FinTech: Innovation and Technology

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The course is designed to present students with an intensive, immersive program covering practical applications of fintech, and its future from an inter-disciplinary perspective. This course will provide a modern view on what will change and how to survive and excel in this disruptive period. This course is a juxtaposition of management with technology, strategy, computer science, trading, banking, insurance, investments, human resources, risk management and the intended and unintended implications of fintech.Topics: 1.Fintech Overview: Opportunities and Risks 2.Digital Platforms, IoT, Computing power, Data 3.Big data, sensors and alternative data sources 4.Artificial intelligence and machine learning 5.How fintech will change jobs & businesses 6.Blockchain, bitcoin and distributed ledger technology 7.Applications to investment management, capital markets, insurance, banking 8.Risk Management and fintech 9.Law & Regulation in fintech