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HarvardX: FinTech

Step beyond current FinTech disruption and prepare for future financial services priorities.

Step beyond current FinTech disruption and prepare for future financial services priorities.

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This course is offered by , an edX partner
6 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Starts Apr 3, 2024
Enroll by Apr 9, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
6 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Starts Apr 3, 2024
Enroll by Apr 9, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

In recent years, the FinTech landscape has been defined by disruptive digital technology transforming banking and financial services. Since then, FinTech companies have successfully filled gaps left by existing financial institutions to serve customers’ evolving needs. The industry is now defined by innovation drivers, moving beyond disruption and towards widely adopted technology.

This online short course offers an up-to-date look into the maturing FinTech industry. It provides expert guidance and insight into the shifting nature of the financial sector and a holistic understanding of the technologies and innovations set to shape the future of finance and business. Utilizing innovative pedagogical approaches pioneered by the Harvard Business School (HBS), this course adapts the Case Method Approach used in on-campus programs at HBS for online study, presenting real-life challenges that reflect the complex, dynamic nature of the FinTech landscape. Equip yourself with the knowledge to tackle transformative initiatives within the financial technology sector, and earn a premier certificate from Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL), in association with HarvardX.

This online course is designed for business decision makers, financial professionals, and senior management professionals to better contextualize, interpret, and respond to the transformed financial services industry. It will benefit anyone within the financial technology and innovation space, particularly those wanting to adopt the creative methods and strategic approaches used within FinTech.

Course curriculum

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Explore the drivers and adopters of FinTech innovations as you work through the weekly modules of this online course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: Reshaping the banking and payments industry

Module 2: Raising money with FinTech

Module 3: Harnessing data with artificial intelligence and machine learning

Module 4: Demystifying blockchain

Module 5: Demystifying cryptocurrencies and CBDCs

Module 6: Forging the future of FinTech

Conference week: An optional final week for sharing capstone project presentations

About the certificate

Gain knowledge about FinTech and earn a premier certificate from Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL), in association with HarvardX.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

$305.7 billion

The estimated worth of the global FinTech market by 2023.

Research and Markets (May, 2019).

64%

The amount of digitally active global consumers, across 27 markets, who use FinTech.

EY (Jun, 2019).

Why choose GetSmarter?

GetSmarter, an edX partner, delivers career-relevant, fully supported, and expert-led online courses from the world's leading universities and institutions. As an online learning expert with over 15 years' experience, GetSmarter leverages long-standing expertise in market research, data analysis, and business insights to ensure that you gain the skills critical to career growth.