Level 1: Basic Training in Fintech Fundamentals

Learning outcome: understand what finance is and where the industry is heading.
Topics include: the role and evolution of finance in history, culture, and society; introduction to banking, central banks, and international infrastructure; overview of modern macroeconomics; the challenges of the financial industry and unresolved issues until now.

Learning outcome: understand the breadth and depth of fintech.
Topics include: major areas of fintech, such as money and payments, digital finance, alternative finance; major technological trends, such as artificial intelligence (especially machine learning) blockchain, cryptography, and data sciences (big data, data analytics, data modelling, etc); fintech regulation and regulatory technologies (regtech); impact of fintech on economies, markets, companies, and individuals.

Learning outcome: understand the role of major technological trends, such as artificial intelligence (especially machine learning) blockchain, cryptography, and data sciences (big data, data analytics, data modelling, etc).
Topics include: data, metadata, and differential privacy, regulatory scope from KYC to KYD; AI and blockchain governance; institutionalisation versus decentralisation, the business of trust.

Learning outcome: understand the important fintech initiatives from the government and the industry.
Topics include: central bank digital currency (CBDC), corporate data interchange (CDI), corporate identity, digital insurance policies, straight-through processing insurtech (insurance technology).

This tutorial session is for students to ask the training team about any topics covered during the Level 1 basic training regimen. Guest speakers may participate in these sessions.