Since the internet revolution and the mobile internet revolution, however, financial technology has

grown explosively, and FinTech, which originally referred to computer technology applied to the back

office of banks or trading firms, now describes a broad variety of technological interventions into

personal and commercial finance. With more and more investment pouring into blockchain startup,

the demand for talents in blockchain technology has been rising.

New technologies, like machine learning/artificial intelligence, predictive behavioral analytics and

data-driven marketing, will take the guesswork and habit out of financial decisions. Technological

innovation in the financial sector, including innovations in financial literacy and education, retail

banking, investment and even crypto-currencies like bitcoin are also driven an unprecedented

transformation of finance around the world.

The Diploma in FinTech and Blockchain Technologies and Applications will review and explore major

areas of FinTech and the core technologies driving FinTech Innovations such as big data, artificial

intelligence, blockchain, predictive analytics and social media through lecture, examples sharing,

demonstration and practical hands-on exercises.

No. Workshop Title Duration

(Per workshop) Course Fee

(Per workshop)

1 FinTech: Innovation Disruptions in FinTech 2 Day HK$4,800

2 FinTech: Payment and Blockchain Technologies 2 Day HK$4,800

3 FinTech: Practical AI Execution in Banks and Insurance 2 Day HK$4,800

4 FinTech: Digital Transformation, Chatbot & Robotic Automation

2 Day HK$4,800

5 Artificial Intelligence Essential and Application 2 Day HK$4,800

6 Artificial Intelligence: Learning Keras 2 Day HK$4,800

7 Blockchain for International Trade, Supply Chain, Logistics, Government Executive

1 Day HK$2,400

8 Practical Blockchain Project for Management Executive

1 Day HK$2,400

These programmes combine technical and non-technical content. Participants can make enrolments to the individual workshop based on their background.

Participants are welcome to make enrolments to individual workshop to acquire the knowledge and certificate.

Participants who complete a total 60 learning hours (any 5 workshops), with 75% attendance and pass the assessment will be eligible for the Diploma certificate. Participant shall provide the following: 1. Certificate Holder in related areas; or 2. 5 grade E in HKCEE or equivalent; or 3. 5 passes at Level 2 in HKCEE or equivalent; or 4. 5 HKDSE subjects at Level 2 or equivalent; or 5. mature student (i)

(i) Mature student for diploma courses must be 18 years old or above and with 2 years or above working

experience.

Introduction With more and more investment pouring into blockchain startup, there is great demand for talents in blockchain technology. Over the past decade emerging technologies, paired with massive changes in regulations, have driven an unprecedented transformation of finance around the world. New technologies, like machine learning, artificial intelligence, predictive behavioral analytics and data-driven marketing, will take the guesswork and habit out of financial decisions. In this course, we will review and explore the major areas of FinTech and the core technologies driving FinTech innovations such as big data, blockchain, predictive analytics and social media. We also pinpoint future trends that reshape the whole financial industry. Target Audience For learners who are interested in latest financial technologies and innovations of future change

Trainer Alan Lee held senior management role in technology group in investment bank, overseeing the corporate strategy, product development and production management for more than 14 years. With strong IT background, Mr Lee possesses practical project experience on sophisticated analytics and large-scale global technology project management. He also has rich training experience in the design and delivery of Big Data analytics, Fintech and Blockchain Technologies and Applications. Medium of Instruction Cantonese (English terms will be used where appropriate)

Date and Time 20 – 21 Nov 2018 (Tue – Wed, 9:30am – 5:00pm

Duration 6 hours per day, total 12 lecture hours

Fee HK$4,800

Award of Certificate Participants who have attained at least 75% attendance will be awarded a certificate of attendance issued by the Hong Kong Productivity Council.

FinTech Training Series:

Course Code : 10007232-07

Course Content

Venue 1/F HKPC Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong. (Kowloon Tong MTR Station, Exit C) Application To enrol, please complete the attached enrolment form and send it together with the appropriate fee to HKPC Academy, Hong Kong Productivity Council, 3/F, HKPC Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Attention: Ms. Fannie Kwok. [All cheques should be crossed and made payable to the Hong Kong Productivity Council.] Participants are advised to make registration on or before 13 Nov 2018 (Tue)

Enquiries Please call Ms. Fannie Kwok at (852) 2788-6271, or email: fannie@hkpc.org or fax (852) 2190-9774. Website: http://www.hkpcacademy.org

FinTech Market FinTech Business Motivation Key Technology Enabler Impact to the Existing Financial

Market FinTech Overview

Payment Technology Involves

Payment

Why Payment? Who is who? Mobile Payment Mobile Wallet Social Media Payment Social Media Payment Transfer Alipay, Visa and Paypal E-commerce-derived FinTech Mobile-commerce-derived

FinTech Remittance Cross-border Payment FX Payment Low Cost or Zero Cost Transfer Assignment/Project

Crypto-Currency

What is Bitcoin? How Does it Work? What is Blockchain? How Does it Work?

Lending

Trends in different countries Who is Who? P2P Lending Custody and Trust Mortgage Technology-Big Data Fraud

Detection Technology: Big Data Credit

Evaluation FinTech Trading

Who is Who? News Analytics Sentiment Analysis Event-Based Analysis

Wealth Management Trends Who is Who? What is Robo-advisory? How Does Robo-Advisory work? Active/Passive Capital

Management What is Modern Portfolio

Theory? Prediction of Volatility and

Arbitrage Equity CrowdFunding

What is Equity CrowdFunding? Diversity of Equity

CrowdFunding Business Models Technology in Equity

CrowdFunding Insurance

Fintech in Finance Technology used in Insurance

FinTech Compliance

Flash Crash Incident Compliance rules Algorithmic System BackTester? Security, Access and Audit Technology: Big Data

Information Provider

Market Research Provider Market Data Provider Quant Engineering Provider Emerging Technology in Data

Provider Time-Series DB

Data Storage Revolution and Trends

Introduction to Big Data Unstructured Data Storage

Introduction to High Speed Time Series Technology

Introduction to KDB and Functional Programming

Emerging Technology : Big Data in Financial Industry

What is Big Data How Big Data works in

Financial Industry Basic Terminology of Big Data Example: Insurance Fraud

Fighting Example: Compliance and

Audit Emerging Technology : Machine Learning

Introduction to Big Data Analytics

Introduction to Machine Learning

Introduction to Deep Learning

Emerging Technology: SoLoMo

Introduction to SoLoMo How SoLoMo changes the

FinTech Landscape? Location-based FinTech Social Media Business Model

Integration Emerging Technology: Internet of Things

What is Internet of Things? How IoT cross-over with

FinTech World? Emerging Technology: FPGA

What is FPGA? FPGA in Electronic Trading