Fintech: A Practical Introduction for Managers Training Course

Introduction to Fintech

• Fintech industry impact
• Winners and losers

Sector overview

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

Industry case study

Where are you on the Fintech scale?

Mapping out a business strategy

Conducting a readiness assessment of your organization

Key technical innovations applied to the finance sector

• Blockchain, AI, Security

Mapping out a technology strategy

Blockchain: putting the "digital ledger" to work for your organization

• 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 organization'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