The financial services industry is being transformed by regulation, competition, consolidation, technology and globalization. These forces will be explored, focusing on how technology is both a driver of change as well as the vehicle for their implementation. The course focuses on payment products and financial markets, their key systems, how they evolved and where might they be going, algorithmic trading, market structure dark, liquidity and electronic markets. Straight through processing, risk management and industry consolidation and convergence will be viewed in light of current events. The course objective is to bring both the business practitioner and technologist closer together. Topics will be covered through a combination of lectures, readings, news, case studies and projects.
Computing and Data Science (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 12 Weeks
Sections (Fall 2020)
TECH-UB 50-000 (21263)09/23/2020 – 12/16/2020 Wed6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Donefer, Bernard