Generative AI in Banking & Finance: Unlocking Productivity & Innovation

This short course offers a practical introduction to generative AI with a focus on banking and finance. It introduces the foundations of generative AI and large language models (LLMs), covers essential terminology and methods (e.g., fine-tuning, RAG, agentic systems), and discusses the core challenges facing the industry. The course also provides hands-on tactics to improve individual productivity and demonstrates how these technologies can be deployed in practice, with examples and an overview of common implementation hurdles.

The course comprises five one-hour lectures:

1. Introduction to Generative AI (2025-02-25)

2. LLMs 101: Tokens, Embeddings, Prompting & Retrieval (2025-03-04)

3. Applied Generative AI in Banking & Finance (2025-03-11)

4. Boosting Personal Productivity & Research (2025-03-18)

5. Frontiers, Risk & Regulation (2025-03-25)