Contemporary Fintech: Strategies and Innovations (Classroom and Asynchronous e-learning)
About This Course
Blockchain is a secure, decentralised, and transparent ledger technology that offers a secure and decentralised approach of verifying, storing, and managing transactions. As part of the suite of technologies expected to drive the 4th Industrial Revolution, blockchain distributed ledger technology has the potential to reshape businesses and industries. This technology may potentially disrupt the way enterprises are managed, create value, and interact across their value chain. This course is suitable for anyone interested in Financial Technology (Fintech) for business but possess minimal exposure to this field at a tertiary academic level.
As this micro-credential course is only offered in the FlexiMasters in Business Finance programme, learners are required to enrol into the programme and complete all required courses within this programme.
What You'll Learn
1. Describe recent developments of blockchain technology and analyse their impact on financial services and business environment.
2. Explain the technologies underlying cryptocurrencies and blockchains.
3. Design smart contracts and decentralised applications.
4. Compare stable coins, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and other digital currencies.
5. Describe the scenarios/ Identify the situations in which use of blockchain is appropriate.
6. Identify the possible use cases of blockchain.
Entry Requirements
While no pre-requisites are needed to enroll in the course, learning finance can be challenging. The coverage is comprehensive, and learners are expected to do a lot of readings before and after every class.