Fintech Strategy: A Playbook from the Experts - Online

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Course impact

Master innovation and strategy in financial services

This fintech course empowers you to master innovative solutions that streamline operations, boost efficiency, and give your organisation or business, a competitive edge.

Good for you
Good for your organisation

Learn from a world-class array of industry experts and incredible fintech innovators and technologists, ready to support and inspire your journey in launching a ground-breaking business plan.
Build a comprehensive Fintech Forward action plan and playbook of future strategies to create and capture value, equipping you to confidently present actionable opportunities to your manager.
Join a vibrant network of fintech professionals and discover how to harness these connections to accelerate your business’s path to success.

Master the key fintech pillars and learn how to leverage them to drive impact and innovation within your organisation.
Unlock the disruptive potential of key fintech technologies to outpace industry incumbents and gain a competitive edge.
Explore powerful innovation types that have fuelled the rise of today’s leading fintech companies, insights from the biggest fintech stories in the world, like Co-founder and CTO of Revolut.

Right for you

This fintech course is perfect for professionals eager to dive into the dynamic world of financial services — whether you're from a startup, a leading firm, or a supporting organisation, get ready to make your mark in this fast-paced industry! Designed for professionals ready to engage with fintech, including but not limited to:

3+ years

in a fintech business or a financial services role

Senior Executives in Financial Services
Product Managers and Heads of Innovation
Strategy and Business Development Leaders
Technology Leaders and IT Directors
Investors and Venture Capitalists
Consultants and Advisors
Regulatory and Compliance Professionals
Lawyers
Entrepreneurs and Startup Founders in fintech

Programme content

Analyse, experiment and lead change

With this Fintech Strategy course, understand the role innovation and technology have in influencing the evolving fintech landscape. Craft bold fintech strategies, uncover insights, and push boundaries. Gain the expertise to lead and shape fintech’s future with confidence.

What you learn
How you learn
FAQs
Your learning experience

Module one: The Fintech Imperative - Gain a comprehensive understanding of the transformative forces at play in financial services. - Develop insights into the fundamental tension between innovation and distribution, and the implications to startups and incumbents’ pursuit of fintech opportunities. - Delve into the emergence of cutting-edge technologies, from ubiquitous internet connectivity to big data, AI and blockchain - Understand the role innovation plays in terms of creating and capturing value in fintech.
Module two: Incremental Innovation - Armed with the insights that not all innovations are created equal, develop fine-tuned insights into the impact of innovation on incumbents. - Explore the nature of incremental innovation using existing tech capabilities to address existing customers. - Understand the crucial role Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) play in fintech. - Begin developing your Fintech strategic proposition, using the key skills and learnings you have gained so far.
Module three: Architectural Innovation - Discover architectural innovation; how are existing tech capabilities addressing new customers and markets? - Understand how to leverage existing technologies to target new customer segments or markets, expanding the company’s reach and revenue streams. - Explore technology commonly found in fintech, including cloud computing and big data. - Gain insights into how traditional economic factors, such as interest rates, demographics, and consumer behaviour affect the world of fintech.
Module four: Disruptive Innovation - Investigate how new tech capabilities can address existing customer needs and potentially disrupt the market by offering a unique value proposition. - Explore different strategies used to monitor and forecast disruption caused by incumbents and startups. - Examine how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence give rise to disruption in the financial industry.
Module five: Radical Innovation - Uncover radical innovation and how new tech capabilities address new customers and markets. - Discover how introducing technologies to create entirely new markets or customer segments can potentially revolutionise industries. - Examine how emerging technologies like blockchain could radically change the delivery and management of financial services.
Module six: Setting up and Scaling up - Build on your learnings to unlock your own fintech proposition – your Fintech Forward plan. - Understand how to action the plan, whether you are based in an established firm, a growing scale-up, or planning on launching your own fintech startup. - Explore how investors measure success in fintech startups. - Feel confident about what makes a successful fintech founding team with advice for corporate entrepreneurs and how to affect change. - Understand different business models and technologies that can help your business proposition become a success.

Learn from the leaders who built Fintech

Deep dive into insights from the people who built the space. Immerse yourself in the tools that have achieved real results and design your own playbook, inspired from the biggest fintech stories in the world.

Experts in the field

Immerse yourself in the profound experience of our esteemed faculty and industry experts who blend cutting-edge academic research with unparalleled real-world industry expertise.

Self-paced flexible learning

Challenge your thinking with our range of online courses for individuals and teams. During this unique digital learning experience, you'll embark on a self-paced journey with a dedicated Learning Manager over the course of several weeks. We have a variety of programmes to suit your individual needs, all of which offer access to the expertise of our world-class faculty, no matter where you are in the world, and an e-certificate on completion.

Up to 15 hours of pre-recorded content from faculty and industry experts

Learn from industry experts through videos, curated content, assignments and - on select courses - live faculty sessions.

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6 weeks, 4-5 hours per week

Experience a journey to suit your schedule with self-paced learning over the course of 6 weeks

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Dedicated learning manager support

Benefit from the support of a learning manager to boost your development

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Global online peer network

Connect and reinforce your learnings with an exceptional group of peers from around the world.

E-certificate on completion

Build credibility with a London Business School e-certificate on completion.

Certificate in Management

This programme can also be taken as part of the Certificate in Management. Enhance your leadership and business skills with a comprehensive learning journey tailored to you and create a personalised curriculum to shift your career to the next level.

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Fees

The fee for the course is £2,095*

We offer a 25% discount for London Business School Alumni and for those who have completed four eligible Certificate in Management or Certificate in Finance programmes.

For more information on what the course fee covers, please speak to our Client Relationship Manager.

*Fees are subject to change.

How to apply

Submit your application through our online application form.

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A programme for every ambition

Grow your organisation by reinvigorating your strategic thinking and embracing the future with our suite of programmes

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Whether you are an individual or an organisation/group looking for a programme, get in touch and we can help find the best solution for you.

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Susan Li

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