This is module 4 of the Fintech School programme.

Blockchain for banking and financial services What banks are doing and what they should be doing about blockchain

As banks are wrestling to implement blockchain applications to improve back-end processes, they must not lose sight of the game-changing potential of the technology. But the change might be different than what doomsayers predict. Even if the technology’s final form has not yet materialized, management theory can be a powerful compass to predict where the market is going. This course covers the following questions:

• What are the key areas of finance affected by the blockchain and what can use cases teach us
• What blockchain-strategies are financial institutions pursuing
• How the blockchain can change business models in finance and open new revenue channels
• Which challengers are most likely to use blockchain technology to cut into banks’ profit pools and how to counter it
• What are regulators, lawmakers, and central bankers up to

Session 1: Blockchain in banking part I: banking use cases and case studies

Session 2: Blockchain in banking part II: digital currencies, regulation, and the law

Session 3: Blockchain in banking part III: digital currencies in practice

Session 4: Blockchain in banking part IV: central banks, regulators, and the law

Session 5: The future of blockchain