COURSE OUTLINE

Session 5

Zoom in on banking
(topics to be determined from Session 1)

Session 6

Student presentations on Regulations
Potential guest lecture

Session 8

Why your fintech won’t go viral
What do consumers want?

Session 7

How to run a fintech

Session 9

The future is bitcoin and banks are dead, right?

Session 10

Actually innovative fintechs
Case studies: Klarna, Transferwise, iwoca
In-class group work time

Session 12

Don’t say no to money and don’t forget funding
Partnering with banks
Potential guest lecture

Session 11

Student presentation on setting up a company and corporate governance

Session 13

Communication is the hardest thing
Leading, managing, and getting stuff done
In-class group work time

Session 14

Student presentations of Deep dive into a  fintech
What will the future of banking look like?

Session 15

Student presentations of Deep dive into a fintech
Wrap up

Session 1

Introduction, goal of the course, assignments;
Getting to know each other/pitch me your startup;
The fintech landscape

Session 2

Deconstructing the Bank and other financial players;
If you don’t like regulations, don’t be in fintech

Session 3

Zoom in on banking
(topics to be determined from Session 1)
Potential Topics:
- How do banks make money?
- Corporate Banking
- Retail Banking
- Mortgage Banking
- Capital Markets
- How do you calculate risk?
- Financial math basics

Session 4

Zoom in on banking
(topics to be determined from Session 1)
In-class group work time