The Certificate in FinTech Transformation course provides a comprehensive overview of the Financial Technology (FinTech) industry and its impact on traditional financial services. The course also gives participants a roadmap for planning and executing change using FinTech as a platform for transformation. Finally, it presents a set of measurement tools needed to assess and monitor performance progress.
Course Methodology
The course leverages case studies from the field of FinTech to support the learning experience. It enhances engagement through storytelling, interactive exercises, group discussions, team presentations, and videos.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Describe the evolution of key concepts and trends in the FinTech landscape
Identify the technology driving FinTech today, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, and machine learning
Develop a roadmap for FinTech-enabled business models using an array of elements as peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding, and digital wallets
Recognize key FinTech strategies for the effective execution of transformational change
Apply performance measures to monitor the progress of business transformation
Target Audience
This certified course is aimed at professionals at all levels of organizations who engage in the planning, execution, or monitoring of FinTech initiatives.
Target Competencies
FinTech evolution and outlook
Building knowledge FinTech landscape
Developing awareness of FinTech technologies
Planning transformational strategies
Executing change
Monitoring performance of initiatives
Evaluating FinTech investments
Course Outline
FinTech Evolution and Principles
History and principles of FinTech
Global sectors leading with FinTech
Impact of FinTech on corporate growth
Where machines stop, and humans take over
FinTech Technologies and Their Impact on Growth
Wealth management robo-advisory
Neo-banks: Challenges and growth patterns
Mobile wallets and payment app expansion
FinTech as an enabler for insurance, credit and lending risk
FinTech and the management of financial operations
Cryptocurrency adoption and regulatory challenges
Developing a Transformational Roadmap for FinTech Adoption
Stages of implementing FinTech innovations
Setting goals and objectives
Feasibility study preparation
Budgeting and funding
The roles of the CTO and the CIO
Executing a FinTech Roadmap and Managing Change
Four stages of execution: Prospecting, proof of concept, procurement, and implementation
Lighthouse programs, Proof of Concept (PoC), and Minimum Viable Product (MVP) implementations