BFW3120 FinTech and its impact on global finance and banking
Faculty of Business and Economics
BFW3120 FinTech and its impact on global finance and banking is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Malaysia. It needs BFW2401 and BFW2140.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Malaysia
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before BFW3120
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After BFW3120
No unit lists BFW3120 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Overview
Financial technology, also known as FinTech, is an economic industry composed of companies that use technology to make financial services more efficient. Financial technology companies are generally startups trying to disintermediate incumbent financial systems and challenge traditional corporations that are less reliant on software.
This course aims to give an insight into the financial technology revolution, and the disruption, innovation, and opportunity therein. We will see the global FinTech investment space; this unit will aggregate diverse industry expertise into a single informative unit to provide students with the answers they need to capitalise on in this lucrative market. Key industry developments are explained in detail, and critical insights from cutting-edge practitioners offer first-hand information and lessons learned.
The financial technology sector is booming, and entrepreneurs, bankers, consultants, investors, and asset managers are scrambling for more information: Who are the key players? What's driving the explosive growth? What are the risks? This course collates insights, knowledge, and guidance from industry experts to provide the answers to these questions and more.
The unit will provide students with the latest empowering and practical knowledge on FinTech enabling them to understand some of the FinTech changes taking place currently in the financial services industry and, most importantly, the trends that will impact the industry in the future.
This is a very practical course with a heavy emphasis on guest lectures on the latest industry trends and best practices by industry experts and entrepreneurs rather than theoretical concepts.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
explain the latest industry developments and understand the market dynamics of the FinTech revolution
- 2
understand the main components of FinTech and their impact on the financial services industry
- 3
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with FinTech and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by this unit
- 4
provide practical entrepreneurial, investor and financial skills so that students are able to launch their own and assess “FinTech” startups.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Chee Ghee Teh