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How Software Ate Finance (Coursera)

Offered by Stanford University,

Software is eating the world, with radical consequences for financial services. This course gives you a foundation for understanding the future of financial services, and provides guidance for creating fintech businesses in the 2020s and beyond.

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Syllabus

WEEK 1: Intros/Overview, Money, and Digital Currency Innovation
WEEK 2: Capital Markets, Trading, and Risk
WEEK 3: Payments and PayPal
WEEK 4: Goldman Sachs Case Study - Marcus
WEEK 5: Software + Finance Investing
WEEK 6: Clearing & Settlement / Regulation
WEEK 7: Digital Assets
WEEK 8: Digital Lending and Affirm
WEEK 9: Asset Management, Conclusions

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