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Learner Reviews & Feedback for FinTech Law and Policy by Duke University

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About the Course

Being a successful FinTech firm requires more than just great technology; it also requires an understanding of the laws and regulations applicable to your business. This course will provide you with that understanding. You will learn about the critical legal, regulatory, and policy issues associated with cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, online lending, new payments and wealth management technologies, and financial account aggregators. In addition, you will learn how regulatory agencies in the U.S. are continually adjusting to the emergence of new financial technologies and how one specific agency has proposed a path for FinTech firms to become regulated banks. You will also learn the basics of how banks are regulated in the U.S. If you are unfamiliar with how these new financial technologies work, fear not. We will begin each new course section with a high-level overview of the underlying technology. While the course is principally focused on the U.S. FinTech industry, we cannot possibly cover every relevant legal and regulatory issue. Therefore, this course should not be construed as legal advice. Rather, the goal of the course is to familiarize you with the key legal and regulatory challenges FinTech firms in various sectors face, as well as the critical policy debates that are occurring in Washington D.C. and state capitals across the country....

Top reviews

AM

Nov 3, 2018

I highly recommend this course especially if your are currently working in the financial services industry. I am always eager to learn and this course taught me many new topics that i was unaware of.

KA

Jun 24, 2020

Impressive! Manage to completed in 3 days, committed and dedicated studying in Fintech.

If I can, why shouldn't you?

p.s: The final exam was quite tough! Get prepare students with your notes!

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By Angelo L

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Mar 14, 2022

Good foundational aspects covered in this course along with important aspects of legacy FinTech and how both old and new impact the global financial industry. The course felt as if it were a few years old, at least. Would be great to see a more updated version considering how quickly the landscape in FinTech evolves.

By refiloe b

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Apr 26, 2022

Enjoyed and found the course enlightening, I do wish that it could include more current research as I believe this is a fast developing industry. I personally found the Fintech Credit Market and Payment Systems very interesting. Thank you Coursera and Duke School of Law for this great course.

By Ravi R

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May 30, 2020

While the course is good and provides a good overview/ fundamentals the courseware is in dire need of an update as it is frozen in early 2018. Many regulatory changes have happened, one even as of today. The course has to be archived, updated and thereafter re-opened for enrolments.

By Enes F P

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Feb 15, 2020

I expected a much more different way of teaching via using technology, but I did not find what I expected. One of the gains from this course for me is learning how complicated banking and fintech industry. The instructor is very good I think.

By ABDALLAH A

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Feb 13, 2019

Great information, good method of combining all information together, but sometimes not very interesting presentation to follow up, may be because of the nature of the information, but suggest next time to have multiple speakers.

By Abhinav L

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Aug 6, 2024

Good, well organized course, on fintech and its regulation. As a short course it did not get into the details of how digital lenders assess credit worthiness, or how robo advisors work - and the relevant regulations.

By Ahmad H S

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Jan 24, 2020

Really enjoyed the course. It's a good starter course into understanding the regulatory and compliance needs that usually go unnoticed by most people in the Fintech sector.

By Kim C

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Dec 28, 2022

Good course, but the challenge this course has is that the environment is dynamic; FTX / Alameda being one current yet relevant example.

By Paolo

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Aug 9, 2019

Very interesting and useful course.

It would be perfect if some ideas were also provided on international regulatory developments.

By Oyindamola G

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Sep 12, 2018

Great course, It'll take more than one view of the lecture to assimilate, you need to watch over and over. So much information.

By Roger K

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Jan 27, 2023

Final Exam use of scenario and application of knowledge test was what I was looking for from the lesson exams.

By Juan L t C

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Aug 14, 2019

Great, but could include information from several countries, concentrated in us only, but great job

By Arvind y

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Jul 15, 2020

It, s lot of benifical for me... It also helpful my company project on fintech in finance modeling

By Barry M

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Jan 28, 2022

Now outdated, would be good to update to include latest developments. FinTech is moving fast!

By Mayank N

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Apr 19, 2020

Not as in-depth as I would have liked, but still provides a great introduction to the subject.

By Matthew C

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Apr 19, 2022

Good overview for someone that has little technical knowledge of fintech issues.

By Muhammad B

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May 28, 2020

should contain more information about international advancements in fintech.

By David C

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Mar 21, 2022

Was a decent course but starting to get a little aged, could be refreshed

By Mark H

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Jul 5, 2020

content is outdated, however it gives a good foundation to the industry.

By Kirk R

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May 15, 2022

Needs to be updated for 2022 but otherwise very informative.

By Safi G

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Oct 18, 2021

Very nice course, easy to follow and fun to understand

By Sourav c P

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Jul 28, 2019

The course could have provided more reading materials

By Fahad A A

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Aug 1, 2020

it cover mostly the U.S, not they global business

By Kevin K

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May 11, 2022

Needs updated. Alot has happened since 2018.

By Nguyen V

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Aug 30, 2020

A few typos in the presentations and exams.