| Course ID: | LEGL 4700/6700. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | FinTech and Financial Services Law |
Course
Description: | Students will survey banking and securities law, look at how
FinTech companies are disrupting old financial services models,
and examine how these new technologies can serve communities that
have been traditionally excluded from the financial services
sector. |
| Oasis Title: | FinTech Financial Svcs Law |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Develop a business practitioner’s understanding of the basic
legal frameworks of the U.S. banking and securities sectors;
2. Understand how new technologies (“FinTech”) are transforming
legacy banking and securities business models; and
3. Explore how new financial technologies may be able to deliver
financial services to communities historically excluded from the
banking and/or securities sectors. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Legal Frameworks for the Banking Sector
2. Legal Frameworks for the Securities Sector
3. Payment Systems
4. Equity Crowdfunding
5. Robo-Advisers
6. Cybersecurity
7. Financial Services in Emerging Markets
8. Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
9. Unbanked and Underbanked Populations |