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What does a fintech analyst do?

Fintech analysts leverage 21st-century skills to streamline and automate essential financial products and services. As a fintech specialist, you will work to make traditional financial services — including banking and investing — more accessible for individuals and organizations. 

That said, the fintech industry offers more than just modernizing the way we bank. Join the fintech engineers who drive cutting-edge blockchain technology advancements, machine learning, and more. 

In an edX fintech boot camp, you will learn how to:

• Model future financial performance of a company using Python and financial fundamentals.

• Build an Ethereum blockchain and understand how transactions are validated on a distributed ledger.

• Explore both the uses and disadvantages of a variety of machine learning algorithms, and their proper application within the field of finance.

• Leverage machine learning to determine lending preferences and how effectively a cluster of customers would produce interest.

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Admission requirements for a fintech analyst boot camp

Admissions requirements and prerequisites for an online fintech boot camp may vary. At edX, our boot camp programs require:

• A high school diploma

• A submission form

• An admissions interview 

• A complete application

• A problem-solving assessment (no prior industry knowledge is required)

• A financial options, deposit, and enrollment agreement

You do not need previous Python coding experience or a bachelor’s or master's degree to apply to an edX fintech boot camp. Our expert instructors will teach you everything from fintech basics to cryptocurrency, giving you the market-driven skills you need to emerge as a leader in the industry. 

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Fintech boot camp curriculum. Delivered by industry experts. 

Module 1: Intro to fintech

Gain a baseline understanding of things like financial modeling and financial statement analysis.

You will learn:

• Fintech landscape

• Time-series analysis

• Financial ratios

Module 2: Financial programming

Learn how to use Python and APIs to run robust financial analyses and build applications that rely on real-time data.

You will learn:

• Python

• Financial modeling

• Pandas

• Matplotlib

• Statistical programming

• APIs

• SQL

• NumPy

• SciPy

• PyViz

Module 3: Machine learning applications in finance

Learn to use machine learning techniques to predict future outcomes, determine credit worthiness, buy and sell stocks, and more.

You will learn:

• Algorithmic trading

• Random forests

• k-nearest neighbors

• Support vector machines

• Scikit-learn

• Linear regression

• Logistic regression

• k-means clustering

• Neural networks

• Forecasting

• Amazon Web Services

Module 4: Blockchain and cryptocurrency

Develop a technical understanding of how blockchains work, and learn to use Solidity, the most popular blockchain language.

You will learn:

• Solidity

• Smart contracts

• Consensus algorithms

• Transactions

• Validation

• Distributed ledger

• Ethereum

• Cryptocurrency

• Mining

• Truffle Suite

• Ganache

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What are the highest paying fintech jobs?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the overall median annual salary for financial analysts in 2021 was $81,410 per year.^{Footnote 1} But, remember: Factors including location, experience level may impact your fintech salary. Take your earning potential to the next level with a fintech boot camp online.

Median pay for key fintech careers (2021)

• Information security analyst: $102,600 per year^{Footnote 2}

• Financial examiners: $81,410 per year^{Footnote 3}

• Blockchain engineer: $95,270 per year^{Footnote 4}

• Software developers: $110,140 per year^{Footnote 5}

How to become a fintech analyst  

Fintech specialists stand at the intersection of finance and technology. Through sophisticated algorithms and technologies, these experts are rapidly changing the way we think about money: who accesses it, who controls it, and how to protect it. 

As you complete our online fintech boot camp, you will learn in-demand skills, including: