FINTECH: DISRUPTION OR OPPORTUNITY

Digital disruption is receiving a large attention around the world. New players, FinTechs, are challenging incumbent financial institutions. It affects numerous dimensions of the financial sector: payments and remittances, crypto-currencies such as bitcoin, trading infrastructure with blockchain decentralized ledgers, robo-advisors and artificial intelligence in asset management and private banking, peer-to-peer lending (P2P), marketplace funding, crowdfunding, ICOs or insurance. Venture capital is investing $ billions in this new ecosystem. This course provides a thorough outlook to the FinTech industry, FinTech technologies, the global landscape, and innovations in the financial services sector.

Learning outcome

• Outline the FinTech areas causing disruption and how they are transforming the market, both locally and globally
• Understand the potential of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency within banking and finance
• Understand P2P lending & Crowdfunding and how that may challenge conventional banking
• Understand complex digital platforms or eco-systems that surround payments and remittances
• Recognize regulatory changes that can transform the industry in the GCC and globally
• Be comfortable to explain the potential opportunities and innovations within this sector

Target Audience

The course is ideal for:

• Innovation Managers
• Business Development Executives
• Business Intelligence Officers
• Data Officers
• Financial Analysts
• Financial Decision Makers in Corporates
• General Managers
• Investment, Commercial and Retail Bankers
• Management Consultants
• Marketing Managers
• Operations Managers
• Project Managers
• IT personnel