Financial technology (FinTech) is exerting tremendous impact on financial industries. This course offers students with empowering and practical knowledge on FinTech, helping them understand the disruptions happening now and will happen in the future in the financial services. Students will gain a broad understanding of cryptocurrencies, blockchain, smart contract, decentralized applications, P2P lending, crowdfunding, and machine learning. Students will also acquire practical skills to deliver prescriptive solutions to business and financial problems in the real-world.

CILO-1: Describe the critical role of information technology in the practice of financial service industry. CILO-2: Conceptualize the components of blockchain and smart contract. CILO-3: Critically assess the role of blockchain and smart contract in contemporary financial industry. CILO-4: Critically assess the role of various machine learning techniques in financial industry. CILO-5: Design and apply computer-based financial models for prescriptive solutions to the real-world business and financial problems.