Finance and Fintech University of Bologna

Overview

Key facts

• The Master in Finance and Fintech by Bologna Business School aims to enable young professionals to deal with the digital transformation that is disruptively changing the financial market, by combining traditional financial skills with deep understanding of new digital technologies. 
• The new emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and big data analytics are deeply modifying the landscape of the financial market, creating immense opportunities for incumbent players but also serious threats from innovative start-ups.

• The use of new technologies for financial applications has become vital for banking and insurance companies, which must acquire a thorough understanding of these tools to continue competing in the changing world. 
• Peer-to-peer lending, mobile payments and Insurtech are not futurist trends, but factual reality. 

• To seize the opportunities and face the challenges offered by the digital era, the Master in Finance and Fintech trains young professionals to act as a link between the management and the computer scientists, taking part in the development of new digital financial businesses.