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The Imperial Fintech programme is one of the offerings in the Imperial Virtual Programme portfolio, characterised by live interactive sessions with faculty. Financial technology, or Fintech, refers to the use of technology by financial services companies to improve its use or services to consumers.
This intensive two-day programme provides you the opportunity to delve into how the coming together of technology and finance has created disruption and synergies in the traditional banking and finance industry.
Through this immersive and interactive programme you will:
- Develop a hands-on understanding of fintech for bankers
- Gain insights into technologies that are changing banking
- Learn how to prepare yourself for the changes already underway
- Gain confidence to communicate effectively on fintech
- Challenge current strategy and turn disruption on its head
- Shift organisational culture to lead in fintech
- Discover tech developments from leading disruptors
- Gain invaluable insights to guide strategic decisions
This programme is designed for mid to senior level professionals wanting to gain an understanding of how the fintech ecosystem operates. Participants come from all over the world and hold an interest in strategy and innovation, working in industries such as construction, professional services and finance. An understanding of finance principles would be advantageous; however, no banking experience is required.
At Imperial College London, our world-leading experts have combined scientific rigour with practical experience and the latest research to develop immersive virtual programmes – delivered in real time – in several areas of commerce, leadership and innovation so you can define the very future of business. Let us meet you where you are – and take you where you want to be.
- Learn in real-time through live interactive sessions from Imperial faculty and industry leaders
- Intensive approach that fits into your busy schedule
- Two live sessions per week, 90 minutes plus Q&A
- Engaging, cutting-edge learning platform with mobile access
- Limited seats available; secure your seat early
- All live sessions are recorded so you can view them again at any time during the programme
Complete more than eight programme days or equivalent hours (56) for online and virtual programmes to claim 'Associate Alumni' status and join our active alumni community. Some of the benefits of becoming an Associate Alumni include:
- 25% discount on future Imperial College Executive Education open programmes for up to three colleagues from your organisation per year
- Access to the Imperial College Business School Alumni LinkedIn group
- Invitations to Executive Education and Business School events and webinars
- Invitations to worldwide alumni events
- Receive the monthly IB Knowledge newsletter
There is no orientation period for this programme. You will have access to the learning platform from the programme start date.
Note: Please download the brochure for full session schedule.
To understand the disruption in banking with the help of fintech you first need to understand the main pillars of banks. What is the origin of banking? What has led to the current form of banks? Thus, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of banks can help us isolate the areas where you could see disruption.
In the age of the Internet, banks have lost their monopoly on finance. A growing number of crowdfunding operators, P2P lenders, and investment-based platforms allow businesses to access capital on favourable terms. However, as the alternative finance industry matures, existing operators have been arguing for greater regulatory oversight to act as a barrier to entry for new platforms.
This session introduces the main approaches to finance based on machine learning techniques. A crucial element in successfully applying machine learning to finance requires finding relevant tasks. At the same time, machine learning algorithms can be applied naively or their output can be misinterpreted. The class aims to make them conceptually easier to use by providing a crisper understanding of how these algorithms work, where they can be most usefully applied.
Consider the argument that machine learning revolves around the problem of prediction, while many economic applications revolve around parameter estimation.
Today, there is a growing trend towards digital banks, in this module we talk about the strengths of the digital banks and how they differ from traditional banks. Also, we explore the challenges traditional banks face in their digital transition.
This session will feature an industry expert who will share their experience and showcase how you can implement your learnings in your organisation.
This session will feature an industry expert who will share their experience and showcase how you can implement your learnings in your organisation.
This session will explain the fundamentals of quantifying risk and how this relates to issues of cyber security. Using the simple risk equation we will illustrate why the trends of hyper-connectivity and data explosion are making the assessment of security risks so challenging and how such factors create regulatory and political challenges on a global scale.
