With the exponential growth of data and many enterprises crunching more and more data every day, Hadoop as a data platform has gained a lot of popularity. Financial businesses want to minimize risks and maximize opportunities, and Hadoop, largely dominating the big data market, plays a major role.This book will get you started with the fundamentals of big data and Hadoop, enabling you to get to grips with solutions to many top financial big data use cases including regulatory projects and fraud detection. It is packed with industry references and code templates, and is designed to walk you through a wide range of Hadoop components.By the end of the book, you'll understand a few industry leading architecture patterns, big data governance, tips, best practices, and standards to successfully develop your own Hadoop based solution.