The Future of Finance Course Outline

Programme Objective

This course covers an overview developing technologies and its effect on the Financial Industry.

On completion of the course, participants will be able to:

· Understand the Finance Revolution and the formation of Financial Technology (FinTech)

· Understand key concepts such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency.

· How does the FinTech concept work? And how has digitization taken over the global financing industry?

· Know the regulators around ASEAN regions and their approach to promoting FinTech Innovation and maintaining Market Promotion.

Programme Outline

1. The concept of Finance?

· The differences between traditional and present financial models.

· Discuss the Financial Trends in 2021 with respect to past financial institution regulations

· Understanding the Industrial Revolution

2. FinTech Technologies

· Understanding the key concepts of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Models, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin Systems.

· What is the Payment innovation concept and how is it linked to digitalization?

· How will Blockchain revolutionize the trade finance industry?

3. Country Expectations and Innovation Hubs

· Addresses the lack of trust in past regulations and introduces the concept of Regulatory Sandboxes.

· Understanding Crypto Bans and the disruption of financial entities.

· Know the concept of Innovation Hubs, and the Pillars that form FinTech policies.

4. Finance in ASEAN Countries

· Market Protection and the formation of new regulations to support the new generation of FinTech in various regions.

· Discuss the changing banking, investing and financial services in ASEAN countries.

· Know the banking revolution and its effect on Wall Street.

· Discuss the effect of COVID-19 which gives rise to new topic areas in the Finance Sector.

· Will COVID-19 produce a new norm?