Fintech and Emerging Financing Models in a Dynamic World

About this course

Additional course information

• Weekly sessions and topics

  Week 1

  Many of the jobs we will be doing in five years do not exist today. The world is changing rapidly and the world of finance has to change with it. New innovations will take place both within and beyond existing structures: fintechs providing services such as crowdfunding, P2P lending, family lending, inclusive financing and impact investing will be refined and made more sustainable, while new opportunities using blockchain technology will be developed. Fintechs will disrupt legacy banks and democratize financial services.

  Day 1

  • Global credit crisis; BoomBustBoom 

  • Behavioural Finance

  • Innovations: Canvas model in Banking

  • Groups and assignment

  Day 2  

  • 10:00: Guest lecture TCX, Per van Swaay, sr. vice-president

  • Forecasting and Capital Budgeting

  • Equity and debt along the lifecycle; Crowdfunding, SME bonds

  • Prepare group assignment

  Day 3

  • Alternative funding sources; green bonds, impact investing

  • 10:00: Guest lecture Ecovadis, Nico Sagel, account executive Benelux and Nordics

  • Prepare group assignment

  Day 4

  • Inclusive financing: microfinancing

  • 11:00: Guest lecture Mercon, Jeroen Laarmans, global treasurer Ecovadis

  • Prepare group assignment

  Day 5

  • Presentations

  • Wrap up 

  Week 2

  Blockchain stimulates people to create ecosystems without a trusted third party and thus revolutionizes the way organizations work. Currently, everybody is thinking in the silos of their own organization. Blockchain enables easy transactions outside of your own company. Among other things, we will discuss the impact of blockchain on and how blockchain can breach existing monopolies of payment providers.  We will also analyze the effect of self-sovereign identity, lead times within the logistical process and enterprise blockchain. Overall, it will be a pleasant mix of understanding the technology of blockchain and lightly discussing the new possibilities it offers. 

  Day 1 General concept 

  Day 2 Ecosystems and Use cases Energy and logistics

  Day 3 Tokens

  Day 4 SSI

  Day 5 Crypto

  Agenda Day 1:

  • Introduction and explanation blockchain

  • explanation of a trusted third party based on games

  • Transaction explanation

  • Introduction Ecosystems

  Agenda day 2 

  • Recap Day 1

  • Stakeholders in blockchain

  • Building an ecosystem

  • Case study logistics: Trade lens

  • Future concepts: Energy and microgrid

  Agenda day 3

  • Recap Day 2

  • Introduction to tokens

  • NFT

  • Case study Tokens: GUTS

  Agenda day 4

  • Recap Day 3

  • Siloed model vs Federated model

  • Verifiable credentials

  • Selective disclosure

  • Zero knowledge proof

  Agenda day 5

  • Recap Day 4

  • Introduction to crypto

  • Quantitative-easing & Fractional banking

  • Governance

  • Is bitcoin the future?

• Learning outcomes

  • What is Blockchain? (What exactly is it?)
  • Non-technical technology overview (How does it work?)
  • Benefits of Blockchain (Why should anyone consider this?)
  • Use cases (Where and for what apps is it appropriate?)
  • Future of Blockchain (What is its future?)

• Learning objectives

  By the end of this course, students will be able to: 

  - create new financial models and products

  - develop alternative financial strategies

  - fund business plans (from start-up to scale-up)

  - participate in finance discussions at top management level

• About the course coordinators

  Frans Boumans has been lecturing globally for over 30 years at different universities after his 30 years of career in Corporate Finance.

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/frans-boumans-60686410/?originalSubdomain=nl 

  Bernhard vd Biessen is an expert on blockchain in finance. 

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernhard-van-der-biessen-4129187a/?originalSubdomain=nl