Welcome to the IS 356 IT for Financial Services class blog at Loyola University Maryland. The goal of this blog is to provide a collaborative forum for my students (and those outside the class who share an interest in this subject) to share stories and insights regarding the world of Financial Services and more particularly the role that information technology (IT) plays in shaping Financial Services.
All blogs are a work-in-progress and the information on this website is no different. Over the course of the next few weeks, students will be posting items of interest to this blog. This could be news reports or other items of interest that speak directly to the impact of IT on banking, insurance, real estate, consumer finance, equities trading, and so on. Students are expected to pay close attention to what their peers have posted on the blog and to make comments on what they read.
The use of this blog will hopefully prove to be a valuable learning tool for everyone in the class. By sharing our knowledge with one another through an open and interactive forum, we can learn much more both individually and as a class. Please ensure that whatever materials you post to the blog are appropriately cited. If you find an article on the web which you would like to bring to our attention, please post the exact URL with reference to where the article has come from.
Thanks everyone - let the blogging commence!
Paul
