This course deals with funding and lending from a financial perspective in the age of constant technological change. It starts with theoretical underpinnings of pricing and valuations of capital raising, funding and lending from the perspective of financial institutions supported with academic research. Then the students proceed to explore state-of-the-art technologies relevant in this space. Topics include, but not limited to, IPOs, ICOs, crowdfunding, neo-banks and technological companies entering banking sphere. These are explored in detail with provision of real-world case studies. Lastly, the course aims to expand on the previous discussions by looking at applied funding and lending use cases as seen from the customer perspective, either as an individual, small business enterprise, or a large corporation. Extensive use of academic research is used to highlight practical attributes of technological changes across capital raising, funding and lending. Guest lectures provide practical exposure to enhance and enforce the main points of the covered topics.
