Course overview
The financial services sector is undergoing substantial upheaval and disruption as a result of technology advancements. The course examines the impact of FinTechs on the financial services industry's structure, as well as how they are disrupting a variety of financial transactions such as payments, lending, credit, and investment, as well as the regulatory environment. The course examines rivals, technologies, public policy challenges, and the possibilities for collaboration between incumbents and disruptors in each of these areas.
Course learning outcomes
- Explain how bank lending, payments and securities trading work in practice.
- Discuss how fintech fills the gap in the current financial services industry.
- Identify the opportunities and challenges faced by fintech in penetrating financial markets dominated by the incumbents.
- Advise on the specific application of fintech to the financial services industry now and in the future.