FT408
Innovating in Payments
Faculty
Michal Rozynek
Director of MPR Global (Fintech Consulting)
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Overview
Should your startup invest in Apple Pay or use Open Banking? What exactly are real-time payments and what happens when you tap your Revolut card? Wherever you look, payments remain the key driver and area of innovation. The first fintechs were payments companies. Many of these, like PayPal, have then become springboards for other startups. This is because payments touch almost everything.
This course will introduce you to the various types of payment ecosystems and payment types (bank, card, P2P) as well as provide you with both a historical and forward-looking view of trends affecting this fascinating industry. We will focus our attention on the key areas of opportunity for innovation in payments and help you understand how startups and corporate innovators can take advantage of these.
Learning highlights
- This course aims to enable students to understand payments as a key area of opportunity (and challenge!) for fintechs.
- Students will understand the commercial, social and technological drivers of change in payments and discuss the benefits and costs of each payment type.
- We will focus a lot on the practical skills of building innovative business models, and the course will require students to think through applied scenarios.
Course outline
15 classes
Class 2
Industry overview
What do we mean by payments? What are the main payment systems and how are they connected?
Class 1
Introduction to payments
Why study payments now? Course structure & key skills (industry analysis, understanding of value chain and customer pain points, innovation strategies in payments).
Class 3
The role of payments
How do payments and the economy interact? Payments reflect the changing nature of money.
Class 4
How bank payments work
An overview of the mechanics of bank payment services, bank payments ecosystem players and technology underpinning transactions.
Class 5
How card payments work
An overview of the mechanics of card payment services, bank payments ecosystem players and technology underpinning transaction.
Class 6
Payment alternatives
Emerging non-card and non-card payment systems.
Class 7
How payment firms make money
What are the commercials of payment transactions? How do innovative players find value in the payments value chain?
Class 8
Startup perspective (fintech)
What to consider when launching your payment solutions?
Class 9
Startup perspective (non-fintech)
How to choose a payment provider?
Class 10
What is driving change in payments
The role of regulation (Open Banking, Fee cap), technology (blockchain, biometrics) and behavioural change (digitalization) in transforming payment models.
Class 11
Pain Points
What are the key opportunities for the disruption that payments companies can take advantage of, including inefficiencies in payment systems, payment customer journeys, regulatory/political factors.
Class 12
Innovation strategies in payments
What are the new/emergent technologies enabling innovation in payments?
Class 13
Innovation strategies in payments II
What are some of the most common examples of business model innovation in the industry?
Class 14
Innovation strategies in payments III
Why some of the most innovative players will not come from payments.
Class 15
Innovation strategies in payments IV
The role of regulation. The state remains the key driver for payment regulation, given its central role in the economies per functioning—examples of regulatory approaches to payment innovation and political factors disrupting payments.
Prerequisites
None. The course will be suitable for students from a range of backgrounds.
Methodology
The course will offer a combination of industry expert-led lectures, case studies and business scenarios. It will culminate with the students pitching their payments startup ideas.
Grading
Dr Michal Rozynek is a strategy and innovation consultant with an extensive understanding of payments and retail financial services gained from working with blue chips (Visa, Mastercard, Aviva, Barclays) as well as leading disruptors (Revolut) - all the way to early-stage start-ups. He holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Edinburgh as well as an MBA from the University of Oxford - having published on topics at the intersection of social change and technology. He is also a founder of his own growth strategy and innovation consulting company focused on fintech and payments.
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Innovating in Payments
by Michal Rozynek
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Mar 15 - Apr 02, 2021
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.