Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London
MSc in Financial Technology and Innovation
London, United Kingdom
MSc
DURATION
12 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2027
TUITION FEES
GBP 31,000 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for international students | UK/Home students: GBP 16,500
Key Summary
About: Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), a triple-crown school, offers the MSc in Financial Technology and Innovation. The programme covers blockchain, AI, machine learning, open banking and tokenisation and equips you to build fintech start-ups, drive financial innovation, or shape business models. Keywords: fintech, blockchain, AI, data analytics.
Career Outcomes: Students accessed career development opportunities, including an alumni panel with a senior VP of digital transformation and a Banking and Tech Sector Overview. You can pursue roles such as fintech product manager, blockchain developer, data scientist, digital transformation consultant, innovation manager, payments or risk specialist, startup founder or fintech analyst.
If you have a keen interest in emerging technologies such as blockchain, AI, machine learning, open banking and tokenisation, the MSc Financial Technology and Innovation will give you the knowledge and experience to turn that passion into a career.
You will be equipped to build fintech start-ups, drive financial innovation within established firms, or shape new business models at the cutting edge of financial technology.
Term 1
Compulsory modules
- Financial markets and financial intermediation
- Foundations of Fintech
- Foundations of Data Science
- Innovation, entrepreneurship, and financial technology
Term 2
Compulsory modules
- Regulatory Compliance, Ethics, Social Values
- Digital money and banking
- Data Analytics for Fintech
- Decentralised finance and blockchain applications
Term 3
In your third term you'll work on a compulsory and supervised industry-led project alongside a choice of three elective modules.
- Industry project
Elective modules
- Data Management Systems
- Ethics Society and the Financial Sector
- Financial Crime
- Hedge Funds
- Investment Strategy
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Sustainable Finance with ESG
- Trading and Hedging in the FOREX Market
Throughout the programme, you also acquire direct knowledge of current issues in the Fintech industry through events and guest lectures from professionals / alumni, working in relevant fields.
Where applicable, lecturers address any ethical issues that might arise in the practice of finance and banking. In so doing you are always encouraged to share your views with your lecturers and with your classmates, where a diversity of opinion is to be expected and appreciated.
* The list of electives offered in a given year will be confirmed by February.
- Bayes Business School is among the global elite of business schools that hold the gold standard of 'triple crown' accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS
- 5th in the UK for business and management research. A total of 92 per cent of our research was rated as world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) (The Research Excellence Framework 2021)
- 2nd best in London, 6th in the UK, 34th in Europe (Financial Times European Business School ranking 2025)
- 5th in the UK for Finance Research, 8th in the UK for Management (ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024)
- 1st in Europe for Actuarial Science research (UNL Business School Actuarial Science Rankings 2024)
By the end of this course you will gain:
- Core knowledge of digital finance. You will gain a deep understanding of how innovation is reshaping the financial sector. From blockchain and digital banking to crypto-assets, AI and transformation strategies, you will be at the forefront of financial technology.
- Interdisciplinary and strategic thinking. You will learn to integrate finance, technology, data science and law. This interdisciplinary perspective gives you the ability to spot trends, understand disruption and design forward-looking strategies for the industry.
- Technical skills and advanced data literacy. You will become fluent in Python and R, ensuring you develop advanced skills in statistics and econometrics.
In the past year, our Financial Technology and Innovation students have engaged in valuable career development opportunities. Notably, they participated in an alumni panel event featuring a senior vice president specialising in digital transformation, providing insights into current trends and career paths in the fintech sector.
Additionally, students benefited from both a Banking and Tech Sector Overview, which enhanced their understanding of the industry landscape and the role of technology in shaping financial services.