Banking and Financial Institutions

Instructor: Rustom Manouchehri Irani

Intermediate Level • 2 weeks at 10 hours a week • Flexible Schedule

What You'll Learn

  • Appreciate how money and finance can benefit the real economy.
  • Describe how modern banks earn a profit.
  • Compare and contrast banks with other providers of debt finance and payments.
  • Explain why financial regulations are needed and their impacts.

Skills You'll Gain

Financial Regulations
Banking
Commercial Banking
Balance Sheet
Risk Management
Payment Systems
Operational Risk
Financial Market
Financial Services
Retail Banking
FinTech
Credit Risk
Financial Systems

Shareable Certificate

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Outcomes

  • Learn new concepts from industry experts
  • Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
  • Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 5 modules in this course

You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.

This module will provide a broad overview of money, the financial system, and how this all connects with real economic activity.

In this module, we are going to zoom in on the business model of modern banks.

In this module, we are going to focus on the sources of profit at modern banks and the various risks surrounding these profits.

In this Module we are going to study why the government regulates banks, and what this regulation looks like in practice.