Description This assessment is designed to enhance students' analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills. The theme of this assessment is "The Past, Present, and Future of the Finance Industry: A FinTech Perspective on A Single Business Sector". Students are required to provide a detailed analysis on a particular business sector in the finance industry (e.g., payments, lending, capital markets, trading, asset management, etc), in terms of how technologies have been deployed, and impacted the business operations and consumer experience. Note: you should only focus on ONE (1) business sector. However, you can cover multiple technologies. This assessment requires students to: (1) form a team of no more than two (2) people; (2) submit a detailed report in the form of a slide deck (10-15 slides); (3) deliver a 10-min presentation, followed by another 5-min QA. Tasks (1) Slide Deck (30%) Students must have at least 10 slides, covering the following five (5) sections: Section (i) Overall sector analysis including traditional competitor analysis. Provide details of your selected sector's function/process/product. Section (ii) Technology analysis in your selected sector. *What are the conventional technologies/methods applied in the sector? "What are new/FinTech evolutions in the sector? Try to identify the missing/future cutting-edge technologies applicable to this sector. Section (iii) FinTech startups in this sector and the competitive landscape. *Who are the prominent startups in this sector? *What advantages do they have? How competitive? Section (iv) Comparison between traditional and new technology-driven business models. Sum up and compare your findings in (ii) and (ifi). Section (v) Your thoughts/recommendations on the disruptions, opportunities, and future developments/challenges related to FinTech in this sector. Based on your research in (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), provide your insights. *Be critical and creative. Note 1: "points are only guidance, students can add other content relevant to the headings. Note 2: Students are encouraged to exploit both qualitative and quantitative information to make their slide deck informative. Note 3: Innovative business models can be considered as a type of 'technology" for this assessment. Note 4: All sources of information must be appropriately referenced