Description
In the digital era, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain have revolutionized various ways of people’s daily lives and brought many opportunities and challenges to the industries. With the increasing demand for talents in the fintech realm, this book serves as a good guide for practitioners who are seeking to understand the basics of fintech and applications of different technologies. This book covers important knowledge in statistics, quantitative methods, and financial innovation to lay the foundation for fintech. It is especially useful for people who are relatively new to this area and would like to become professionals in fintech.Contents:
- Preface
- About the Editors
- Ethics and Governance:
- Ethics and Governance
- Governance
- Statistics:
- Introduction and Probability Distribution
- Sampling and Estimation
- Hypothesis Testing
- Regression
- Quantitative Methods:
- Boolean Algebra and Logic Gates
- Number System
- Modular Arithmetic
- Matrix Operations
- Clustering
- Financial Innovations:
- The Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Fintech and Financial Inclusion
- Emerging Technologies
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Investment:
- Blockchain Technology
- Cryptography
- Consensus
- Cryptocurrencies, Wallet, and Token Economy
- Trading, Market, and Investment
Readership: Professionals, researchers, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the field of financial technology, data science, finance, financial innovation, statistics, and technology.
Financial Technology;Finance;Financial Innovation;Statistics;Quantitative Methods;Ethics;Governance;Emerging Technology;Data Science0Key Features:
- Comprehensive guide for fintech professionals
- Coverage of must-know concepts as well as statistical and quantitative basics in fintech
- Easy to understand
- Useful handbook with learning outcomes, main terms, lessons learnt and sample questions provided
