Foundations of FinTech

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The course set the stage for understanding the FinTech landscape and ecosystem. FinTech refers to financial sector innovations involving technology-enabled business models that can facilitate disintermediation. Student will learn about the emergence of new business models in various areas of payments, banking, insurance and wealth management. Other topics covered include the core technologies driving FinTech, including cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, smart contracts, artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data. Finally, students will learn about technological advances in data and analytics that are enabling these innovations.