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Fintech Essentials Pathway

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About Fintech Essentials Pathway

10 Learning modules

2 hours of learning

4.7 rating

Foundational level

Financial technology (fintech) sits at the heart of improving the way customers interact with their finances and the banking system as a whole. This pathway will introduce the basics of fintech and delve into blockchain, from cryptocurrencies to the uses of distributed ledger technology (DLT). It will also touch on some more advanced aspects of fintech such as robo-advisors and algorithmic trading.

In this pathway

Understand the basics of fintech

Explore blockchain and distributed ledger technology

Understand robo-advisors and algorithmic trading

Pathway experts

Nir Vulkan

Nir Vulkan

Fintech and Algorithmic Trading Specialist

Nir is a professor at Oxford Saïd Business School and the University of Oxford. In addition to being a full time academic, Nir works with world-leading hedge funds and develops algorithmic trading models.

Catherine Thomas

Catherine Thomas

Fintech Leader

Catherine is an associate at Outlier Ventures, a venture platform that was the first platform focused on blockchain in Europe. In her role, Catherine manages investor and partner relations, supporting their portfolio and building the Outlier Ventures community. Previously, she spent 3 years working with London & Partners as a consultant to international investors.

Adam French

Adam French

Founder and Investor

Adam French has spent the last twelve years working in the financial markets. His career started at Goldman Sachs where he was working in both the equities and commodities trading divisions. After spending seven years there, he left to co-found a business called Scalable Capital.

Michael Bond

Michael Bond

Fintech and Banking Specialist

Michael currently works as the Director, Expansion & Banking at Trustly. Having previously worked as Head of Global Banking for ePayments. Similarly at Lloyds Banking Group as the head of fintech for the commercial bank. Also covered the public, tech, media and telecommunications sectors.

Duena Blomstrom

Duena Blomstrom

Financial Services Culture Expert

Duena is a keynote speaker and the CEO and Co-Founder of PeopleNotTech. She has distilled 20 years of knowledge from working in technology into her book “Emotional Banking: Fixing Culture, Leveraging FinTech and Transforming Retail Banks into Brands”. Duena co-founded PeopleNotTech in 2018 to increase Psychological Safety and Emotional Intelligence.

Gilad Amir

Gilad Amir

Fintech and Banking Specialist

Entrepreneur and CEO with experience in business and consumer lending, banking and fintech.