FinTech and Market Structure in Financial Services: Market Developments and Potential Financial Stability Implications
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Differentiate between potential changes to market structure and financial stability risks as a result of financial innovation through traditional providers, BigTech, Fintech providers, and third-party tech servicers. Discuss the technological developments…
Big Data: New Tricks for Econometrics
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Discuss the issues unique to big datasets. Describe and assess various tools and techniques used to manipulate and analyze big data. Examine areas for collaboration between econometrics and machine learning. Issues…
The Impact of Blockchain Technology on Finance: A Catalyst for Change
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe challenges faced by the blockchain technology in gaining widespread adoption in economic applications. Explain and assess questions to consider before implementing a blockchain solution to an economic activity. Explain the…
Sound Practices: Implications of Fintech Developments for Banks and Bank Supervisors
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Differentiate between the Basel Fintech scenarios and the roles participants perform and risks they are subject to in each scenario. Discuss the impact of Basel disintermediated bank scenario on incumbent banks’…
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Financial Services
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe the drivers contributing to the growth of Fintech usage and the supply and demand factors that have spurred the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in financial…
Machine Learning: A Revolution in Risk Management and Compliance
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe the machine learning process and compare machine learning approaches. Describe the application of machine learning approaches in the financial services sector and the types of problems to which they can…
Fintech Credit Markets Across the World: Size, Drivers and Policy Issues
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe the challenges involved in measuring the size of the global Fintech credit market. Describe the factors contributing to the recent growth of the Fintech credit market. Examine the potential benefits…
The Rise of Digital Money
After completing this reading, you should be in a position to: Describe the characteristics of e-money that could drive a rapid global adoption of this type of money. Describe the risks faced by the banking sector as e-money adoption rises….
The Cyber-Resilient Organization
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe elements of an effective cyber-resilience framework and explain ways that an organization can become more cyber-resilient. Explain resilient security approaches that can increase a firm’s cyber resilience, and describe challenges…
Banking Conduct and Culture: A Permanent Mindset Change
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe challenges faced by banks with respect to conduct and culture and explain motivations for banks to improve their conduct and culture. Explain methods by which a bank can improve its…
