FinTech Ecosystems and Digital Business Models

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FinTech Ecosystems and Digital Business Models

This course is part of FinTech, AI and Digital Finance Transformation Specialization

Instructor: TSV Learning

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

9 hours to complete

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

9 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Analyze BaaS, embedded finance, and neobank models to evaluate digital banking platforms and sustainable growth strategies.
Evaluate DeFi, blockchain, stablecoins, liquidity pools, and tokenized assets to assess digital-finance opportunities and risks.
Assess open banking, RegTech, governance, fraud analytics, and compliance automation to support resilient financial ecosystems.

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There are 5 modules in this course

Explore how FinTech ecosystems, digital banking, and emerging business models are transforming financial services. This course gives you a practical understanding of Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), embedded finance, neobanks, decentralized finance (DeFi), digital assets, open banking, and RegTech.

You’ll examine BaaS architecture, APIs, cloud-native infrastructure, embedded payments, lending, insurance, cards, and wealth management. You’ll evaluate neobank revenue models, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value, regulatory expenses, profitability, market cycles, and sustainable growth strategies. You’ll also explore blockchain infrastructure, smart contracts, stablecoins, decentralized exchanges, liquidity pools, collateral risk, yield strategies, NFTs, and tokenized assets. Finally, you’ll assess digital identity, fintech security, decentralized governance, compliance automation, fraud analytics, data portability, SupTech, and regulatory interoperability. Designed for learners interested in FinTech, digital banking, and financial innovation, this course prepares you to evaluate digital-finance platforms, business models, risks, governance, growth strategies, and future-ready financial ecosystems.

Analyze Banking-as-a-Service fundamentals, API architecture, platform participants, revenue models, and embedded-finance applications across payments, lending, insurance, cards, retail, e-commerce, and wealth management.

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6 videos3 assignments

6 videosTotal 41 minutes

Banking-as-a-Service Fundamentals8 minutes
BaaS Architecture and APIs6 minutes
BaaS Business Models and Use Cases8 minutes
Embedded Finance in Retail and E-commerce6 minutes
Industry Applications of Embedded Finance7 minutes
Core Components of Embedded Finance5 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

BANKING-AS-A-SERVICE AND EMBEDDED FINANCE FOUNDATIONS10 minutes
EMBEDDED FINANCE ACROSS INDUSTRIES10 minutes
BANKING-AS-A-SERVICE AND EMBEDDED FINANCE FOUNDATIONS30 minutes

Examine the cloud, API, ledger, compliance, and data infrastructure behind embedded banking while evaluating customer experience, financial inclusion, business impact, AI personalization, and future digital-finance trends.

What's included

6 videos3 assignments

6 videosTotal 36 minutes

Technology Stack for Embedded Finance6 minutes
Real-World Embedded Finance Applications8 minutes
Embedded Banking for Customer Experience6 minutes
Business Impact of Embedded Banking5 minutes
Trends Shaping the Future of Finance6 minutes
AI, DeFi and Digital Banking Evolution5 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

POWERING EMBEDDED FINANCIAL EXPERIENCES10 minutes
BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AND THE FUTURE OF FINANCE10 minutes
TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGY FOR EMBEDDED BANKING30 minutes

Evaluate neobank business models, revenue streams, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value, regulatory expenses

What's included

6 videos3 assignments

6 videosTotal 35 minutes

Introduction to Neobanking5 minutes
Neobank Profitability and Unit Economics8 minutes
Growth Drivers for FinTech Businesses5 minutes
Cost of Regulatory Compliance9 minutes
Market Cycles and FinTech Resilience2 minutes
Neobank Business Segments5 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

UNDERSTANDING THE NEOBANK MODEL10 minutes
BUILDING RESILIENT DIGITAL BANKS10 minutes
NEOBANKING GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS30 minutes

Explore DeFi infrastructure, blockchain protocols, stablecoin models, decentralized exchanges, liquidity pools, programmable lending, collateral risk, yield strategies, NFTs, and tokenized digital assets.

What's included

6 videos3 assignments

6 videosTotal 42 minutes

Advantages of Digital-Only Banks4 minutes
Decentralized Finance Fundamentals7 minutes
Stablecoins Design and Types7 minutes
Stablecoins in Digital Payments7 minutes
Collateral and Credit Risk Management9 minutes
NFTs, Liquidity and Token Markets10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

DIGITAL-FIRST BANKING AND DEFI FOUNDATIONS10 minutes
PAYMENTS, RISK AND TOKEN MARKETS10 minutes
DECENTRALIZED FINANCE AND DIGITAL ASSETS30 minutes

Assess decentralized governance, fintech security, open-banking frameworks, compliance automation, RegTech infrastructure, fraud monitoring, regulatory interoperability, and emerging trends shaping the future fintech ecosystem.

What's included

6 videos3 assignments

6 videosTotal 42 minutes

Governance in FinTech Ecosystems3 minutes
Course Wrap-Up and Industry Outlook5 minutes
FinTech–RegTech Collaboration8 minutes
RegTech Infrastructure and Automation9 minutes
Operational Challenges in RegTech8 minutes
Future of the FinTech Ecosystem10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

GOVERNING THE EVOLVING FINTECH ECOSYSTEM10 minutes
REGULATORY INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY OUTLOOK10 minutes
GOVERNANCE, REGTECH AND THE FINTECH FUTURE30 minutes

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