Fundamentals of Fintech Credits: 3

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to Fintech and provide an overview of the main areas in which it is disrupting finance. These areas include lending and equity investment (algorithmic lending, P2P lending and crowdfunding platforms); financial market infrastructure (cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, smart contracts); portfolio management and financial advice (robo-investment); and financial trading (algorithmic trading, digital trading platforms). Students will learn how the new financial technologies work, how incumbents and new entrants might profit from the technologies, and how the technologies could affect the efficiency, accessibility, fairness, and security of the financial system.