Information Package / Course Catalogue
Financial Technologies and Digital Finance
Course Code: UTIF420
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

It encompasses a wide range of financial products, with finance-related software providing various forms of customer communication and interaction provided by fintech companies. Financial institutions have a leading role in digitalization. In addition, companies in the same ecosystem follow the practices of financial institutions in order to benefit from developments and review their business processes and operational procedures to achieve operational excellence. Finance solutions designed through digital platforms provide companies with greater access to financial resources. In this respect, digital finance has become an area that should be monitored pro-actively by companies receiving services from financial institutions. In this course, new trends in the banking and insurance sectors are examined in terms of innovative solutions through digitalization. Students are introduced to basic fintech concepts and digital finance applications.

Course Content

To explain to students the new financial practices and the changing financial sector arising from the combination of financialization and digital technologies, to provide students with information and knowledge about the use, effects and future of financial technologies. enables them to develop understanding.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Bülent YILDIZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Ability to explain Technological Developments and Financial Markets
2.Ability to explain the effects of digital transformation in the banking sector.
3.Ability to explain the effects of digital transformation in the banking sector.
4.Ability to explain digital money.
5.Ability to explain Fintech and Techfins.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Beck, T., & Laeven, L. (2016). The Economics of Fintech and Digital Currencies. International Monetary Fund.
2.2Arner, D. W., Barberis, J., & Buckley, R. P. (2019). Regulating Digital Financial Services: Technology, Innovation, and the Role of Law. Cambridge University Press.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Technological Developments and Financial Markets
Week 2 - Theoretical
Digital Transformation and Banking
Week 3 - Theoretical
Insurance Industry and Technology
Week 4 - Theoretical
Digitalization and Other Financial Institutions
Week 5 - Theoretical
Digital Money
Week 6 - Theoretical
Digital Financial Literacy
Week 7 - Theoretical
Big Data
Week 8 - Theoretical
Big Data and Its Effects on Financial Markets
Week 9 - Theoretical
Fintech Concept
Week 10 - Theoretical
The Impact of Fintechs on Financial Markets
Week 11 - Theoretical
Fintech in the World
Week 12 - Theoretical
Fintech in Turkey
Week 13 - Theoretical
Fintech Startup Examples
Week 14 - Theoretical
Techfin Concept and Techfin Initiatives
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Midterm Examination125126
Final Examination130131
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)127
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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3
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026