Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05
FinTech stands for Financial Technologies: technologies used and applied in the financial services sector, chiefly used by financial institutions themselves on the back end (back-office) of their businesses. But more and more, FinTech is coming to represent technologies that are disrupting traditional financial services, including mobile payments, money transfers, loans, fundraising, and asset management. This course will mainly focus on how Big Data and AI as subsets of FinTech impact business.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Third Term | Credit Points | 0 credits (0 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Offshore | Sustained Study | No |
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Every two days, we create as much data as we did from the beginning of time until the year 2000 from traditional databases - and our usage continues to increase exponentially.
Within the context of growing adoption of FinTech and the associated increase in data information, this course explores the following themes:
Impact and implications for today’s business
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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Artificial Intelligence & Big Data are being positioned as fundamental disruptors to business and society. As a group of 3-4 participants, pick an industry and discuss these impacts. You may also want to consider the regulatory framework within which these technologies will be applied. Ensure that your report provides critique of both positive impact and negative implications with specific examples. Feedback to be provided via marking rubric. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Reflection | Evaluate | Able to understand on the core concepts of AI and Big Data and reflect on their impact on business and society |
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