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Course Outline

Introduction to Fintech

  • Impact of the Fintech industry
  • Winners and losers in the sector

Sector Overview

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

Industry Case Study

Where Are You on the Fintech Scale?

Mapping Out a Business Strategy

Conducting an Organizational Readiness Assessment

Key Technical Innovations Applied to the Finance Sector

  • Blockchain, AI, and Security

Mapping Out a Technology Strategy

Blockchain: Leveraging the "Digital Ledger" for Your Organization

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

AI: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

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

Online Security: Security for Finance

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

Ethical Implications and Privacy

  • Approaches to privacy in China, Europe, and the United States
  • Anti-money laundering laws and their implications
  • Corporate social responsibility in an era of extreme transparency

Integrating All Elements

  • No need for "one-size-fits-all" solutions or "all-or-nothing" approaches
  • Adopting a step-by-step methodology

Team Communication and Managerial Buy-in

  • Engaging in conversations with managers and leaders
  • Engaging in conversations with engineers and data scientists

Closing Remarks

Requirements

  • Familiarity with the finance sector
  • An interest or mandate to explore new technologies applicable to finance

Audience

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