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FinTech

via GetSmarter

Overview

Go beyond current FinTech disruption and get ready for future financial services priorities.

On completion of this course, you’ll gain: Clarity on the speculation and hype of the FinTech landscape, and the skills and knowledge to tackle innovation initiatives. An understanding of the technologies shaping the future of finance and the potential for partnerships between incumbents, new age tech companies, and investors. The ability to critically assess the future of FinTech and think strategically and creatively about problems faced by real companies. A premier certificate from Harvard’s VPAL, in association with HarvardX, as validation of your FinTech knowledge. The opportunity to network with a cohort of like-minded professionals at an additional conference week, and unlimited access to edX’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your FinTech career forward.

Syllabus

  • Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus
  • Module 1: Reshaping the banking and payments industry
  • Module 2: Raising money with FinTech
  • Module 3: Harnessing data with artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • Module 4: Demystifying blockchain
  • Module 5: Demystifying cryptocurrencies and CBDCs
  • Module 6: Forging the future of FinTech
  • Conference Week: An optional final week for sharing capstone project presentations

Taught by

Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy

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