Dec 26, 2024  
2010-2011 Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MCT 66900 - Financial Technology and Systems

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This course will introduce students to the challenging interface between cutting-edge information and telecommunications technology and financial systems and applications. The consolidated nature of the financial services industry, involving banking, insurance and investment services, has created an urgent need for customer relationship channels across multiple products and brands. This course will expose students to a variety of integrated e-CRM applications in the financial services industry including web inquiry, online transactions and product recommendations. Other facets of financial technology that will be covered in the course include web and wireless based information-processing and transaction-enabling applications, secure on-line banking, smart card devices, mobile networks, e-commerce and m-commerce systems, electronic brokerage and program trading applications. Apart from the technical insight required to comparatively appraise several “off-the-shelf” applications that are currently available in the market, students will also acquire the necessary decision-making skills in order to be able to select the proper technology precisely suited for the job at hand given organizational budget and resource constraints.Prerequisites: MBA 61800  and MBA 67000 .Offered as needed.



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