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AY2025/2026 Semester 1
This course aims to introduce you to several topics in financial technology (FinTech) and its applications in investment management. We will cover cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, innovations in the payment system, marketplace lending, and technology innovations in the insurance industry. The course will provide you a comprehensive understanding of the business models under these innovations as well as the challenges facing by FinTech firms, and the major concerns financial regulators have. The course not only provides necessary knowledge for those who are interested in a career in the FinTech industry, but it also helps you to understand how financial technology innovations affect our daily life. The course is prescribed elective for all banking and finance students and elective for all other NBS students.
| AUs | 3.0 AUs |
| Categories | CoreMinorsBDE |
| Not Available To Programme | ACBS-2ndMaj/Spec(BAF) 2(2020), BUS(BAF) 2(2020) |
| Not Available To All Programme With | (Admyr 2011-2019) |
| Mutually Exclusive With | BF2214 |
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| 930 | 00220 SEM (1) 0930-1220 Mon ABS-SR6, ONLINE Wk1-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | 00220 SEM (1) 0930-1220 Mon ABS-SR6, ONLINE Wk1-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | 00223 SEM (4) 0930-1220 Thu S4-SR23, ONLINE Wk1-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | 00223 SEM (4) 0930-1220 Thu S4-SR23, ONLINE Wk1-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | |||||
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| 1430 | 00224 SEM (5) 1430-1720 Wed S4-SR12, ONLINE Wk1-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | 00224 SEM (5) 1430-1720 Wed S4-SR12, ONLINE Wk1-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | 00222 SEM (3) 1430-1720 Thu S4-SR23, ONLINE Wk1-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | 00222 SEM (3) 1430-1720 Thu S4-SR23, ONLINE Wk1-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | |||||
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| 1830 | 00221 SEM (2) 1830-2120 Tue ONLINE, ABS-SR6 Wk10, Teaching Wk1-9,11-13 | 00221 SEM (2) 1830-2120 Tue ONLINE, ABS-SR6 Wk10, Teaching Wk1-9,11-13 | |||||||
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