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Course Detail

Course Name Digital Innovations in Finance
Course Code 24COM364
Program B. Com. (Honours/ Honours with Research) in Taxation and Finance
Credits 3
Campus

Syllabus

Unit 1

Overview of Innovations in Finance over the years – Role of digitization in Finance – Importance –

Need – Advantages – Technology applications in banking and financial services.

Unit 2

Innovations in Digital Finance – Fintech – Digital banking – Robo advising- P2P Lending – Insurtech –

Payment tech.

Unit 3

Regulations for a robust digital Finance ecosystem – Regtech- Role of financial institutions –

startups – regulators – best practices for designing robust digital financial infrastructure.

Unit 4

Technology applications in investment management – wealth tech – Robo advisors- Discount brokers – Online Financial Advisors- Their role and importance.

Unit 5

Drivers of innovations in the insurance sector – concept of insurtech – startups and insurtech –

Insurtech and traditional insurance – Insurtech and wealth management.

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objective:

To familiarize students about digital innovations in finance in the areas of banking and investment sectors.

Course Outcomes:

The students will be able:

CO1: To gain an understanding about the innovations revolutionizing the financial sectors over the years.

CO2: To identify the modern trends in Digital Finance in the areas of banking and investment sectors.

CO3: To ascertain the regulatory issues and systems governing digital financial infrastructure.

CO4: To explain the skills on technology applications for portfolio management.

CO5: To understand the role of technology in insurance sector

 

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Text Books / References

Textbooks:

  1. Agustin Rubini – Fintech in a Flash: Financial Technology Made Easy –
  2. Susanne Chishti and Janos Barberis – The FINTECH Book: The Financial Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs and Visionaries – John

References:

  1. Theo Lynn, John Mooney, Pierangelo Rosati, Mark Cummins – Disrupting Finance: FinTech and Strategy in the 21st Century – Palgrave
  2. Parag Y Arjunwadkar – FinTech: The Technology Driving Disruption in the financial service industry – CRC
  3. Sanjay Phadke – Fintech Future: The Digital DNA of Finance Paperback – Sage Publications
  4. Pranay Gupta, Mandy Tham – Fintech: The New DNA of Financial Services – De G Press
  5. RBI (2017). Report of working group on FinTech and Digital Banking
  1. Ashok Sehgal, Dr. Deepak Sehgal – Advanced Accounting – Taxmann

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