Foundations of Risk Finance Theory
Robert Kosowski, Associate Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School
This module deals with two fundamental problems in finance and risk management:
Robert Kosowski, Associate Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School
Financial Markets and Instruments
Robert Kosowski, Associate Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School
Bond pricing and interest rates
Robert Kosowski, Associate Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School
Introduction to Option and Swap Markets
Robert Kosowski, Associate Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School
Market Risk Management
Enrico Biffis, Associate Professor of Actuarial Finance at Imperial College Business School
Analytical VaR case studies
Enrico Biffis, Associate Professor of Actuarial Finance at Imperial College Business School
Portfolio VaR case studies
Enrico Biffis, Associate Professor of Actuarial Finance at Imperial College Business School
Market Risk Management
Enrico Biffis, Associate Professor of Actuarial Finance at Imperial College Business School
Other approaches to the computation of risk measures
Enrico Biffis, Associate Professor of Actuarial Finance at Imperial College Business School
Practical insights from a Chief Risk Officer in the non-financial sector
John Ludlow, CEO of AIRMIC (Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce)
Credit Risk Management
Damiano Brigo, Chair in Mathematical Finance at Imperial College London
Firm Value Models
Damiano Brigo, Chair in Mathematical Finance at Imperial College London
Intensity Models
Damiano Brigo, Chair in Mathematical Finance at Imperial College London
Multi-name Products and Models
Damiano Brigo, Chair in Mathematical Finance at Imperial College London
Counter-Party and Funding Risk
Damiano Brigo, Chair in Mathematical Finance at Imperial College London
Counterparty and Funding Risk
Damiano Brigo, Chair in Mathematical Finance at Imperial College London
Introduce CVA, DVA, FVA, KVA, and XVA
Originally a Commercial Banker with one of the largest global banks, Helene is a highly experienced Investment Readiness Consultant and Entrepreneur, who successfully created and launched the Inaugural Programme of Education and Events for the UK Fintech trade body, Innovate Finance, an Alternative Finance Investment Readiness Programme aimed at connecting SMEs to the right finance provider, and a Fintech and Financial Services consultancy programme to educate and connect large FS providers with early stage Fintech businesses.
José-Luis Peydró is Professor of Finance at Imperial College London, and CEPR Research Fellow. His research on Banking and Systemic Risk has been published in the top journals in Economics and Finance such as JFE, RFS, JF, AER and Econometrica.Professor Peydró has presented his research in top universities including Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, LSE, Oxford and LBS and in policy organisations such as the Federal Reserve Board, New York Fed, IMF, WB, BIS, ECB, Bundesbank, and Bank of England.
Marcin Kacperczyk is a Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School. Marcin has extensive experience in the field of machine learning and has recently been appointed as research consultant to the European Central Bank. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, money markets, mutual funds, social responsibility, empirical asset pricing, behavioural finance and decision theory.
Deeph has extensive experience of working on world leading STEM in academia, industry and government and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Imperial College London’s executive education programmes. Deeph is also Deputy Director of the Institute for Security Science Technology, co-founder of the UK-Government funded Research Institute in Trustworthy Industrial Control Systems and Imperial’s FinTech Network of Excellence.
Alfonso Delgado de Molina Rius lectures on Blockchain & Finance at Imperial and is undertaking a PhD in blockchain technology. Alfonso’s research focuses on smart legal contracts with a focus on financial derivatives. Alfonso has worked with start-ups, financial institutions and regulators in the blockchain space since 2016. Alfonso is also a member of the British Standards Institute’s Blockchain Committee and an advisor to several non-profit entities in the tech space.
John Ludlow has been Chief Executive Officer of Airmic since June 2017. John has been a director of Airmic since 2012 and a director of the IRM. Previously, John was SVP and Head of Global Risk Management at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). This was preceded by 15 years of senior operational leadership in hotels, restaurants and pubs. John is a Certified Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management, Visiting Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, Governor at Downside School and Trustee of the Anti-Modern Slavery Alliance.
John Ludlow has been Chief Executive Officer of Airmic since June 2017. John has been a director of Airmic since 2012 and a director of the IRM. Previously, John was SVP and Head of Global Risk Management at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). This was preceded by 15 years of senior operational leadership in hotels, restaurants and pubs. John is a Certified Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management, Visiting Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, Governor at Downside School and Trustee of the Anti-Modern Slavery Alliance.
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Upon completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a verified Digital Certificate by Imperial College Business School Executive Education.
Note: As a live executive education programme, participant attendance and contribution is key to the learning experience and value of the programme. As such, participants are required to attend 80% of the live sessions to receive their Certificate.