Introduction to FinTech

Click to view and download syllabus Module 1 What is FinTech?

• FinTech Transformation
• FinTech Evolution 1.0: Infrastructure
• FinTech Evolution 2.0: Banks
• FinTech Evolution 3.0 & 3.5: Startups and Emerging Markets
• Industry Showcase: Collaboration between Financial Institutions and Startups
• FinTech Typology
• Emerging Economics: Opportunities and Challenges
• From too-Small-To-Care to Too-Big-To-Fail
• Introduction to Regulation
• Industry Showcase: The Future of RegTech and 6 Technologies Impacting It

Module 2 Payments, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain

• Individual Payments
• Developing Countries and DFS: The Story of Mobile Money
• Developing Countries and DFS: Regulation of Mobile Money
• RTGS Systems
• The ABCDs of Alternative Finance
• Building a New stack
• Cryptocurrencies
• Industry Showcase : Introduction to Digital Asset Market
• Industry Showcase : Stablecoins
• Industry Showcase : Legal and Regulatory Implications of Cryptocurrencies
• Industry Showcase : Behavior Analysis and Valuation of Cryptocurrencies
• What is Blockchain?
• Industry Showcase: The Benefits from New Payment Stacks (Applications of Ripple)

Module 3 Digital Finance and Alternative Finance

• A Brief History of Financial Innovation
• Digitization of Financial Services
• FinTech & Funds
• Industry Showcase: How AI is Transforming the Future of FinTech
• Industry Showcase: Ensuring Compliance from the Start: Suitability and Funds
• Crowdfunding - Regards, Charity and Equity
• P2P and Marketplace Lending
• The Rise of Chinese TechFins - New Models and New Products
• What is an ICO?

Module 4 FinTech Regulation and RegTech

• FinTech Regulations
• Evolution of RegTech
• RegTech Ecosystem: Financial Institutions
• RegTech Ecosystem: Startups
• RegTech Startups: Challenges
• RegTech Ecosystem: Regulators
• Industry Showcase: Use Case of AI in Smart Regulation and Fraud Detection
• Regulatory Sandboxes
• Smart Regulation
• Redesigning Better Financial Infrastructure

Module 5 Data & TechFin

• History of Data Regulation
• Data in Financial Services
• Industry Showcase : Application of Data Analytics in Finance
• European Big-Bang: PSD2 / GDPR / Mifid2
• Industry Showcase : PSD2: Open Banking API Will Startups
• Industry Showcase : Methods of Data Protection: GDPR Compliance and Personal Privacy
• Digital Identity
• Change in mindset: Regulation 1.0 to 2.0 (KYC to KYD)
• AI & Governance
• New Challenges of AI and Machine Learning
• Data, Metadata and Differential Privacy
• Data is the New Oil: Risk of Breach
• Industry Showcase : Cybersecurity Industry Update

Module 6 The Future of Data-Driven Finance

• Case Study 1: Revolut
• Case Study 2: Alibaba
• Case Study 3: Aadhaar
• Case Study 4: Credit Karma
• Case Study 5: Digibank
• Conclusion to Case Studies
• FinTech Big Trends - Looking Forward