MATHEMATICS
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
COP4216	Paybyme -Financial Technology-Fintech	Fall	3	0	3	6

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HAKKI ÖZTÜRK
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HAKKI ÖZTÜRK
Course Objectives:	- Introducing Fintech Market - Providing information about the fundemantals of Payment Systems - Instructing the basic mechanisms of Financial Institutions - Giving insights for vision and mission concepts of Fintech Market

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Fintech 101
2) Today and Future of Financial Technologies
3) Payment Systems in Financial Technologies
4) The Place of Mobile Payment in Financial Technologies
5) Risk Management in Financial Technologies
6) Information Security in Financial Technologies
7) Payment and E-Money Institutions
8) Regulations for Financial Technologies
9) The Relation of Financial Technologies with Other Information Technologies and Applications
10) Entreprenurship, Innovation and Management of Oppurtinities in Financial Technology Services
11) Accounting and Taxation in Financial Technology Institutions
12) The Place of Turkey in Fintech Market

Course Content

- Fintech Market
- Payment Systems
- Financial Institutions

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Fintech 101	What is Fintech? Which solutions does it provide?
2)	Today and Future of Financial Technologies	How will Fintech shape the future regarding financial processes?
3)	Payment Systems in Financial Technologies	From Bitcoin to Mobile Payment, from contactless transactions to vPOS; A view to payment systems
4)	The Place of Mobile Payment in Financial Technologies	The place of Mobile Payments in Fintech world, the importance of Mobile Payments in digital services. A Country based view of Mobile Payment System in the world
5)	Risk Management in Financial Technologies	Fradulent cases, prevention of those cases, the view of risk managements in Fintechs from law point
6)	Information Security in Financial Technologies	The importance of information security in financial technologies, crucial points, data privacy and sustainability
7)	Payment and E-Money Institutions	Definition of Payment and E-Money Insititutions in Turkey, capital structures, main purposes and their place Fintech world
8)	Regulations for Financial Technologies	What are the legal regulations of companies in Fintech world? Sanctions they are facing? Action steps for compliancy to these regulations?
9)	The Relation of Financial Technologies with Other Information Technologies and Applications	The relations of mobile phones, beacons cash registers..etc with Fintech
10)	Entreprenurship, Innovation and Management of Oppurtinities in Financial Technology Services	Creating new opportunities in the ever improving world of Fintech, providing new alternatives, creating new solutions for demands, assesment of these subjects with exemplary cases
11)	Accounting and Taxation in Financial Technology Institutions	What is transaction volume of Fintechs? How accounting works? How the funds are conserved? How taxations work?
12)	The Place of Turkey in Fintech Market	Where is Turkey in global Fintech Market?
13)	Why Angel Investors are Closely Interested with Finteh Projects?	The reason behind the popularity of Fintech projects? What lies beneath this interest?
14)	Interview with CEO of PaybyMe	Interview with CEO of PaybyMe about Fintech

Sources

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 60
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	30	2	60
Midterms	1	25	25
Final	1	25	25
Total Workload			152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics
2)	To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods,
3)	To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials,
4)	To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself,	4
5)	To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way,
6)	To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level,
7)	To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement,
8)	To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense,	4
9)	By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere,
10)	To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning,
11)	To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school,
12)	To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively.