UC Signs TRUST Partnership Agreement
With its vision of innovation and of strengthening its international linkages, UC signs a partnership agreement together with Italy, United Kingdom, Serbia and Vietnam universities in a project focusing on Financial Technology.
Dubbed as TRUST (Financial Technology and Digital Innovation to Modernize and Develop Curricula of Vietnamese and Philippine Universities), the partnership is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
The general aim of TRUST is to improve the quality of higher education in Vietnam and Philippines in Financial Technology and digital innovation to answer the emergent workforce need of the future Financial Services industry. The partnership targets to lay the foundation by accomplishing the following objectives:
• Design and develop a postgraduate degree on Financial Technology and digital innovation
• Modernize Business and Economics courses with specific contents on Financial Technology
Financial Technology, shortened to “fintech”, is the technology and innovation that envisions to contest with traditional style and practices in the delivery of financial services. It is an emerging industry that uses technology to improve activities in finance.These fintech innovations include cryptocurrencies, blockchain, artificial intelligence and many more.