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2024　Digital Innovation in Financial Institutions

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Kamiuchi Mayu 
Class Format
Lecture    (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Wed3-4(WL1-401(W541))  
Group
-
Course number
LAH.A401
Credits
1
Academic year
2024
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2024/3/14
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course is offered by lecturers from Mizuho Financial Group.

The course is designed for students to understand the outline of the current state of finance, financial business, and innovation in financial institutions, even without preliminary knowledge. As shown in the course schedule, the lecturer will explain the broad pictures and recent trends of each topic in each class.

Student learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to understand broad pictures and recent trends of topics in each class, as shown below.

Course taught by instructors with work experience

✔ Applicable How instructors' work experience benefits the course
The classes are based on business experience and specialized knowledge of the lecturers.

Keywords

economy, finance, Fintech, data management, cyber security, IPO

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Class 1 - Class 7：Lectures
Class 8: Final exam

- Each week, students create a "summary report" based on the content of the class, and submit the report through T2SCHOLA. The deadline for submitting "summary reports" is 5:00 pm on Thursday (the day after each class.)

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Digital transformation (DX) of Mizuho Financial Group Grasp an overview of the digital transformation (DX) of financial institutions.
Class 2 The current state of finance and banking business Understand the current state of finance and banking business.
Class 3 Financial services using technology Acquire knowledge of financial services using technology.
Class 4 Asset management using technology Acquire knowledge of asset management using technology.
Class 5 Data analytics in financial institutions Acquire knowledge of data analytics.
Class 6 The threat of cyber attacks and countermeasures in financial institutions Understand the eforts towards cybersecurity in financial institutions.
Class 7 How to foster venture companies Understand how to foster venture companies.
Class 8 Final exam

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100　minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to course material.

Textbook(s)

None required.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Lecture materials will be posted on T2SCHOLA.

Assessment criteria and methods

Assessment will be based on summary reports after each class (35%) and the final exam (65%).
If you miss more than 3 classes (between Class 1 and Class 7), you will not pass this course regardless of the results of your reports or final exam.

Related courses

  • N/A

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Prospective students should have interests in finance and economy.

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

[Coordinator] Professor Takehiro Inohara, inostaff[at]shs.ens.titech.ac.jp

- Questions other than the content of the class will be accepted by e-mails by the course coordinator.
- When inquiring by emails, include the course title in the subject, and your student ID and name in the body of the email.

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