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Overview

Learn how individuals and organizations can utilize and regulate blockchain, AI, and other FinTech solutions to ensure their adoption does not come at the expense of societal growth.

Duration

13 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Schedule type

Self paced

Difficulty level

Intermediate

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Credential

Certificate

FinTech Ethics and Risks
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Highlights

  • Requires effort of 11 hours per week
  • Flexible Schedule- Set and maintain flexible deadlines.
  • Part of HKUx Professional Certificate in FinTech
  • 100% Online-Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
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FinTech Ethics and Risks
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Course details

Skills you will learn
What are the course deliverables?
  • Understand the ethical elements of finance, emerging technologies, and FinTech.
  • Identify trends and opportunities that will shape the future of FinTech.
  • Critically examine implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain and cryptocurrencies (including ICOs).
  • Understand how Regulatory Technology (RegTech) enhances supervision and reduces compliance-related costs.
  • Understand how payment solutions are evolving and the potential ethical implications.
  • Understand how alternative financing, including crowdfunding and P2P lending, are impacting markets.
  • Analyze positive and negative aspects of the introduction and expansion of FinTech.
More about this course
  • FinTech has started a global revolution in the financial services industry, and the transformation will only increase in coming years
  • There are many ways in which FinTech can improve the lives of people around the world; however, those same technologies can also be used to enslave, coerce, track, and control people
  • Accordingly, it is appropriate and necessary to consider the implications of the introduction of these technologies so that they are utilized properly, regulated sufficiently, and their adoption does not come at the expense of societal growth

FinTech Ethics and Risks
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Curriculum

Introduction: Ethics of Finance and Emerging Technologies

Blockchain and its Governance

Cybersecurity & Crimes

AI & FinTech

Institutionalization vs. Decentralization

Big Questions Relating to the Introduction of FinTech

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