Module 6: Infrastructure

What powers the financial system?

4Lessons 16PDFs 4Notebooks

Lessons

Learning Objectives

  • Trace a cross-border payment through SWIFT, correspondent banking, and settlement
  • Compare legacy core banking to cloud-native, event-driven architectures
  • Design API-first financial services using Open Banking standards
  • Evaluate next-gen infrastructure: CBDC rails, embedded finance, and tokenised assets

Standalone Lectures

S1
The Tokenization Revolution

When every asset becomes digital: RWA, BlackRock BUIDL, Swiss DLT Act, institutional adoption.

S2
CBDCs: Money Reimagined

Central banks in the digital age: e-CNY, digital euro, Project Helvetia, Swiss perspective.

Related V3 Lessons

V3 Module 1 (FinTech): Open Banking, Business Models · V3 Module 4 (Traditional Finance): Market Microstructure, Order Books

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