About the Program

Financial Technologies (Fintech) is an umbrella term for business innovations and disruptions in financial space.

In recent years, this trend has been accelerating due to the advent of smart phones, security protocols and millennial generation demand.

This course aims to give an overview of what “fintech” is and how businesses can leverage on this technology for their business growth.

This is not a technical course in “programming/coding technologies” but a showcase of business use cases around the world. Will this apply to my life or business? How will things change going forward?

Why this course? What’s so special & unique about it?

Why the need to attend this course? What is so special and unique about this course?

This course is special and unique because of the following:

1. Understanding latest Financial Technologies in the Business Environment Today
2. The course is conducted by an experienced Financial Analyst to help your business grow with careful investing for long-term business growth
3. Understanding the impact and integration of financial technologies and information technologies in a business environment
4. Leveraging on financial technologies for growth, innovations and disruptions in financial space

What do you get out of this?

1. How to become a prime mover of financial technologies in your organization and how to get started
2. Learn to leverage the technologies and how we can apply them at the workplace
3. Learn how the adoption of financial technologies can increase workplace productivity
4. Gain the knowledge of how these technologies can help us live and work better

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the program, you will be able to:

1. Gain a better appreciation of what financial technologies are and where the world is heading towards in terms of its development, its potential and risks.
2. Understand how financial technologies may impact their lives.
3. Learn how to leverage the technologies for growth, innovations and disruptions in financial space
4. Learn how to adopt and embrace financial technologies in your organization

Program Outline

MODULE 1: What is Fintech?

• Traditional Role of Money and Banking
• Evolution of Financial Services
• Geographical Market Overview

MODULE 2: Fintech Themes Part 1 (all with Case-studies)

• Blockchain
• Contract Optimization
• Cryptocurrencies
• Payments and Transfers
• Lending and Borrowing

MODULE 3: Fintech Themes Part 2 (all with Case-studies)

• Corporate Financing
• Crowdfunding
• Big Data, Machine Learning
• Investing and Personal Finance
• Insur-tech
• Reg-tech

MODULE 4: Risks and State of Regulations involving Financial Technologies, Investments and Trading for Business Growth

MODULE 5: The Future of Financial Technologies, Business Innovations and Disruptions in the Business Environment Today

Training Methodology

• Interactive Presentation & Input
• Demonstration of Techniques to adopt and leverage by the Course Leader
• Case Study Highlights and Discussion
• Open Discussion Initiated by the Course Leader