FINTECH 513
Fintech Product Development
Taiyuan Chang
Description from DukeHub
This course will equip practitioners with tools to build compelling products that transform or disrupt longstanding financial services industry paradigms. Students will explore the process of product development and how it connects with FinTech, including user-centered design, the role of empathy, agile development, and collaboration within high-performing teams. Topics will focus on the skills needed to thrive in FinTech product development by investigating the business model, industry, and regulatory landscape and the key topics of data, AI, and responsible product development. Students will put their learnings into practice by examining market entry, scaling, and risk management.
Skills
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "collaboration"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "risk"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
More in FINTECH
- FinTech Capstone FINTECH 502
- Mid-Program Residency FINTECH 505
- Software Engineering for FinTech FINTECH 512
- Asset Pricing and Risk Management FINTECH 522
- Alternative Investments I FINTECH 530
- Quantitative Financial Analysis for Technology-Driven Investment Decisions FINTECH 534