Overview

This micro-unit focuses on the mainstream FinTech-led business models aiming at equipping students with the relevant business model innovation and disruption skills required to become aware, understand and adopt the relevant financial technologies applications within the different financial services sub-sectors. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the frameworks and theories of business models, and gain exposure to the characteristics, attributes and changes of key FinTech-driven business models essential for financial services organisations and startups to take advantage of the FinTech-related Australian and international opportunities available.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Demonstrate coherent and advanced knowledge of emerging technologies for digital transformation towards the development of customer-centric architectural designs in financial services.
  • Critically evaluate frameworks and theories on business models and disruption to analyse emerging business models in financial services.

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Workshop
8.00 1 week 8
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
2.00 2 weeks 4
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
7.00 4 weeks 28
TOTAL40

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 0% 1,2 

Content

  • FinTech as a source of business model innovation.
  • FinTech and new technology enablers in the financial services sector.

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.