By Huy Nguyen Trieu. Finance is changing at a dramatic pace – from robo-advisors to Artificial Intelligence, from big data to blockchain -, but many universities have barely adapted their finance courses, and include no reference to technology or innovation. As a Managing Director in a US bank, I saw many young graduates who felt very lost because their jobs were dramatically different from what they had learnt at school – and might even disappear in the next few years. On the other hand, I also saw some graduates who embraced technology and innovation, and were very keen to be part of the profound transformation happening in finance.

This was the theme of the interview that took place a few months ago at Fintech Revolution, a major event in Paris organised by France Fintech and that welcomed Emmanuel Macron, the French economy minister. Sophie Viger, the head of the Coding Academy, asked my views about education in finance and Fintech, and I answered with my various hats of MD in a bank, mentor of young Fintech entrepreneurs, and also Resident Expert at Oxford.

 

I hope you’ll find the 10-minute video interesting (it’s in French, with English subtitles).

 

Don’t hesitate to share if you think – like me – that much needs to change in that space…