Fintech and Innovation

Financial technologies (Fintech) have definitely brought rapid progress and advances in the field of finance, through efficient access to products and services. Last but not least it also facilitates financial inclusion. Furthermore, the innovations in FinTech opens new opportunities for companies and drives new business model for existing ones. To remain relevant and competitive in the market, companies must have the knowledge on how to take advantage of numerous fintech opportunities.
 

This training course is designed to provide participants with the relevant concepts related to Fintech and innovations. This course will focus on topics such as the latest development of innovations in personal and commercial finance, how these innovations may improve transparency and enable traditional and non-traditional actors to offer a variety of financial services, the different dimensions of digital finance and many more.

• Explain the main financial technology (FinTech) innovations, their dark and light sides, as well as the possible expected evolutions
• Understand how FinTech is reconfiguring financial services business models, entailing possible reshaping of traditional financial intermediaries
• Explain the critical technology strategies and foundational technologies in FinTech, including blockchain and cryptocurrencies
• Understand how Green financial technology works and realize how its priorities are close to those of Islamic FinTech, sharing parallel strategies and similar platforms, and appreciate the complexity of Islamic FinTech.
• Explain the main challenges of Regulators and understand which innovative regulatory approaches are needed in response to FinTech developments.