FinTech: Shaping the Financial World
About
Mobile payment apps for smartphones have become increasingly popular among consumers and are replacing cash, checks, and credit cards. Payments are covered in Class #6. (Image by Jason Howie on Flickr. License: CC BY.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Gary Gensler
MIT Course Number
15.S08
As Taught In
Spring 2020
Level
Graduate
Course Features
Educator Features
Course Description
This course about financial technology, or FinTech, is for students wishing to explore the ways in which new technologies are disrupting the financial services industry—driving material change in business models, products, applications and customer user interface. Amongst the significant technological trends affecting financial services into the 2020’s, the class will explore AI, deep learning, blockchain technology and open APIs. Students will gain an understanding of the key technologies, market structure, participants, regulation and the dynamics of change being brought about by FinTech.