EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
18 March 2021
8 weeks, online
5–7 hours per week
Special pricing up to 20% discount is available if you enrol with your colleagues. Please send an email to group-enrollments@emeritus.org for more information.
Financial technology, also known as fintech, is rapidly transforming global financial services. Understanding market drivers, challenges, trends, and key players is essential for all aspects of operational strategy. This eight-week, online programme from Imperial College Business School is designed to give you a foundation in fintech and its components. As a participant you will:
In 2019, 93% of small to mid-size enterprises reported that they would prefer to find a technological solution where possible, and 89% were willing to share data with fintech companies.
A large majority of global banks, insurers, and investment managers are planning to partner with financial technology companies over the next three to five years, and expect a 20% average return on investment on their innovation projects.
In 2019, 64% of consumers used two or more fintech services or platforms, and that number is expected to keep growing.
This programme's diverse cohort will include participants from a breadth of countries, industries, and job functions, deepening your understanding of global fintech challenges and opportunities. Fintech is an essential topic for professionals including:
As a participant, you will learn about the fintech landscape, including its opportunities and shortcomings. This will allow you to identify the inefficiencies fintech is targeting, and how you can develop a plan for fintech integration within your organisation. You will walk away with actionable insights and a solid strategy to move your organisation forward.
As a participant in this programme, you will learn to understand and master the technologies that are driving fintech, and develop your own strategy and put them to work in your business.
Get an overview of what is driving fintech development and the implications for financial organisations.
Learn about the strengths and inefficiencies of the current banking landscape as well as the evolution of financial technologies within financial services.
Explore the switch from digital banking to smart banking, and how banks are offering products and services based on individual customer needs.
Examine the requirements, processes, challenges, and opportunities within lending markets, particularly the growing increase for credit among individuals and institutions. Plus, discover how fintech can be used to make lending more digital.
Focus on how machine learning and artificial intelligence can be integrated within the current financial landscape and used to improve various functions, such as the prediction of default and risk. Also, identify the limitations and opportunities for ML and AI integration in the realms of health insurance, credit cards, and auto insurance.
Delving into the function and application of blockchain technology in the financial landscape, assess which situations would benefit from private vs. public blockchain, cryptocurrency vs. digital fiat currency, and blockchain vs. distributed ledger technology.
Focus on what laws already exist within fintech and how they differ across countries. Plus, examine the risks of adopting fintech and explore data governance and privacy concerns.
Develop a plan for integrating fintech within your organisation.
Get an overview of what is driving fintech development and the implications for financial organisations.
Focus on how machine learning and artificial intelligence can be integrated within the current financial landscape and used to improve various functions, such as the prediction of default and risk. Also, identify the limitations and opportunities for ML and AI integration in the realms of health insurance, credit cards, and auto insurance.
Learn about the strengths and inefficiencies of the current banking landscape as well as the evolution of financial technologies within financial services.
Delving into the function and application of blockchain technology in the financial landscape, assess which situations would benefit from private vs. public blockchain, cryptocurrency vs. digital fiat currency, and blockchain vs. distributed ledger technology.
Explore the switch from digital banking to smart banking, and how banks are offering products and services based on individual customer needs.
Focus on what laws already exist within fintech and how they differ across countries. Plus, examine the risks of adopting fintech and explore data governance and privacy concerns.
Examine the requirements, processes, challenges, and opportunities within lending markets, particularly the growing increase for credit among individuals and institutions. Plus, discover how fintech can be used to make lending more digital.
Develop a plan for integrating fintech within your organisation.
For more information on the modules download the brochure.
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Vic Arulchandran
Upon completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a verified Digital Certificate by Imperial College Business School Executive Education.
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