Fintech and Finance, MSc
This course covers the critical elements of finance and technology, and how these two forces are shaping the future of finance. We help prepare for a career in a rapidly growing and in demand sector. Fintech is rapidly becoming an established new finance paradigm. It is a fusion of finance and technology to create new, more dynamic services and a new class of financial assets. This program will critically assess the operations, benefits and issues with cryptoassets such as cryptocurrencies, tokens as well as more traditionally based innovations such as digital-only banks and payments systems. The program will give students an understanding of the main technical analysis techniques, for example machine learning and python programming, used throughout the fintech world.
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules:
- Foundations of Scholarship
- Research Methods
- Principles of Finance
- Financial Engineering
- Machine learning in Fintech
- Cryptoassets
- Fintech Banking
- Fintech Exchanges
- Final Project
Careers and placements
- Retail, investment and challenger banks
- Insurers, traditional and fintech
- Fintech exchanges, and various cryptoasset service providers
- Brokers and wealth managers
- Central banks, regulators and government institutions
- Consultancies.
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