Implementing Fintech 1: Cloud, APIs and Microservices

The course examines the building blocks of modern Fintech architectures.

Though we will not be able to provide hands-on examples of all the blocks, participants will build a simple Python routine to consume a data API.

Suitability

This course is for Tech Analysts, S&T Analysts (optionally).

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, participants should be able to:

  • Describe particular applications of fintech in financial markets
  • Enumerate the technical components of contemporary fintech architectures
  • Critique the viability and feasibility of these components, and what they make possible
  • Discuss related issues around compliance, security and regulation

Course Content

  • The foundation of modern financial services technology architecture
    • APIs
    • How modern applications communicate and share data
    • Open banking
    • Using APIs as the foundation of a future, flexible financial service product marketplace
    • Microservices
  • How modern financial services technology architecture is implemented
    Containers (i.e. Docker and Kubernetes)

    • How modern microservices are deployed and controlled
  • Voice recognition
    • Technical possibilities and limitations
    • Cybersecurity and authentication
    • Analytics
    • Towards the conversational customer interface

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We are thought leaders in instructional and learning journey design and holistic solution architects. We have extensive finance and investments experience combined with skills application to deliver performance improving results. We develop immersive learning environments that maximize time to productivity, support talent retention and added value to improving quality of hires.

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We are focused on mining the embedded organisational intellectual capital for the benefit of the next generation. We create and curate best in class practice gathered from our experience with the leading financial institutions. We design our programmes with the end in mind – what results are you trying to achieve with this intervention? What metrics will we set ourselves to achieve that?

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