Payment journey
Map the journey of a card payment and propose an improvement for merchants.
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Economics & finance · 54Beginner
Fintech Innovator
Product managers, founders or bankers drawn to financial technology.
Finance and accounting basics, payments, credit and crowdfunding, blockchain and cryptography, then AI in finance.
185hours of coursework
19weeks at 10 h
4steps
15courses
4universities
Target skills
FinTechDigital AssetsPayment SystemsWealth ManagementBlockchainEmerging TechnologiesFinancial StatementsAccountingFinancial AcumenFinancial AnalysisFinancial ForecastingFinancial Reporting
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Fintech product manager
- Banking innovation consultant
- Fintech founder
Progression
- 1University of PennsylvaniaBeginnerMicrosoft Excel
Stated prerequisites: Basic high school-level mathematics
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Fundamentals of Finance Beginner 12 h 4.0 (1,151) Introduction to Corporate Finance — 9 h 4.6 (6,478) Introduction to Financial Accounting — 15 h 4.7 (8,571) More Introduction to Financial Accounting — 20 h 4.8 (562) - 2University of MichiganBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) The Future of Payment Technologies Beginner 7 h 4.7 (1,797) Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Explained Beginner 9 h 4.7 (980) Raising Capital: Credit Tech, Coin Offerings, and Crowdfunding Beginner 8 h 4.7 (313) Innovations in Investment Technology: Artificial Intelligence Beginner 10 h 4.7 (427) - 3University of California, IrvineBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) The Blockchain Beginner 9 h 4.2 (181) Cryptography and Hashing Overview Beginner 10 h 4.5 (53) The Merkle Tree and Cryptocurrencies Beginner 9 h 4.8 (26) The Blockchain System Beginner 12 h 4.3 (42) - 4University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIntermediateGenerative AI
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Machine Learning and Human Learning Beginner 38 h — Artificial Intelligence in Financial Planning Beginner 8 h 4.4 (13) Artificial Intelligence in Wealth Management Beginner 9 h 4.7 (15)
With Coursera Plus
This path takes 185 hours, about 4 months at 10 hours a week. A Coursera Plus subscription gives access to most of its courses during that time.
Projects to build
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Free textbooks
Principles of FinanceOpenStaxFree (OpenStax)
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency TechnologiesA. Narayanan, J. Bonneau, E. Felten, A. Miller, S. GoldfederFree draft (PDF)