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Course Outline

Introduction to Fintech

  • Impact of the Fintech industry.
  • Winners and losers.

Sector Overview

  • Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
  • Financial advisory.
  • P2P lending.
  • Social credit and the financialization of the economy.

Industry Case Study

Where Do You Stand on the Fintech Scale?

Developing a Business Strategy

Conducting an Organizational Readiness Assessment

Key Technical Innovations Applied to the Finance Sector

  • Blockchain, AI, Security.

Developing a Technology Strategy

Blockchain: Leveraging the "Digital Ledger" for Your Organization

  • Demystifying Blockchain.
  • Lessons from Bitcoin.
  • Implementing a Blockchain strategy
    • Building the team.
    • Mapping your transactions to the blockchain.

AI: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

  • Machine learning, natural language processing (text and speech), computer vision, and robotics.
  • Leveraging available resources
    • Social media APIs.
  • Building a trading bot.

Online Security: Security for Finance

  • Revisiting traditional definitions of cyber-security.
  • Implementing a compliance plan and training the organization's business leaders
    • Building the team.

Ethical Implications and Privacy

  • Privacy approaches in China, Europe, and the US.
  • Anti-money laundering laws and their implications.
  • Corporate social responsibility in an era of extreme transparency.

Bringing It All Together

  • No need for "one-size-fits-all" or "all-or-nothing" approaches.
  • A step-by-step approach.

Team Communication and Managerial Buy-in

  • Conversations with managers and leaders.
  • Conversations with engineers and data scientists.

Closing Remarks.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of the finance sector.
  • An interest or mandate to explore new technologies applicable to the finance sector.

Audience

  • Strategists within the finance industry.
  • Technologists within the finance industry.
  • Stakeholders within finance organizations.
  • Consultants and business analysts.
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