First Australian post-grad financial technology course
Swinburne has launched Australia’s first postgraduate course in financial technology (FinTech) in response to the explosion in demand for qualifications in emerging technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
The Graduate Certificate and the Master of Financial Technologies will be offered as of Semester 2 and are targeted to those already working in the financial services and technology industries. The Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) will deliver these courses. As with all AGSE Master degrees, substantial industry collaboration in course development and delivery will be important to the success of these FinTech offerings.
Director of the Master of Financial Technologies (FinTech), Associate Professor Mark Pickering, says the courses will provide graduates with an understanding of the major emerging technologies and how they affect products, services and business models across financial services industries.
“Students will learn creativity and design thinking and gain a strong understanding of how financial technology operates and the regulatory requirements,” he says.
“They will explore emerging technologies, including blockchain and cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence and application program interfaces and work on assignments utilising data analytics and machine learning.”
Australia behind Europe and the US
Associate Professor Pickering says while Swinburne is the first university in Australia to offer the course, FinTech related Master degrees are increasingly available across the US and Europe.
“FinTech is enabling financial service organisations to develop and target new offerings, change the way that they interact with customers and introduce more efficient processes. It is also leading to the emergence of new business models to compete with incumbent organisations and creating challenges for existing institutions to respond to these potential disrupters,” he says.
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