Students take on a real or hypothetical problem in the financial domain and conceptualize, design, prototype or otherwise deeply study a technological solution to that problem. Projects include the development of a new financial technology service, analyses of mass adoption of a proposed technology, security and reliability analyses of an existing technology, evaluations and recommendations of policies pertaining to the adoption of financial technologies, a business plan in FinTech startup. A critical analysis of their subject of study or proposal with respect to environmental, societal, and economic aspects is an integral part of the studies. Students work in groups on given or self-defined topics