1.What is Straight Through Processing (STP)? Why is it a buzzword in the financial services industry? Comment on the state and the potential benefits of its implementation.

2. What are financial portals? Assess their role in reshaping the landscape of the financial services industry?

3. The internet and the WWW, the backbone of universal communication network and the link between different computing platforms, is now taking on new challenges of improved communication, greater interactivity, and cloud (distributed) computing.Evaluate the implication of these developments for the future of financial trading and the delivery of other financial services.

4. Discuss various aspects ofcrowd funding as an alternative financingmodel and its increasing popularity.

5.Artificial intelligence (AI) and Blockchainaremajor disruptive forces in the financial services industry. Discuss