Provides an understanding of the regulatory framework and uses cases that underpin the trend in Finance Technology within society, and critical thinking skills for analysing whether and how FinTech companies serve consumers’ individual and collective needs.
| Paper title | Special Topic: Society and the Future of Money and Markets |
|---|---|
| Paper code | BSNS250 |
| Subject | Business Studies |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Summer School (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $912.00 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 90 points
- Schedule C
- Commerce
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
- Demonstrate an understanding of how FinTech companies have filled gaps left by existing financial institutions to serve customers’ changing needs by drawing on different disciplines’ perspectives such as (Computer Science) Technology, Business Studies, and Sociology
- Be socially and culturally cognizant and engaged with new dynamics in FinTech and consumer engagement – including gender, ethnicity, and identity
- Identify and communicate the limits, risk and broader policy and social implication of FinTech and appreciate the impact of FinTech on the unbanked population
- Examine how FinTech has altered how we invest and lend money through the Apps Economy
- Determine how FinTech corporations are changing the traditional currency regime
- Articulate how artificial intelligence and machine learning is used in FinTech
- Textbooks
There will not be a textbook or course reader.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Information literacy, Ethics, Cultural understanding, Scholarship, Critical Thinking, Communication
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.- Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will:
- Explore how FinTech companies have filled gaps left by existing financial institutions to serve customers’ changing needs
- Determine how FinTech corporations are changing the traditional currency regime
- Articulate how artificial intelligence and machine learning is used in FinTech
- Examine how FinTech has altered how we invest and lend money through the Apps Economy
