FinTech

Introduction to Financial Innovation

Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT)

Cryptocurrencies and tokenization of assets

Banks and Fintech Integration:

• Banking and Investing
• Money, Markets, Marketplaces

FinTech Valuation

Open banking and the role of traditional banks

FinTech Implications & Future

Knowledge

• Understanding innovation in financial technology (FinTech)
• Understanding opportunities and challenges of FinTech for the traditional banking system

Skills

• Acquiring/updating skills about FinTech data science methods and tools, and how they apply to real FinTech problems
• Critically assessing the future of FinTech and thinking strategically and creatively about problems faced by real companies

General competences

• Gaining insight into the limits, risks and broader policy and social implications of FinTech, including regulation, privacy and data security

Lectures, assigned readings, case studies

5 compulsory case studies (group courseworks)