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IB9AV-15 Digital Finance, Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

Department
Warwick Business School
Level
Taught Postgraduate Level
Module leader
Yi Ding
Credit value
15
Module duration
10 weeks
Assessment
100% coursework
Study location
University of Warwick main campus, Coventry

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Introductory description

This module will delve into the use and impact of digital technologies in the world of finance. Digital technologies and innovations are helping to introduce new and innovative products and services to consumers, new players and business models, and altering the landscape of financial markets.

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Module aims

The principle aims of the module are:

  • To provide the students with practical and theoretical understanding of how financial services industry has been transformed through the adoption and use of digital innovation and information technologies.

  • Familiarise students with the key technical, procedural, and business aspects of relevant financial technologies and FinTech innovations.

  • Provide students with the right mix of technical and business skills to manage IT change in a highy complex and distributed but also competitive setting in finance.

  • Explain to students how recent developments in fintech, paytech, regtech, and insuretech (e.g. open banking, blockchain and shared ledger technologies, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, security, etc.) will affect the future of finance.

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

Our focus is on how digital innovations and information technologies are transforming the provision of financial services. This will include

  • The future of money and Payment systems
  • Blockchain and cryptocurrencies
  • Artificial Intelligence AI in Finance and its impact
  • Digital Lending, crowdfunding , crowdinvesting and wealth management
  • Governance and regulation of technology in financial services
  • New industry models such as insuretech.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

  • Demonstrate an in depth understanding of the scope of Financial Services and Digitalization impact.
  • Demonstrate an in depth understanding of new fintech business models and their transformations.
  • Demonstrate an in depth understanding of the impact of governance and regulation on investment strategies and customer adoption.
  • Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of current and future technologies emerging in finance such as quantum computing and encrypton models
  • Critically evaluate strength and barriers of using cryptocurrencies, blockchain and decentralised ledger technology and AI in finance.
  • Critically analyse classical finance and new fintech models for comparison

Indicative reading list

Reading lists can be found in Talis

Subject specific skills

Evaluate cyproassets and cryptocurrency strategies and use cases
Evaluate Blockchain and descentralized ledger technology strategies and use cases
Evaluate Artificial intelligence in Finance strategies and use cases
Assess information systems and IT Strategy implications for Inside Financial Services institutes and outside as a user corporation of FinTech Products and Services

Transferable skills

Written comms skills.
Oral comms skills.
Working with others.
Problem solving.
Information technology.
Independent learning.

Study time

Type Required
Lectures 10 sessions of 1 hour (13%)
Other activity 20 hours (26%)
Private study 48 hours (62%)
Total 78 hours

Private study description

Private study to include preparation for lectures.

Other activity description

These 20 hours represent 10 x 2 hr face to face workshops.

Costs

No further costs have been identified for this module.

You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.

Assessment group A3
Weighting Study time Eligible for self-certification
Assessment component
Individual assignment 70% 50 hours Yes (extension)
Reassessment component is the same
Assessment component
Group case presentations 30% 22 hours No

Group case presentations - 20 mins plus Q and A
Reassessment component
Individual essay Yes (extension)
Feedback on assessment

Standard course feedback sheet on each marked assignment or through myWBS plus feedback given to students after case discussion sessions.

Courses

Course availability information is based on the current academic year, so it may change.

This module is Optional for:

  • Year 1 of TIBS-N500 MSc in Marketing and Strategy
  • Year 1 of TIBS-N1N3 Postgraduate Taught Business Analytics
  • Year 1 of TIBS-N1F5 Postgraduate Taught Business and Finance
  • Year 1 of TIBS-N1F2 Postgraduate Taught Business with Consulting
  • Year 1 of TIBS-N1F3 Postgraduate Taught Business with Marketing
  • Year 1 of TIBS-N1QG Postgraduate Taught Business with Operations Management
  • Year 1 of TIBS-N1F4 Postgraduate Taught International Business (MINT)
  • Year 1 of TIBS-N2N3 Postgraduate Taught Management
  • Year 1 of TIBS-G5N4 Postgraduate Taught Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation