87616 - Fintech

Academic Year 2024/2025

Course contents

The course aims to give an in-depth overview of the FinTech Ecosystem, a new part of the financial industry that is radically innovating the way financial services are built and offered. The course examines the FinTech characteristics, their activities and related risks. Additionally, the course provides an overview of the main strategies that incumbents are following in the new market conditions and the main challenges in FinTech security and regulation.

Readings/Bibliography

Ad Hoc and Up-to-date material will be provided by the Instructor

Teaching methods

Traditional ex cathedra lectures

FinTech Managers Seminars

Team Work

Business Cases

Assessment methods

Attending Students:

20% Lecture Partecipation

20% Project Work

20% In Class Presentation

40% Written Exam (Multiple Choice)

Students can take the exam as attendant only at first round of first exam session

Not Attending Student: 100% Written exam (Open Question)

Teaching tools

Lecturer Handouts

Financial Newspaper

Regulators Papers

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Bonini