Fintech: A Practical Introduction for Managers Training Course

Introduction to Fintech

• Impact on the Fintech industry.
• Winners and losers.

Sector Overview

• Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
• Financial advisory.
• P2P lending.
• Social credit and the financialisation of the economy.

Industry Case Study

Where Are You on the Fintech Scale?

Mapping Out a Business Strategy

Conducting a Readiness Assessment of Your Organisation

Key Technical Innovations Applied to the Finance Sector

• Blockchain, AI, and Security.

Mapping Out a Technology Strategy

Blockchain: Putting the 'Digital Ledger' to Work for Your Organisation

• Demystifying the Blockchain.
• Lessons from Bitcoin.
• Implementing a Blockchain strategy
  • Building the team.
  • Mapping your transactions to the blockchain.

AI: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

• Machine learning, natural language processing (text and speech), computer vision, and robotics.
• Tapping into available resources
  • Social media APIs.
• Building a trading bot.

Online Security: Security for Finance

• Revisiting traditional definitions of cyber-security.
• Implementing a compliance plan and training the organisation's business leaders
  • Building the team.

Ethical Implications and Privacy

• Chinese, European, and American approaches to privacy.
• Anti-laundering laws and their implications.
• Corporate social responsibility in an era of extreme transparency.

Bringing It All Together

• No need for 'one-size-fits-all' and no need for 'all-or-nothing'.
• A step-by-step approach.

Team Communication and Managerial Buy-in

• Conversations with managers and leaders.
• Conversations with engineers and data scientists.

Closing Remarks.