Introduction to FinTech

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  • 6 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Subtitles in Chinese

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Syllabus

Module 1 What is FinTech?

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

Module 2 Payments, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain

  • Individual Payments
  • Developing Countries and DFS: The Story of Mobile Money
  • Developing Countries and DFS: Regulation of Mobile Money
  • RTGS Systems
  • The ABCDs of Alternative Finance
  • Building a New stack
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Industry Showcase : Legal and Regulatory Implications of Cryptocurrencies
  • What is Blockchain?
  • Industry Showcase: The Benefits from New Payment Stacks (Applications of Ripple)

Module 3 Digital Finance and Alternative Finance

  • A Brief History of Financial Innovation
  • Digitization of Financial Services
  • FinTech & Funds
  • Industry Showcase: How AI is Transforming the Future of FinTech
  • Industry Showcase: Ensuring Compliance from the Start: Suitability and Funds
  • Crowdfunding - Regards, Charity and Equity
  • P2P and Marketplace Lending
  • The Rise of Chinese TechFins - New Models and New Products
  • What is an ICO?

Module 4 FinTech Regulation and RegTech

  • FinTech Regulations
  • Evolution of RegTech
  • RegTech Ecosystem: Financial Institutions
  • RegTech Ecosystem: Startups
  • RegTech Startups: Challenges
  • RegTech Ecosystem: Regulators
  • Industry Showcase: Use Case of AI in Smart Regulation and Fraud Detection
  • Regulatory Sandboxes
  • Smart Regulation
  • Redesigning Better Financial Infrastructure

Module 5 Data & TechFin

  • History of Data Regulation
  • Data in Financial Services
  • Industry Showcase : Application of Data Analytics in Finance
  • European Big-Bang: PSD2 / GDPR / Mifid2
  • Industry Showcase : PSD2: Open Banking API Will Help Startups
  • Industry Showcase : Methods of Data Protection: GDPR Compliance and Personal Privacy
  • Digital Identity
  • Change in mindset: Regulation 1.0 to 2.0 (KYC to KYD)
  • AI & Governance
  • New Challenges of AI and Machine Learning
  • Data, Metadata and Differential Privacy
  • Data is the New Oil: Risk of Breach
  • Industry Showcase : Cybersecurity Industry Update

Module 6 The Future of Data-Driven Finance

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

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Douglas Arner
Kerry Holdings Professor in Law
University of Hong Kong

Janos Barberis
Founder
SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator

Huy Nguyen Trieu
CEO of The Disruptive Group & Co-founder of CFTE
Center for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship

Ross Buckley
Professor of International Finance Law
University of New South Wales

Brian Tang
Managing Director
Asia Capital Markets Institute (ACMI)

Henri Arslanian
FinTech & RegTech Leader
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) - China & HK

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University of Hong Kong

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