Oded Salomy, director of the payment systems and clearing department at the Bank of Israel, presents an online course on fintech topics. Five lectures in English, each about an hour and a half (video). The PayTech Frontier: Understanding the Payments Industry, Challenges, and Opportunities.
The geographical focus of the course is global, with some examples from Israel, and the main angle is business, with some small comments on regulation. In collaboration with the Gershon Fintech Center of the Hebrew University. Fully available online on the Bank of Israel’s YouTube channel.
Each lecture is about 1.5 hours, in English.
Lecture 1 – The PayTech Frontier: Case study – payments in the business sector, including trends.
Lecture 2 – The PayTech Frontier: payment cards and account-to-account (A2A) payment transfers – past, present, and future
Lecture 3 – The PayTech Frontier (continuation of Lecture 2): Payment cards and account-to-account (A2A) payment transfers – past, present, and future
Lecture 4 – The PayTech Frontier: Paytech: digital currencies
Lecture 5 – The PayTech Frontier: cross-border payments, CBDC, B2B payments, regulation and summary