FintechNavigator Program
Launch your career in Fintechwith globally renowned university, Ecole Polytechnique Fe’de’rale De
Lausanne'Blended 10 Week 40,000
(+ Applicable taxes)�
The financial services industry, once considered most resistant to disruption, is being rapidly transformed by technological innovations. Incumbents, start-ups, markets and regulators are looking to use machine learning, big data, blockchain, cloud computing, and cryptographic methods to stay ahead of changingbusiness trends.Recognising the fact that new tools and platforms are disrupting the financial services landscape, Pearson has launched a new program on Fintech (financial technology), in collaboration with Ecole Polytechnique Fe’de’rale De Lausanne’, a leading global university which offers a global approach to education, with a focus on local perspectives. This will be a non-credit certificate program by the university.Taught by industry and academic leaders David Shrier and Christopher Tucci, this program will equipparticipants with an understanding of key Fintech concepts, strategies and implications.
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Overview
The Future of Money:Blockchain-based digital currencies like Bitcoin; the rise of novel barter platforms and how money changes when powered by a peer-to-peer transfer technology
The Future of Markets:Harnessing the wisdom of crowds with prediction markets; fraud in the age of flash crashes; new network-enabled markets such as peer-peer/crowdfunding; and the impact of artificial intelligence (AI)
The Future of Marketplaces:Exciting developments like the deconstruction of the marketplace stack; new payment platforms and transactions that form the foundation of assets over IP; and how Blockchain, mobile platforms and digital currencies give access to financial services to those who previously didn’t have access to such services
Infrastructure and the novel challenges arising in the rapidly evolving world of future commerce:The next horizon of cyber security and the impact on innovation frontiers of regulation, such asAnti-Money Laundering and Know Your Client
The program, will explore four primary themes :
Develop a broad and deep understanding of what Fintech is and the radical impact it will have on the future of the financial system
Build the skills needed to thrive and advance in the rapidly-changing world of finance
Methods for framing and communicating your innovation concepts and pathways forcommercialization
Be in a position to seek funding from external angel or venture financing sources or their internal corporate venturing board, and/or become capable of presenting themselves for new innovation roles within established organizations
Practice the major approaches to driving or adapting to change
Build your professional network
What you’ll learn :
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Created by the world’s-leading Fintech experts David Shrier, Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland, Christopher Tucci and facilitated by a local instructor, participants will develop a broad and deep understanding of what Fintech is and the radical impact it will have on the future of the financial system.
Cutting Edge Curriculum
Live Coaching Online hand holding and Q&A sessions will be held by local instructor to reinforce
understanding and provide ample time for queries.
By the Industry. For the Industry Apart from the latest research and academic inputs, this program offers a capstone
project to ensure the highest degree of practical relevance. The program aims to providing participants with the tools to leverage the exciting and world-changing opportunities
offered by the rise of Fintech.
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Engage | Network | ProgressPearson's Engage | Network | Progress Learner Journey helps participants not only complete the Fintech Navigator Program but also empowers graduates to earn a return on their tuition investment. This is done via industry relevant networking and career progression modules that connect the learning to employment or further study goals.
Program Benefits
#12
QS World University Ranking 2017/2018
Job Outlook
Program Vitals
Course Starts
5th August, 2019
Blended, 10 Weeks
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Time Commitment
Per Week
7 Hours Payment by Debit Card/ Credit Card Accepted
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Program Fee
+Applicable Taxes
40,000
Source: Nasscomm
India among the top 3 countries in the world with
the highest number of Fintech start-ups
The Indian Fintech software market is forecasted to
touch USD 2.4 billion by 2020 from a current USD 1.2
billion, as per NASSCOM
Source: KPMG
Source: YesFintech
About 71% of Fintechs state lack of deep tech expertise as
a key impediment to their growth
Source: Inc 42
According to NASSCOM, the Indian Fintech market is
expected to grow at a CAGR of 22% in the next five years
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Who should attend :Financial Planning Analysts
Senior Finance Managers
Financial Accountants
Financial Associates
Finance Interns
Auditors
Senior Financial Analysts
Finance Administrators
Fintech Consultants
Programmers
System Architects
IT Project Managers
Why should you choose this program? Live online sessions will enable participants to network and work on course activities with the close support of local instructional facilitators to get the most out of the learning
Integrated chat and file sharing in the platform for participants to learn from their peers effectively
The Capstone project is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to approach potential investors for their own Fintech business idea for funding
Course badges can be earned when learners meet certain criteria to improve engagement; badges earned will be included in the learner’s final course certificate
Participants will complete one module per week. Each module consists of several units and will take approximately 7 hours to complete. Within each unit participants will: Watch 1 – 3 videos
Read some key learning points from the videos
Complete knowledge checks relating to the unit content
Collaborate with peers on some scenario-based activities relating to the unit content
Collaborate with peers on either a team activity or something related to the Capstone project
The program culminates with a Capstone project, giving learners the opportunity to produce a Fintech solution to a real-life problem. A local instructor will assess the Capstone and learners will receivefeedback from them.
