FIN 580JFinancial Technology

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This course is an introduction to recent changes in financial services and the technology responsible for those changes. There are three major sections. First, we will learn about developments in payments, borrowing, and investing in a traditional bank-centric framework. Second, we will discuss blockchain technology with a particular emphasis on its financial capabilities, decentralized finance. Third, we will apply Python coding skills to analyze financial data. Prerequisite MGMT 505