Course overview

FinTech is at the heart of the new digital ecosystem emerging across financial services. With the development of fast-growing financial technologies and the fact that businesses are becoming more consumer-oriented, there is a pressing need for experts who possess a wide range of FinTech skills.

• Obtain the skills required in the intersection of financial services and technology in an ever-changing technology-driven and technology-enabled financial ecosystem.
• Develop technical computing/software engineering skills by building end-to-end projects, alongside elements of entrepreneurship, innovation, regulation, critical thinking and decision making.
• Study the 18-month Extended Professional Practice route, to gain more practical insights and in-depth experience.

Careers and opportunities

On successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Compare the main pillars of FinTech relating to the structure, transformation, disruption, risk and regulations.
• Evaluate current technological problems, developments and/or new insights within the financial industry.
• Argue about the economic, political, regulatory and social environments in which FinTech operates and the ethical considerations embedded in these global and societal operations.
• Evaluate various finance theories and techniques and practical skills of interpreting models to apply them to different asset classes in the context of FinTech.
• Select sources and content of financial data and evidence and independently use appropriate programming, statistical and econometrics skills for sound decision-making.
• Evaluate financial innovative ideas by blending the business knowledge and technical skills required in a range of areas in FinTech.
• Select effective, rigorous and reflective skills of self-management and independence in terms of planning, behaviour, motivation, individual initiative and enterprise.
• Evaluate a range of complex and pervasive issues with the use of quantitative and qualitative research and techniques in a systematic, creative and innovative manner.
• Graduates will emerge with a set of highly employable behaviours, attitudes and competencies which are in high demand among employers and are indispensable qualities within the FinTech industry.