Introduction to FinTech: lecture materials

Dr. Katya Malinova · DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University · Fall 2026. Written companions to the public slides of the course.

Module 1: Intro and Why Now

Slides: The public deck for the first lecture, on slides.com.
Class Summary Review: read online · PDF: The argument of the module in a few pages, and the links that hold it together.
Lecture Companion: read online · PDF: The long version, slide by slide, with the classroom discussion.

The full set of slides is available to students in the course on Avenue to Learn (A2L).