FinTech & InsurTech – Digitalization of the Financial Services Industry

Dozent/in	Dr. Thomas Puschmann
Veranstaltungsart	Vorlesung
Code	HS231277
Semester	Herbstsemester 2023
Durchführender Fachbereich	Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Studienstufe	Master
Termin/e	Mo, 25.09.2023, 09:15 - 17:00 Uhr, HS 14 Di, 26.09.2023, 09:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 4.A05 Mi, 27.09.2023, 09:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 4.A05 Di, 19.12.2023, 14:15 - 15:00 Uhr, ZOOM
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus	weekly
Inhalt	The lecture gives an overview of the digitalization of the financial services industry. It comprises theoretical elements as well as concrete application examples including guest presentations and a visit to the Crypto Valley: - Introduction - Evolution and digitalization of money - Financial systems and drivers of change - Bank networks, processes and IT - Overview of FinTech innovations - Concrete application example of a FinTech startup - Overview of InsurTech innovations - Concrete application example of an InsurTech startup - Overview of blockchain innovations - Concrete application example of a blockchain startup - FinTech and InsurTech Potentials in the field of sustainability - The internet of value and cross-industry ecosystems As the final result of the lecture, the students shall develop their own concepts for FinTech, InsurTech and blockchain innovations and present their final ideas in front of a sounding board consisting of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and other thought leaders.
Lernziele	Introduction to the theory and practice of FinTech and InsurTech as well as acquiring skills to develop own FinTech and InsurTech concepts.
Voraussetzungen	Fundamentals of finance and business informatics / IT
Sprache	Englisch
Anmeldung	To attend the course / exercise, registration via e-learning platform OLAT is required. Registration is possible from 4 – 29 September 2023. The students themselves are responsible for checking the creditability of the course to their course of study. Direct link to OLAT course: https://lms.uzh.ch/auth/repositoryentry/17413472702/coursenode/70448659388630
Prüfung	***IMPORTANT*** In order to acquire credits, resp. to take the examination, registration via the Uni Portal within the examination registration period is ESSENTIALLY REQUIRED. Further information on registration: www.unilu.ch/wf/pruefungen
Abschlussform / Credits	Group seminar thesis (80%) and final presentation (20%) / 3 Credits
Hörer-/innen	Ja
Kontakt	puschmann.thomas@gmail.com
Literatur	Text book