Zochova 6-8, Bratislava 811 03, Slovakia
Blockchain and Fintech
New technologies are changing the banking industry. This workshop presents a comprehensive explanations of the relevant concepts and Fintech application, mainly how does the Blockchain and distributed ledger work, how can they be used, what are crypto-assets and their evolution, how does the algo-trading work and how does it influence the financial markets, what is the open banking and regulatory requirements on Fintech.
| Length: | 1 day (10 March 2021, public on-line) |
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| Difficulty: | Basic |
| Price: | EUR 490 + VAT, or individual (in-house) |
| Place: | on-line, or in-house (on-line/on-site) |
Content
- Introduction to Fintech, history and its evolution
- Blockchain technology:
- Distributed ledger technology (DLT) anf blockchain basic features
- Blockchain history and blockchain types
- Excursus: hash function and asymmetric cryptography, using hashing in blockchain
- Case study: Bearning excel model SimFintech on hashing and blockchain
- DLT consensual models, Smart Contracts, Forking
- Blockchain application - where should it be used
- How works blockchain in practice: Bitcoin and other cryptos, Related risk, Initial coin offering (ICO)
- Fintech on financial markets:
- Electronic trading platforms and suitable financial market products (e.g. CFD, derivatives)
- Algo-trading: High frequency trading (HFT) and Automated trading systems (ATS),
- Intelligent market analysis, Automated advice
- Algo-trading strategies: Market making, Momentum trading, Social trading
- Algo-trading cases and controversy: Dark Pools, Spoofing, Layering
- Future of trading on financial markets
- Future of Fintech/regtech in financial industry
- Regulation of crypto assets
- Traditional banking vs. Fintechs: Fintech applications and software development, Improvement of internal bank processes with Fintech/Regtech, Higher efficiency and cost reduction
- Regtech - management of regulatory processes with technology (e.g. monitoring, reporting, compliance)
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) usage
Simulation SimFintech
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Target group
- Professionals seeking to understand new technologies in finance
- Project and product managers from banking sector
- Managers of processes and strategic managers
- Participants of internal finance training programs and other bank professionals and experts (e.g. risk managers, ALM/Treasury, compliance, back-office, middle-office, analysts, and marketing)
Preparation or additional learning (optional)
Bearning E-learning in the form of script and/or texts, questions, multi-level tests, solutions and explanations. Large discounts for workshop participants (30-50%)!