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About the Course

In this course, you’ll learn the key components of modern-day investment strategies which utilize fintech. Professors Natasha Sarin and Chris Geczy of the Wharton School have designed this course to help you understand the complex structure of payment methods and financial regulations, so you can determine how fintech plays a role in the future of investing. Through analysis of robo-advising and changing demographic forces, you’ll learn how basic elements of trust underlie complex choice architecture in investments and impact investing. You’ll also explore payment methodologies and how fintech is emerging as an entrepreneurial solution to both investments and payment systems. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to identify different financial technologies, and understand the dynamic between the innovations and regulations, and employ best practices in developing a fintech strategy for yourself or your business. No prerequisites are required for this course, although a basic understanding of credit cards and other payment methods is helpful....

Top reviews

BB

Feb 11, 2022

Elaborate and easy to understand the basic concepts in Fintech. Both the instructors are very good and explained in a way which is easy to understand.

Looking foward to complete the certification.

RI

May 24, 2020

Nice introductory course to FinTech. However, I do not recommend the course for learners without prior knowledge on financial instruments as the course may become technical from time-to-time.

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By Aditya K

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Aug 9, 2019

The lectures are good . However, the course material is not structured . I guess that has to do with the nature of the subject, as this is still an upcoming topic . The issues of fintech and regtech are also present in the courses for fintech !!!!

By Krishna G

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Oct 3, 2019

Thanks a lot for this course. The parts of digital payments was particularly interesting. The course is largely taught in the context of US which is not ideal for international learners. The course and exercises can be expanded.

By Salvatore R

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Apr 1, 2021

This course is pretty dull. The material is very dry, and the lecturers do a pretty good job to make it less so. but still...There are also *a lot* of typos in the slides. Don't you guys use the spelling check in Philadelphia?

By Hakim Z A

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Nov 18, 2020

The course is ok for introduction and fundamental. However it is outdated, data and samples are before 2019. In which many aspect of Fintech have change and grown. The course need to be updated to be relevant for new students.

By Farrukh A

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Mar 2, 2023

Hello,

this is quite helpful course for beginners and starters . videos are of appropriate lengths, either not too short or too long. But i suggest some case studies can be added according to requirement with in the course.

By Panagiotis M

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Dec 23, 2019

The course was very good with many information about payments and regulations. The only problem was that it was very theoriticall and some questions in the tests were concentrated on irrelevant and very specific details.

By Richa P

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May 28, 2020

Great introduction. However, the course is heavily skewed towards Regulations. The Tests are too simple and I would call this course more of a presentation of an article in a good business journal, rather than a course.

By Sam Y

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Jul 7, 2023

Great, intro course with clear explanations. Some of the studies/data cited are a little outdated because it's from circa 2018 and a lot has happened with fintech since then, as I'm taking this course in 2023

By Santosh P

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Dec 29, 2021

Good for beginners to vet their appetite and dig deeper going forward. Well conceptualized in terms of course content and flow for the target learners. Thanks for the effort, Coursera and Wharton.

By Robertus v K

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Aug 1, 2019

Nice introduction course and pleasantly presented. It would be nice to receive a syllabus as well with the slides. Some typos in first modules slides. Also more moderated discussion in for a

By Innocent K

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May 13, 2021

It is great being a part of this class. I though wish the Quiz and questions are more centric around us reasoning after understanding and not necessarily cramming for figures and numbers.

By Arnaud V

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May 9, 2020

Very interesting class. I would have loved to have more interactions with other students (totally missing) and the class is very US focused, there is barely anything on Emerging markets.

By Pratik A

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Jan 26, 2023

Thank you, Wharton University of Pennsylvania, for the course. The content covered in the lectures forms a foundation of the Fintech sector and the working compliance of institutions.

By JA P

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Aug 11, 2020

I really enjoyed all the videos. As an approach to Fintech, I really would appreciated if you could provide some additional supporting material (such as online articles or books).

By Louis S

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Jun 27, 2022

Great course as an introduction to the why of Fintech and its implications

Most of the references and charts are 3 - 4 yeard old. So they would need to be updated if available.

By Xiaohan Z

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Apr 27, 2021

The course is well structured and well illustrated by the two professors. However, I would appreciate more case studies to have a deeper understanding of abstract concepts.

By Damon I

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Nov 25, 2020

This is a very informative course, that provided great visual examples of the topics discussed. As well as very useful experience and prospective by the instructors.

By AKASH V

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Aug 11, 2021

course is good and i have learned so many things from this course which will help me to understand about fintech . this will help me to achieve my goals in fintech.

By Jeremy C

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Aug 1, 2021

Good course, very interesting. It really helped me to understand the growth of fintech during the last few years.

However I would not classify bitcoin as a company.

By Santiago S

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Jul 18, 2019

Buen programa para introducir fintech a personas que no tienen mucho conocimiento en el area. Le hace falta un poco de profundidas a los temas tocados en el curso

By Eimear O

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Jan 14, 2021

Clear and well explained even to a non-financial person such as myself. Thank you - I now have a much better understanding of Fin-Tech and the issues around it.

By Sachin S

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Oct 28, 2020

Week1 content should be revamped. Its like walking through a research report and quiz was like mugging those #s.

Week 3 and Week4 course content was awesome.

By Ravena

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May 20, 2020

This course provided a good overview of the Fintech scene especially in the United States in comparison with other countries involded in Financial Technology

By Paul L

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Mar 6, 2021

The regulatory piece was informative generally, but should give more specific examples of regulations of how current FinTech products are being regulated.

By Nathalie P

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Apr 28, 2020

First two weeks were great! I am curious why the lady on the videos for the the last 2 weeks felt the need to mention Elizabeth Warren so many times...