FinTech: Finance Industry Transformation and Regulation Specialization

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

FinTech: Finance Industry Transformation and Regulation Specialization

Develop your knowledge and skills in FinTech. Equip yourself to FinTech disruptive innovation, business opportunities and challenges ahead.

Instructors: Theodore Henry King CLARK

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4 course series

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4 weeks to complete

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4 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

4.7

(610 reviews)

Beginner level

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4 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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Specialization - 4 course series

Objective

This Specialization is intended for finance professional who are seeking to develop skills and understanding of FinTech. Through these four courses, you will cover FinTech foundations and overview, FinTech security and regulation (RegTech), FinTech risk management and FinTech disruptive innovation: implications to society, which will prepare you to become more confident and persuasive in your ability to analyze and make decisions regarding how to react to these changes.

Key Benefits

You will earn a FinTech specialization certificate offered by the HKUST and Coursera after completing all four courses. You can add to your resume and Linkedin profile which can benefit to your career in finance industry. Also you will gain knowledge and insights in FinTech for your current and future career development in Finance industry.

Who is this Specialization for?

Everyone who is interested in FinTech and wants to learn more is welcome and will benefit from this course, and is useful for finance executives, government officers, entrepreneurs, consumers and investors of FinTech.

To know more...

Find out more and watch the FinTech specialization promotional video on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/MmqNLp4iuZE

Applied Learning Project

Learners will complete 4 peer-graded final projects in 4 courses which require research, analysis and recommendation to finance executives, management and government regulatory bodies, and yourself. You will have a full picture of how FinTech disrupt our society and how we can seize this opportunity to create value and react to these fast changes.

FinTech Foundations and Overview

Course 115 hours

What you'll learn

Our primary goal is to help you to understand FinTech and to become more confident and persuasive in your ability to analyze and make recommendations to executives within the finance industry regarding how to react to these changes.

This FIRST MOOC ON FINTECH IN ASIA-PACIFIC offered by HKUST presents the insight of several professors from the top business school in Asia as well as perspectives from industry professionals. HKUST has been ranked for many years as the No.1 EMBA program in the world, as the number one Finance program in Asia, and as the top MBA program in Asia by multiple independent rating and review journals and surveys. This course "FinTech Foundations and Overview" offers the combined strengths of HKUST in Business, Finance, and Technology as one the world's leading academic institutions on an important area of technology and business innovations. For learners from outside Asia, this also gives an insight into changes happening in the most advanced FinTech markets of the world, since Asia leads worldwide in FinTech adoption and creative innovations.

Skills you'll gain

Category: FinTech

Category: Business Strategies

Category: Payment Systems

Category: Blockchain

Category: Analytics

Category: Consumer Lending

Category: Digital Assets

Category: Banking Services

Category: Banking

Category: Mobile Banking

Category: Finance

Category: Entrepreneurship

Category: Innovation

Category: Financial Services

Category: Emerging Technologies

Category: Big Data

FinTech Security and Regulation (RegTech)

Course 214 hours

What you'll learn

This course "FinTech Security and Regulation (RegTech)" help you to understand RegTech and to become more confident and persuasive in your ability to analyze and make recommendations to executives within the finance industry regarding how to react to these changes, e.g. Regulations to cryptocurrencies like BitCoin & Initial Coin Offering (ICO). It presents the views of several professors from the top business school in Asia as well as perspectives from industry professionals.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Financial Regulation

Category: Regulatory Compliance

Category: Cybersecurity

Category: Bank Regulations

Category: Threat Detection

Category: Financial Industry Regulatory Authorities

Category: Regulatory Requirements

Category: Risk Management

Category: Financial Services

Category: Mobile Banking

Category: Emerging Technologies

Category: Financial Regulations

Category: Regulatory Affairs

Category: Insurance

Category: Data Security

Category: Blockchain

Category: FinTech

Category: Law, Regulation, and Compliance

FinTech Risk Management

Course 315 hours

What you'll learn

This course “FinTech Risk Management” help you understand risk management and corporate governance in finance industry with the disruption by FinTech and RegTech. You will become more confident to analyse and make recommendations to develop business strategies balancing the risks in operation, reputation and the stability of finance firms.

You will learn about new challenges of compliance with financial requirements and government regulations and how you can deal with these changes, strategies in analysing FinTech risk and how operation risks increase in finance industry in this changing environment. As tech firms are now becoming more like finance firms such as Alibaba, Apple, and Tencent etc., you will learn about the importance of IT compliance and assurance and practical skills in dealing with these changes.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Risk Management

Category: Disaster Recovery

Category: Operational Risk

Category: Internal Controls

Category: Business Continuity Planning

Category: Risk Analysis

Category: Change Management

Category: Financial Regulations

Category: Governance

Category: Compliance Management

Category: Financial Services

Category: Business Strategies

Category: Information Technology

Category: Business Risk Management

FinTech Disruptive Innovation: Implications for Society

Course 412 hours

What you'll learn

This course “FinTech Disruptive Innovation: Implications for Society” help you understand how disruptive innovations create opportunity in finance industry and its impact to society especially your career. You would be able to examine and analyse how FinTech innovations would affect companies that relates to FinTech services and how it might affect your career in finance.

Skills you'll gain

Category: FinTech

Category: Innovation

Category: Emerging Technologies

Category: Financial Services

Category: Business Transformation

Category: Digital Transformation

Category: Workforce Development

Category: Banking

Category: Market Trend

Category: Market Dynamics

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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Frequently asked questions

Total 19 weeks in 4 courses.

No special requirement. It's open for everyone who is interested in FinTech.

You don't need to take the courses in a specific order.

Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.