Over the past decade emerging technologies, paired with massive changes in regulations, have driven an unprecedented transformation of finance around the world. This process is happening more rapidly in China and Asia than anywhere else. This course is designed to explore FinTech fundamentals and help make sense of this wave of change as it happens. New players such as start-ups and technology firms are challenging traditional players in finance, bringing democratization, inclusion and disruption. Companies engaged in social media, e-commerce, and telecommunications, as well as, companies and start-ups with large customer data pools, creative energies, and technical capacities, have brought competition to the existing financial infrastructure and are remaking the industry.Digital transformations have not only created challenges but also unprecedented opportunities, building synergies with new business and regulatory models, particularly in emerging markets and developing countries. To meet these changes, 21st-century professionals and students must be equipped with up-to-date knowledge of the industry and its incredible evolution. This course is designed to enable learners with the necessary tools to understand the complex interaction of finance, technology and regulation. In this course, through a series of lectures, case studies, and assessments you will explore the major areas of FinTech including, beginning with What is FinTech before turning to Money, Payment and Emerging Technologies, Digital Finance and Alternative Finance, FinTech Regulation and RegTech, Data and Security, and the Future of Data-Driven Finance, as well as, the core technologies driving FinTech including Blockchain, AI and Big Data. These will set the stage for understanding the FinTech landscape and ecosystem and grappling with the potential direction of future change.
Understand fintech technology and how it can solve business problems.
Understand blockchain technology and how it can solve business problems.
Explain the technologies driving the advancement of fintech
Describe big data, its characteristics, structures and sources
Assess fintech payment solutions and their applications in addressing real world problems
FinTech Transformation
FinTech Evolution 1.0: Infrastructure
FinTech Evolution 2.0: Banks
FinTech Evolution 3.0 3.5: Startups and Emerging Markets
FinTech Typology Emerging Economics: Opportunities and Challenges
Introduction to Fintech Trends
Discovering Blockchain Technologies
The Promise of Business Blockchain Technologies
Types of Blockchain
Blockchain: Beyond the Hype
Blockchain Disrupting Financial Sector
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Data in Financial Services
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European Big-Bang: PSD2 /
GDPR
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Digital Identity
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Change in Regulation (KYC
to KYD)
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AI & Governance
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New Challenges of AI and
Machine Learning
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Challenges of Data
Regulation
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Data is the New Oil: Risk
of Breach
Innovation Managers CIOs and CDOs, IT Strategists
Executive managers and experts in business administration
Individuals who would like to learn more about blockchain technology, Microfinance Practitioners
MFI Managers, Finance and IT Consultants, Donor
MNO's, Retail and SME Banks, Fintech's
Banking Regulators, Banking Supervisors
GLCM, Fintech Engagement or Nearby.
