Innovation in Finance

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Innovation in Finance provides students with an introduction to the technologies and product solutions that have disrupted the financial services industry. In this course, students will learn about the emerging financial technologies contributing to the evolution of lending, payments, wealth management, financial planning, and the insurance industry. This course will examine the role financial technology (FinTech) firms serve as financial disruptors and how these organizations are developed and supported, from start-up to scale. Throughout the course, students will identify the impact emerging technologies and FinTechs have on businesses, individuals, and society as a whole. Topics include emerging technology products and services, incubators, accelerator programs, FinTech ecosystems, and technologies that enable and facilitate disruption by emerging technologies. This course provides students with a general overview of financial innovation and serves as an integral component of the finance major. D076: Principles of Finance is a prerequisite for this course.