Credits: 1.5 (1.5-0-0)
Prerequisites: MSL302 or MSL708
Description
This course aims to help students learn about Financial Technology or Fin Tech. We discuss its evolution, interaction with finance, and the major technologies driving it. We study money and payment, digital money and cryptocurrencies, and introduce the underlying Block chain and cryptography technologies. Applications in Investment and trading under the Fintech environment are discussed along with introduction to data protection and privacy, cybersecurity and technological risk. Multiple case studies provide a practical overview into the Fin Tech development in developed and emerging markets. We also discuss the evolving nature of regulation that come with Fintech, including Regtech and wrap up with ideas on how technology could continue to transform the careers and finance in the future.
Prerequisite Tree
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MDL805-984[MDL805]
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Or985 -.-> MSL302-986[MSL302]
Or985 -.-> MSL708-987[MSL708]
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