Fintech Strategy: A Playbook from the Experts

Module one: The Fintech Imperative - Gain a comprehensive understanding of the transformative forces at play in financial services. - Develop insights into the fundamental tension between innovation and distribution, and the implications to startups and incumbents’ pursuit of fintech opportunities. - Delve into the emergence of cutting-edge technologies, from ubiquitous internet connectivity to big data, AI and blockchain - Understand the role innovation plays in terms of creating and capturing value in fintech.

Module two: Incremental Innovation - Armed with the insights that not all innovations are created equal, develop fine-tuned insights into the impact of innovation on incumbents. - Explore the nature of incremental innovation using existing tech capabilities to address existing customers. - Understand the crucial role Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) play in fintech. - Begin developing your Fintech strategic proposition, using the key skills and learnings you have gained so far.

Module three: Architectural Innovation - Discover architectural innovation; how are existing tech capabilities addressing new customers and markets? - Understand how to leverage existing technologies to target new customer segments or markets, expanding the company’s reach and revenue streams. - Explore technology commonly found in fintech, including cloud computing and big data. - Gain insights into how traditional economic factors, such as interest rates, demographics, and consumer behaviour affect the world of fintech.

Module four: Disruptive Innovation - Investigate how new tech capabilities can address existing customer needs and potentially disrupt the market by offering a unique value proposition. - Explore different strategies used to monitor and forecast disruption caused by incumbents and startups. - Examine how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence give rise to disruption in the financial industry.

Module five: Radical Innovation - Uncover radical innovation and how new tech capabilities address new customers and markets. - Discover how introducing technologies to create entirely new markets or customer segments can potentially revolutionise industries. - Examine how emerging technologies like blockchain could radically change the delivery and management of financial services.

Module six: Setting up and Scaling up - Build on your learnings to unlock your own fintech proposition – your Fintech Forward plan. - Understand how to action the plan, whether you are based in an established firm, a growing scale-up, or planning on launching your own fintech startup. - Explore how investors measure success in fintech startups. - Feel confident about what makes a successful fintech founding team with advice for corporate entrepreneurs and how to affect change. - Understand different business models and technologies that can help your business proposition become a success.