Fintech

Learning Objectives to Become a Fintech Expert

Fintech is a highly practical course that will increase your knowledge of modern finance through real-world examples. You will learn about the challenges inherent in fintech, the opportunities it presents, and the regulations that govern it, emerging with new ways to conduct your business and support your customers.

After completing the course, you will be able to:

• Describe the digital transformation of the financial services sector.
• Advocate for fintech technologies and their disruptive power.
• Increase your employability in a rapidly expanding field.
• Implement real-world fintech innovations in your working environment.
• Earn a credential certifying completion from the University of Chicago and become part of the UChicago network.

You will learn to:

• Navigate fintech fundamentals and their application.
• Identify quantitative and qualitative approaches to finance frameworks.
• Describe how and why fintech can help customers from a global and technical standpoint.
• Examine security measures required to ensure fintech innovations protect customers and financial institutions.

Online Format Features

• Self-paced interactive learning modules with a variety of engaging learning activities, assignments, and resources.
• Live sessions that bring you, your peers, and your instructor together to learn collaboratively about the current state of the field, engage with real-world problems, and explore authentic solutions.
• Continuous support from your instructional assistant, who will accompany you on your journey through the content, answer your questions, and provide feedback on your work.

Our highly trained instructors are courageous thinkers and passionate leaders who leverage years of industry expertise and up-to-date knowledge of terminology, tools, and trends to deliver an unparalleled learning experience. Through their rigorous discourse, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and field-shaping contributions, they create practical solutions and pioneering innovations that enrich our world.

This instructor teaches this course regularly. Please speak to your enrollment advisor if you wish to know who the current teacher is.

Career outlook

Financial technology, used to improve and automate the delivery and use of financial services, has exploded since the advent of the smartphone. By incorporating new technologies into their services, companies can cut down on operational costs and gain a competitive edge. Consumers have come to expect these reduced costs, reflected in fintech’s high global adoption rate. As banks and firms endeavor to keep up with and invest in technology-based solutions, the global fintech industry presents ever-expanding career opportunities in cybersecurity, investment risk analysis, and market evaluation. The fintech field is expanding rapidly and needs innovators, thought leaders, decision-makers, and high achievers from diverse backgrounds, including software development, finance, and marketing.

How Do I Get Started? 

• Complete the form on the registration page. 
• Pay the tuition fee through our secure gateway. 
• Receive a welcome email with your login information for the virtual campus. 
• Gain access to the course content prior to the start date.