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MSc in Finance (Fintech and Financial Analytics) Programme Orientation 2022 and Industry Sharing

The new academic year has started! More than 50 students joined the programme orientation on campus with 20 students joining online. Mr. Alan Cheung (Senior Director, Trust and AI Technologies of ASTRI), Ms Alice So (Head of Entrepreneurship of Cyberport), Ms Jenny Chow (Chairperson of Regtech Association of Hong Kong), Dr Lawrence Ma, (Founder and President of Hong Kong Blockchain Society), and Professor of Practice Samson Tai (former Distinguished Engineer & Chief Technology Officer of IBM China/Hong Kong) joined a discussion on “How Fintech transforms the finance industry”, facilitated by the Programme Director, Professor Aris Stouraitis, and the Associate Programme Director, Ms Queenie Lee. The guests also shared their industry experiences and insights with our new students. Everyone enjoyed the evening and treasured the dialogue with industry experts.

September 1, 2022

IAPP Westin Scholar Book Award 2022

The MScFin (FTFA) programmes is happy to announce that Ms Jolly CHAN Wing Yan has received the IAPP Westin Scholar Book Award 2022. The Award is to honor the top student’s achievement for the best individual assignment submitted for the Cybersecurity, Privacy and RegTech class.

“It's my honor to receive the IAPP Westin Scholar Book Award from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). It means so much to me. I would like to recognize my school, Hong Kong Baptist University, on whom my success rides. I owe my success to the rich learning environment at HKBU and all my professors who were there to guide me on my path. Without the faculty and staff's support and resources, I am confident I could not have flourished as I did. It was gratifying to learn much in the lecture classes through these rough times with a global pandemic. I am grateful for being recognized, and I intend to live up to the level of success this award demands. Starting my career at HKBU was the best choice I've made. Sincerely and humbly, I want to say thank you to the IAPP for believing and empowering young students to follow their passion and dreams.” Ms Jolly CHAN Wing Yan said.

The IAPP is the largest and most comprehensive global information privacy community and resource. Founded in 2000, the IAPP is a not-for-profit organization that helps define, promote and improve the privacy profession globally.

July 27, 2022

MScFin (FTFA) graduate and business students made full ‘Star in the Making’ list in IFTA FinTech Achievement Awards

Graduate from MScFin (FTFA) programme and two students from the HKBU School of Business have been named ‘Star in the Making’ award at the IFTA FinTech and Innovator Awards 2021/2022. The Award presentation ceremony will be conducted in September 2022.

The ‘Star in the Making’ award recognises students for innovative projects or ideas that could positively transform the FinTech industry. Mathias AWUNI (MScFTFA, 2021), Kar Yan YEUNG (MScCGC, 2021) and Hejian MA (BBA in ISEM/FINE, Year 4) were awarded for their respective project that challenges the status quo of different industries. They are the only awardees this year making it to the list.

All three awardees’ projects have one common goal – to solve real-world problems harnessing their innovations and the advancement of technology. Awuni built Coucou Connect to contribute to financial inclusion among low-income earners, empowering them to save and build credit worthiness, which will result in a win-win for both financial service providers and users. Yeung’s project, Project COLLAB, is a powerful all-in-one platform digitising and accelerating listed document production processes that will simplify the traditional financial printing. Ma’s project, Quant Break focuses on FinTech education services, providing interactive solutions for users to learn more about and join the FinTech industry. The students and graduates would like to express their sincere gratitude to MSc Finance (Financial Technology and Financial Analytics) Program for their nomination and sponsorship and Ms Queenie Lee, Lecturer of Department of Finance and Decision Sciences, for her coaching.

Themed “Two Worlds, One Goal: The Virtualisation of Reality” this year, the Awards, now in its fourth year, recognise the important nuances of the parallel physical and virtual worlds, as well as, the role that corporations and individuals play in their development within the economy.

July 20, 2022

Double Degree programme to Burgundy School of Business (BSB), France

Congratulation to our student Wilson Lee who was selected to participate in the double degree program with Burgundy School of Business (BSB) at no extra tuition fee.

“Due to COVID-19, I have not been able to go traveling or participate in any internships overseas when I was in my undergraduate studies. Therefore, having this rare opportunity, I am so excited since I have been longing to travel.
As I will be studying Master in Management – Luxury management & Innovation, which is different from my current studies (MSc in Finance (FinTech and Financial Analytics)), I will be gaining different scopes of knowledge. By graduating from BSB next year, I believe I will be equipped with a holistic view (from both international and domestic perspectives) of the market and industry.
What’s more, through studying in France, I hope I can pick up some French as well as the culture thereby exploring the cities and making new friends” said Wilson.

May 18, 2022

“SlowMist Cybersecurity Award” 2021-22

SlowMist Technology offers "SlowMist Cybersecurity Award" for the students of MSc in Finance (FinTech and Financial Analytics) since 2020-21 academic year. The award includes a cash prize of USD 2,000. This year, Ms CHAN Wing Yan Jolly conducted the best individual assignment for “FIN7900 Cybersecurity, Privacy and RegTech” and obtained the award.

