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Financial technology is reshaping how money moves, risk is priced and customers bank. Arab Leadership University's MSc Fintech unites capital markets literacy with digital products, data science methods and regulatory competence. You will analyse payment rails and open banking, build quantitative credit and fraud models, evaluate distributed ledger applications with sober engineering and legal scrutiny, and design fintech products with unit economics that survive regulation. Graduates leave able to speak both the language of the trading floor and the product engineering room.
Modules reference UK FCA, PSD2/open banking, and Basel-aligned risk thinking without reducing the degree to a compliance checklist. Guest practitioners from payments, challenger banks and market infrastructure firms join seminars. Capstone projects may partner with fintech firms under data governance agreements.
Faculty spotlight
Dr. Priya Sharma teaches ML for credit risk; Professor Daniel Mensah specialises in payment systems and financial inclusion technology.
Study online
Tuition is free. Examinations are free. There is no exam fee. Study from anywhere in the world.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| FT501 | Financial Markets, Institutions & Fintech Landscapes How traditional finance and fintech interact across market structure.
| 3 |
| FT502 | Corporate Finance & Valuation for Digital Assets Discounted cash flows, SaaS metrics and valuation under network effects.
| 3 |
| FT503 | Programming & Data Analysis for Fintech Python, SQL and statistical foundations for financial data work.
| 3 |
| FT504 | Payments Systems, Banking & Open Finance Cards, rails, wallets, open banking APIs and settlement concepts.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| FT505 | Blockchain, Distributed Ledgers & Tokenisation Technical architectures and industrial applications with critical evaluation.
| 3 |
| FT506 | Machine Learning for Finance & Credit Risk Predictive modelling for credit, fraud and customer risk with fairness awareness.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| FT601 | Fintech Product Strategy & Venture Economics Roadmaps, moats, go-to-market and capital strategy for fintech products.
| 3 |
| FT602 | Ethics, Inclusion & Sustainable Finance Technology Inclusion, bias, climate data and ethical design in digital finance.
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Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 24 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
This is a fully online award. You study from your country. No student visa and no campus relocation are required.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Arab Leadership University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@aleaderuni.com.
Recognised & Accredited
| 3 |
| FT507 | Cybersecurity, Fraud & Operational Resilience Threat models, fraud rings and operational resilience for financial firms.
| 3 |
| FT508 | RegTech, Compliance & Financial Regulation Conduct, prudential and RegTech automation design principles.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| FT603 | MSc Fintech Capstone Project Integrative product, analytics or infrastructure project with risk and compliance annex.
| 6 |