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Financial Technologies


Course Description

Examines the information and communication tools, technologies, and standards integral to consumer, merchant, and enterprise services in the payments and financial service sectors. Explores technology's role in reshaping FinTech businesses. Technologies span messaging, communication networks and gateways, core processing, mobile and online software, and application program interfaces (APIs).


Athena Title

Financial Technologies


Prerequisite

BUSN 3700


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

To have the student examine the information and communication tools, technologies, and standards integral to consumer, merchant, and enterprise services in payments and financial services sectors.


Topical Outline

e-Commerce Technologies Application Programming Interface (API) Gateways Payment Technologies Digital Wallet Technologies Money Transfer Technologies Tokenization FinTech Security Technologies Cybersecurity Issues Distributed Ledger and Blockchain Technology Mobile Communication Technologies Internet of Things


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