Cindy Xin DENG is Associate Professor (Practice) in Finance at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University. She mainly works on empirical corporate finance and Fintech. Her research has been published at Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Banking and Finance. She has taught undergraduate, MBA and doctoral courses including corporate finance, international financial management, theory of corporate finance, corporate finance empirical studies and blockchains and finance. She received a bachelor degree in Economics from Nankai University and PhD degree in Finance from Nanyang Technological University. She is CFA charterholder.