for the Center for Fintech and Banking Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta. Established on March 12th, 2020, the Center for Fintech and Banking or UNS Fintech Center become one of the Centers of Excellence in UNS, to be the center of training and education (capacity building) in financial technology and banking, center for research and study in financial technology and banking, and to be an innovation hub for technological-based financial innovation. The Vision and Mission of the Center for Fintech and Banking are summarized into the tagline Educate, Innovate, Collaborate, and Disseminate. Hopefully, UNS Fintech Center can deliver more achievements and accomplish more.