ECONOMICS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
COP4216 | Paybyme -Financial Technology-Fintech | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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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 |
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 |
- Fintech Market - Payment Systems - Financial Institutions |
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 |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
References: |
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 |
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 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | As a world citizen, she is aware of global economic, political, social and ecological developments and trends. | 2 |
2) | He/she is equipped to closely follow the technological progress required by global and local dynamics and to continue learning. | 2 |
3) | Absorbs basic economic principles and analysis methods and uses them to evaluate daily events. | 2 |
4) | Uses quantitative and statistical tools to identify economic problems, analyze them, and share their findings with relevant stakeholders. | 2 |
5) | Understands the decision-making stages of economic units under existing constraints and incentives, examines the interactions and possible future effects of these decisions. | 1 |
6) | Comprehends new ways of doing business using digital technologies. and new market structures. | 2 |
7) | Takes critical approach to economic and social problems and develops analytical solutions. | 1 |
8) | Has the necessary mathematical equipment to produce analytical solutions and use quantitative research methods. | 2 |
9) | In the works he/she contributes, observes individual and social welfare together and with an ethical perspective. | 2 |
10) | Deals with economic problems with an interdisciplinary approach and seeks solutions by making use of different disciplines. | 1 |
11) | Generates original and innovative ideas in the works she/he contributes as part of a team. | 2 |