Introduction to Fintech

Catalog description

Fintech (financial technology) plays an essential role in modern finance and business. Fintech knowledge and skills are the state- of-the-art components for data scientists and data analysts. This course introduces Fintech through a hands-on data analytics approach and fosters student essential fintech data analytics skills. Topics include Fintech data acquisition, visualization, and analysis; High-frequency trading (HFT) data analytics, implied volatility analytics, Blockchain in Fintech, Smart contract, machine learning in Fintech, and other state-of-the-art fintech knowledge and skills. Pre requisites: DA 220 or AI 212