In the digital era, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain have revolutionized various ways of people's daily lives and brought many opportunities and challenges to the industries. With the increasing demand for talents in the fintech realm, this book serves as a good guide for practitioners who are seeking to understand the basics of fintech and applications of different technologies. This book covers important knowledge in statistics, quantitative methods, and financial innovation to lay the foundation for fintech. It is especially useful for people who are relatively new to this area and would like to become professionals in fintech. Bundle set: Global Fintech Institute-Chartered Fintech Professional Set I Sample Chapter(s) Preface Chapter 1: Ethics and Governance Request Inspection Copy Contents: Preface About the Editors Ethics and Governance: Ethics and Governance Governance Statistics: Introduction and Probability Distribution Sampling and Estimation Hypothesis Testing Regression Quantitative Methods: Boolean Algebra and Logic Gates Number System Modular Arithmetic Matrix Operations Clustering Financial Innovations: The Fourth Industrial Revolution Fintech and Financial Inclusion Emerging Technologies Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Investment: Blockchain Technology Cryptography Consensus Cryptocurrencies, Wallet, and Token Economy Trading, Market, and Investment Readership: Professionals, researchers, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the field of financial technology, data science, finance, financial innovation, statistics, and technology.