À propos de ce cours : Our primary goal is to help you to understand FinTech and to become more confident and persuasive in your ability to analyze and make recommendations to executives within the finance industry regarding how to react to these changes. This FIRST MOOC ON FINTECH IN ASIA-PACIFIC offered by HKUST presents the views of several professors from the top business school in Asia as well as perspectives from industry professionals. HKUST has been ranked for many years as the number one EMBA program in the world, as the number one Finance program in Asia, and as the top MBA program in Asia by multiple independent rating and review journals and surveys. This course offers the combined strengths of HKUST in Business, Finance, and Technology as one the world's leading academic institutions on an important area of technology and business innovations. For students from outside Asia, this also gives an insight into changes happening in the most advanced FinTech markets of the world, since Asia leads worldwide in FinTech adoption and creative innovations. This course (FinTech Foundations and Overview) is part of the HKUST FinTech specialization, there will be 3 other courses in the specialization including FinTech Security & Regulation (RegTech), FinTech Risk Management, FinTech Innovative Disruption: Implications for Society.
Les destinataires de ce cours : Everyone who is interested in FinTech and wants to learn more is welcome and will benefit from this course. However, the focus is on the business of FinTech, and it is not an engineering or technical course, so it is not designed or intended for tech geeks who want to become experts in the underlying technologies of FinTech.
Créé par : The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Enseigné par : Theodore Henry King CLARK, Associate Professor
Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management Department
| Niveau | Débutant |
| Engagement | 7 hours of videos in total, plus a final project requiring about 5 hours to complete. |
| Langue | Anglais |
| Comment réussir | Réussissez tous les devoirs notés pour terminer le cours. |
| Notes des utilisateurs |
Programme de cours
SEMAINE 1
Introduction to FinTech
In this module (week one), students will gain a multi-dimensional perspective on what FinTech means from the perspective of large firms (and older participants in the industry - e.g. dinosaurs), entrepreneurs, investors, and consumers. Examining what FinTech is, or is not, provides a foundations upon which students can build for better understanding of opportunities and changes.
11 vidéos, 2 lectures
- Reading: Course Outline
- Reading: Assignment & Grading
- Discussion Prompt: Meet & Greet!
- Vidéo: 1.2: FinTech For Dinosaurs (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 1.3: FinTech For Dinosaurs (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 1.4: FinTech For Entrepreneurs (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 1.5: FinTech For Entrepreneurs (Part 2)
- Discussion Prompt: Why has media consumption and attention span changed over time?
- Vidéo: 1.6: FinTech For Entrepreneurs (Part 3)
- Vidéo: 1.7: FinTech For Investors (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 1.8: FinTech For Investors (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 1.9: FinTech For Consumers
- Discussion Prompt: Your views about other FinTech perspectives
- Vidéo: 1.10: FinTech Case Study: Capital One
- Vidéo: 1.11: What is FinTech? Summary
Noté: Quiz - Week 1
SEMAINE 2
FinTech Business Applications
The Business Applications of FinTech are essentially the Fin part of the FinTech world, and in this module, we will examine applications across six categories of FinTech, including lending and personal finance, crowd-finding and business financing, payments and retail transactions, equity, trading and investment applications, various types of cryptocurrencies, and banking infrastructure and tools.
15 vidéos
- Vidéo: 2.2: Lending & Personal Finance (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 2.3: Lending & Personal Finance (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 2.4: Crowd-Funding and Business Financing (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 2.5: Crowd-Funding and Business Financing (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 2.6: Payments and Retail Transactions (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 2.7: Payments and Retail Transactions (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 2.8: Equity, Trading, and Investments (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 2.9: Equity, Trading, and Investments (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 2.10: Equity, Trading, and Investments (Part 3)
- Vidéo: 2.11: Cryptocurrencies (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 2.12: Cryptocurrencies (Part 2)
- Discussion Prompt: Share your cryptocurrency experience
- Vidéo: 2.13: Banking Infrastructure, Tools, and Logistics (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 2.14: Banking Infrastructure, Tools, and Logistics (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 2.15: FinTech Business Applications Summary
Noté: Quiz - Week 2
SEMAINE 3
The Tech of FinTech
The Technology enabling and supporting FinTech is important to understand, and this module provides a brief introduction to each of the areas of technology that enable FinTech business changes, including identity and privacy technologies, blockchain and encryption, big data analytics, AI and automation, and consumer tech innovations. This introduction is designed to be at a level appropriate for business managers or students of business, and is not intended to excite or engage tech geeks.
12 vidéos
- Vidéo: 3.2: Identity, Privacy, and Anonymity (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 3.3: Identity, Privacy, and Anonymity (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 3.4: Blockchain and Encryption (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 3.5: Blockchain and Encryption (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 3.6: Big Data and Analytics (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 3.7: Big Data and Analytics (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 3.8: AI, DSS, and Automation (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 3.9: AI, DSS, and Automation (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 3.10: Smartphones & Customer Tech (Part 1)
- Discussion Prompt: What do you see as new technology that could change how consumers interact with or use financial services?
- Vidéo: 3.11: Smartphones & Customer Tech (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 3.12: The Tech of FinTech Summary
- Discussion Prompt: Which area of technology innovation matters most in your opinion?
Noté: Quiz - Week 3
SEMAINE 4
FinTech Implications for Established Business
Building on our understanding of FinTech market applications and FinTech technologies, we move in this module to examine the implications of FinTech changes and challenges for existing financial services companies, and we look at current and future trends in FinTech world-wide. This module concludes, after the final quiz, with a final course project in which students will present their recommendations for senior managers of a large, established Asia-Pacific bank to take advantage of and respond to FinTech challenges and opportunities.
8 vidéos, 1 lecture
- Vidéo: 4.2: Why is FinTech a Threat?
- Vidéo: 4.3: Global Trends in Fintech (Part 1)
- Vidéo: 4.4: Global Trends in Fintech (Part 2)
- Vidéo: 4.5: Direct Banking
- Discussion Prompt: Is branchless (virtual) banking better than traditional banking?
- Vidéo: 4.6 Strategies for Banks and Insurance Companies
- Vidéo: 4.7: FinTech Implications to Business Summary
- Vidéo: 4.8: Introduction to the Final Project
- Reading: Rate this course
- Discussion Prompt: Give us feedback
Noté: Quiz - Week 4
Noté: FinTech Foundations and Overview Final Project
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Excelente curso para introducirse en el nuevo mundo de las finanzas con la mediación de la tecnología. Muy buena información y dinámica.
An intriguing course that provides the basic information about FinTech
Amazing course
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very interesting topic, the final assignment might take longer than advertised if you want to do it properly.