Overview
Financial Technology (FinTech) is a rapidly growing field in finance where technology is used to enhance and reimagine financial services and sometimes results in disruptive changes. The most well-known examples are payment systems (PayPal, WeChat, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency), portfolio management and Robo-advice (US, Europe, Australia), peer-to-peer lending (US, China, India … For more content click the Read More button below.
Co-developed with financial services industry experts, this specialisation introduces students to finance theory, financial products, markets, and institutions, then explores how big data and other technologies allow FinTech start-ups to cause consumers to shift away from traditional finance - fundamentally changing the way money is raised, transferred, stored, loaned, and invested around the world. In addition to a conceptual understanding of finance theory, financial markets, and financial services firms, students will experience FinTech courses via the Integrated Learning Laboratory (iLab). They will be able to gain personal access to financial market data platforms, handle financial market and unstructured data, learn how financial products work via the Python programming language, trade using the leading stock trading platform used by brokerage firms, and interact with practitioners.
This specialisation in Financial Technology can be taken in the Master of Commerce or Master of Commerce (Extension). In the MCom (Ext.) students can combine FinTech with other complementary specialisations such as finance, business analytics, accounting, risk management, marketing, and more.
Available in Program(s) Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:
Master of Commerce - MCom8404 - Commerce
Master of Commerce (Extension) - MCom(Extn)8417 - Commerce (Extension)
Specialisation Structure
Students must complete 36 UOC.
GATEWAY CORE COURSE6 Units of Credit:
SPECIALISATION ELECTIVES30 Units of Credit:
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