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Syllabus
Module 1: Introduction to Fintech
Module 2: Context of Financial Innovation
Module 3: Design Thinking
Module 4: The Origins and Future of Money
Module 5: The Future of Financial Transactions
Module 6: The Future of Infrastructure
Module 7: Fintech and Smart Cities
Module 8: The Future of Finance
Module 9: Learning Reflections
Module 10: Planning for Your Fintech Future
1: Courses
2: Live Coaching
An instructor who understands local market realities will be available to guide learners including:
Take questions from team members about course content, activities and assignments
Review team activities and provide summary feedback
Assess the Capstone and learners will receive feedback from them
Vikash SinghVikash Singh has 19 years of experience working with leading financial institutions, big 4 accounting firms, management advisory firms and as a financial servicesregulator. He has demonstrated thought leadership across many areas including innovation best practices, financial risk management, bankruptcy regulations and outsourcing of knowledge services.He has been associated with the financial services sector as a practitioner, investor, and regulator. Some of his past experiences include digitization of bankingoperations and services, use of technology in financial well-being, global innovation best practices and innovation challenges in emerging markets. Vikash is also hands-on in creating investment proposals for ideas at different stages of maturity. Most recently, he has worked on the concept of Information Utilities (IUs) - which is much like a captive blockchain for Indian banking industry.He has been a practicing industry faculty in executive programs of leadinginternational institutions such as Cornell University and London School of Economics (LSE). Vikash has completed his M.B.A in Finance and Marketing and is a CharteredFinancial Analyst (CFA) from ICFAI and is also a qualified Insolvency Professional under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016.
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Coach Profile :
3 : Capstone Project
4 : Round-the-clock Assistance to Participants
There will be a single point of contact to help learner’s progress through the program.This will include: Facilitate orientation and support live online meetings and speaker series
Assignment due date reminders
Nudges if deadlines are missed
The Capstone project is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to be able to start approaching potential investors with their own Fintech business idea for funding. The idea for the project could be for their own start-up company or as a new project for the current company.
During the course participants will work, first individually, and then in teams, to complete severalassignments which form a part of a bigger Capstone project. The project will eventually provide them with a business model that they can later help them crowd source or pitch their venture to VCs.
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David Shrier.CEO and Founder Distilled Analytics, Inc.
David is an innovation catalyst, practitioner and mentor who specializes in helpingestablished organizations to build new revenue, having developed $8.5 billion of growth opportunities with companies including Dun & Bradstreet, Wolters Kluwer, Ernst & Young, Disney, GE/NBC Universal, AOL Verizon, and Starwood, as well as leading private equity and VC funds. He has started and/or led a number of private equity and venture capital-backed companies as CEO, CFO or COO. He has founded or cofounded two companies based on MIT research, Distilled Analytics (where he is CEO), and Riff Learning (where he is Chairman). He is also on the Fintech Industry Committee for FINRA, the securities industry’s self-regulatory board and haspublished two books on blockchain, identity and financial innovation.
Christopher Tucci.Professor of Management of TechnologyEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Chris received the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences (1982), Bachelor of Arts in Music (1983), and Master of Science in Computer Science (1984) from Stanford University. He also received the degree of Master of Science inTechnology & Policy (1992) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Ph.D. in Management from the Sloan School of Management, MIT, in 1997. Professor Tucci's primary areas of interest are business models, open innovation, crowdsourcing, and dynamic capabilities. For example, he has studied how disk drive manufacturers survived different technological transitions over a twenty-year period.
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