Financial Technologies

Undergraduate

This course examines the business opportunities, challenges, and risks presented by current and emerging financial technologies (FinTech) and how these technologies are reshaping the global financial order. An emphasis is placed on understanding the nature of financial technologies and their implications for finance and for other disciplines being impacted by the growing importance of FinTech. Students will be challenged to explore course topics in some depth, develop their capacity to explain the nature of financial technologies, and improve their ability to guide organizations in the use of FinTech. (Prerequisite: one of MSCI-2230, FINA-3710, MSCI-3110, MSCI-3120, or MSCI-3230.) (Cross-listed with FINA-4240)