Free Online Course offered by edX: Introduction to FinTech

edX Platform is offering a free online course as an introduction to FinTech, with leading academics and practitioners from around the world teaching about the innovations, technology and regulation driving the transformation of finance.

This course is presented by HKUx, that is free-online-courses platform at University of Hong Kong.

Course effort:

1 to 3 hours per week, for 6 weeks.

Course modules:

• Module 1 What is FinTech?

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

• Module 2 Payments, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain:

1. Individual Payments.
2. Developing Countries and DFS: The Story of Mobile Money.
3. Developing Countries and DFS: Regulation of Mobile Money.
4. RTGS Systems.
5. The ABCDs of Alternative Finance.
6. Building a New stack.
7. Cryptocurrencies.
8. Industry Showcase : Legal and Regulatory Implications of Cryptocurrencies.
9. What is Blockchain?
10. Industry Showcase: The Benefits from New Payment Stacks (Applications of Ripple).

• Module 3 Digital Finance and Alternative Finance:

1. A Brief History of Financial Innovation.
2. Digitization of Financial Services.
3. FinTech & Funds.
4. Industry Showcase: How AI is Transforming the Future of FinTech.
5. Industry Showcase: Ensuring Compliance from the Start: Suitability and Funds.
6. P2P and Marketplace Lending.
7. The Rise of Chinese TechFins - New Models and New Products.

What is an ICO?

• Module 4 FinTech Regulation and RegTech:

1. FinTech Regulations.
2. Evolution of RegTech.
3. RegTech Ecosystem: Financial Institutions.
4. RegTech Ecosystem: Startups.
5. RegTech Startups: Challenges.
6. RegTech Ecosystem: Regulators.
7. Industry Showcase: Use Case of AI in Smart Regulation and Fraud Detection.
8. Regulatory Sandboxes.
9. Smart Regulation.
10. Redesigning Better Financial Infrastructure.

• Module 5 Data & TechFin:

1. History of Data Regulation.
2. Data in Financial Services.
3. Industry Showcase : Application of Data Analytics in Finance.
4. European Big-Bang: PSD2 / GDPR / Mifid2.
5. Industry Showcase : PSD2: Open Banking API Will Help Startups.
6. Industry Showcase : Methods of Data Protection: GDPR Compliance and Personal Privacy.
7. Digital Identity.
8. AI & Governance.
9. New Challenges of AI and Machine Learning.
10. Data, Metadata and Differential Privacy.
11. Data is the New Oil: Risk of Breach.
12. Industry Showcase : Cybersecurity Industry Update.

• Module 6 The Future of Data-Driven Finance:

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

Course objectives:

Participants in this course will acquire the following skills and knowledge:

1. The major areas in FinTech, including Money and Payment, Digital Finance and Alternative Finance.
2. Major technological trends, including cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, AI and Big Data.
3. FinTech Regulation and RegTech.
4. The fundamental role of Data and Security in data-driven finance.
5. Business and regulatory implications of technology for the financial industry.
6. How regulations and RegTech are applied.
7. Ways to analyze and evaluate what is driving technology innovation in Finance.
8. How new technology impacts economies, markets, companies and individuals.

Course costs:

It’s free of charge to take this course, but there is an option of pursing a Verified Certificate for $199, that is:

1. An instructor-signed certificate with the institution's logo to verify achievement and increase learner’s job prospects.
2. Easily shareable that learners can add to their CV or resume, or post it directly on LinkedIn.
3. Proven motivator to give enrollees an additional incentive to complete the course.
4. Dedicated to support edX, as a non-profit, it relies on verified certificates to help fund free education for everyone globally.

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