Bayu Arie fianto is an Associate Professor at Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia and Faculty Member at Bank Indonesia Institute. He is also Head of SDGs Center and Head of Islamic Economic Study Program at Universitas Airlangga. He earned his PhD in Finance from Lincoln University, New Zealand, his MBA in Islamic Banking and Finance from International Islamic University Malaysia, and Bachelor Degree in Management from Brawijaya University, Indonesia. Bayu has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals including Pacific Basin Finance Journal, Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of Modelling in Management, Agricultural Finance Review Journal, International Journal of Islamic Middle Eastern Finance and Management and Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research. His h-index is 10 with 36 documents in Scopus. His primary research interests include Islamic Microfinance, Islamic Capital Market, and Islamic Banking.