its the same thing. some unis just like to make their ones 'flashy' to get attention.
if you're talking about the one like from mq, its nothing different its named applied finance because to differentiate from too many b com-actuarial b com- accounting
etc. its just a finance major. i'd highly suggest you do something else worthwhile and a degree that helps you get job, engineering.
finance isn't hard, its an extremely broad topic.
there are many topics in finance.
you want to know what hard is? actuarial/advanced mathematics <(this is lol ), advanced physics perhaps aeronautical engineering (space).
well difficulty is relative, can you handle 3 unit 4 unit maths??