"Thank you for awarding me the SlowMist Cybersecurity Award. I am honored to receive this award. It means so much to me. I am thankful for my professor, Mr. Brian Yap, who was there to guide me on my path. It was an honor to be a part of your class. I am also grateful to be part of the HKBU. It was gratifying to learn a lot in this cybersecurity class through these rough times with a global pandemic. Starting my career at HKBU was the best choice I’ve made." Ms CHAN Wing Yan Jolly said.

SlowMist Technology is a company focused on blockchain ecological security and also a top international blockchain security company, serving many well-known projects, and was in the first batch of domestic units that was listed in the “2018 China Blockchain Industry White Paper” by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

April 7, 2022

Webinar: “From Crypto to NFT where is it heading”

Thanks to Mr. Zen Fong, the Head of Cryptocurrency at Hong Kong Digital Asset Exchange (HKD.com), and Mr. Galen Law-kun, Co-Founder of Hong Kong Digital Asset Society and Founding Partner at Double Peak for a great presentation on the topic of “From Crypto to NFT where is it heading”. Our students got a lot of insights from their sharing.

January 26, 2022

Numerous Guest Lectures from the Fintech class

Thanks to Mr Emil Chan (Chairman, The Association of Cloud and Mobile Computing Professionals), Ms. Juni Yan (MD, Fintech Business, International, WeBank), Mr Raymond Mak (Associate Director, Tencent), Raymond Chan (Managing Director, 9F International Holdings), Mr Charleston Sin (Executive Director, MIT HK Innovation Node), Mr Simon Yeung (Head of Strategic Initiative, Hashkey Group) as well as Mr Walter Cheung and Frank Ho (Co-Founders, Contrendian) for sharing their experiences with our students. Special thanks to Dr. Dorothy Chau for making this happen. It was no doubt a highlight of the first trimester to the students.

Some notes from the students: "In total, there were seven different guest lectures with professionals talking about virtual banking such as WeBank, trading platforms for investment recommendations or cloud and mobile computing to name a few. As a blockchain and crypto enthusiast, I especially enjoyed the sharing of Mr. Simon A. Yeung from Hashkey Group about digital assets and NFTs" and "Through the Industry Sharing from the practitioners, we know what is expected from us as Master Students in the corporate world. I have also developed a great passion for entrepreneurship in the FinTech and Data Analytics field through the expert industry practitioners sharing".

November 24, 2021

In search of security in the Financial Industry

Thanks to Prof. Andreas Neuber, Former Chief Operating Officer Asia-Pacific, UBS, Ms Brit Blakeney, Executive Director, Innovation & Ecosystems, Consumer Banking Group, DBS Bank (HK) Ltd, Prof Jason Lau, Chief Information Security Officer, Crypto.com, Mr. Kevin Lee, Barrister, Prince's Chambers, and Prof. Samson Tai, Former Chief Engineer, IBM, for a great discussion on the major risks banks are facing from digitalization as well the emerging risk and compliance issues in the Fintech industry. The issue on Regtech was brought up and please stay tuned for a webinar on this topic.

November 5, 2021

The MScFin (FTFA) Programme joins force with Hong Kong Monetary Authority to nurture future FinTech talent

To nurture financial technology (FinTech) talent, HKBU School of Business and the MSc in Finance (FinTech and Financial Analytics) Programme have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) to launch the Industry Project Masters Network (IPMN) scheme. A signing ceremony was held on 19 October 2021.

The IPMN scheme is a partnership between HKMA and four local universities, namely, HKBU, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The scheme aims to groom FinTech talent by providing opportunities to FinTech postgraduate students to work on banking projects. Students will be deeply involved in FinTech research and application projects and gain practical skills and experience. IPMN also aims to provide a means to bridge the knowledge gap between the academic world and industry. The scheme is scheduled to be officially launched in September 2022.

"The HKMA has been at the forefront of the development of Hong Kong as a major Fintech center. This important new initiative will help groom Fintech talent and provide for fruitful collaborations between academia and the finance sector,” said Prof. Ed Snape, Dean of the HKBU School of Business. “HKBU's MSc in Finance (Fintech & Financial Analytics) is honored to partner with the HKMA in this initiative.”

“We are glad that the MSc in Finance (Fintech & Financial Analytics) programme is recognized among the elite ones in the booming fintech field to groom talents for the future. The aim of the IPMN scheme echoes with what the programme has been doing together with professional industry leaders since its inception” added Prof. Aris Stouraitis, Head of the Department of Finance and Decision Sciences of the HKBU School of Business.

In the scheme, HKMA will connect with mentors from banks and FinTech firms, such as consulting or technology firms, for each project, while professors in the FinTech-related field from HKBU School of Business will serve as academic mentors to advise students. The academic advisors will not only offer advice for students when they have questions, they will also provide evaluations on students’ final project reports so that the participating students will be able to gain theoretical understanding and practical experience in the FinTech field.

November 3, 2021

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