V4 Course Projects

Module 1: Cost — Analyse fee structures across payment corridors and compare traditional vs. FinTech pricing.

Module 2: Access — Build and audit a credit scoring model for bias using SHAP and fairness metrics.

Module 3: Trust — Build a mini blockchain, implement SHA-256 hashing, and simulate an AMM pool.

Module 4: Risk — Compute VaR/ES for a multi-asset portfolio and backtest hedging strategies.

Module 5: Automation — Classify financial news sentiment and build an LLM-powered research assistant.

Module 6: Infrastructure — Simulate payment rail latency, settlement netting, and API gateway routing.

Module 7: Compliance — Build a transaction monitoring system with rule-based and ML-based alert engines.

Module 8: Future — Model CBDC adoption curves, quantum migration costs, and carbon-credit market dynamics.