In anticipation of the broad employment changes in the financial industry, professionals are increasingly using platforms like Lynda (bought by LinkedIn for $1.5b), Udacity, and GetSmarter (bought by 2U for $100m) to stay ahead.
An online student forum for a course from Oxford University showed that the main topic of conversation was cryptocurrency bedfellows bitcoin and ether. But other topics for these students, including some top executives, will likely be the industry-changing impact of blockchain or how to best serve a changing consumer with the latest in AI and big data technology.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/financial-pros-flock-to-online-fintech-courses.html