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BFIN4030 - FinTech

About

Lessons are not given in the academic year 2024/2025

Course content

Introduction to Financial Innovation

Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT)

Cryptocurrencies and tokenization of assets

Banks and Fintech Integration:

  • Banking and Investing
  • Money, Markets, Marketplaces

FinTech Valuation

Open banking and the role of traditional banks

FinTech Implications & Future

Learning outcome

Knowledge

  • Understanding innovation in financial technology (FinTech)
  • Understanding opportunities and challenges of FinTech for the traditional banking system

Skills

  • Acquiring/updating skills about FinTech data science methods and tools, and how they apply to real FinTech problems
  • Critically assessing the future of FinTech and thinking strategically and creatively about problems faced by real companies

General competences

  • Gaining insight into the limits, risks and broader policy and social implications of FinTech, including regulation, privacy and data security

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, assigned readings, case studies

5 compulsory case studies (group courseworks)

Compulsory assignments

  • Mandatory case studies

Further on evaluation

Examination arrangement: Group based term paper

Grade: Letters

Admission to study programme is required, see "special conditions".

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

Textbook and readings will be announced when semester starts

More on the course

No

Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level

Coursework

No

Language of instruction: English

Location: Trondheim

Subject area(s)
  • Economics and Administration
Contact information

Department with academic responsibility
NTNU Business School

Timetable

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Examination

  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
Examination

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