FINTECH 360

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About the Course
Fintech is now worth 38% of the banking industry, a stark
contrast to only 3% in 2010. Put simply, Tech is eating
finance. But how has it become possible? How has the
industry evolved? What role do AI, Open Banking,
Payments, Regtech and Digital assets play? What are the
challenges and opportunities present?

The digital transformation of finance is in full flow. In this

rapidly transforming environment, it is imperative to keep
acquiring new skills and knowledge to stay competitive.
This is why CFTE Fintech 360 Programme is designed to
teach you all the skills of Fintech, so you can take your
career in Finance to the next level.

Curated with leaders at the forefront the Digital Finance,

this course includes video lectures, interviews with guest
speakers, supplementary readings and tests, which guide
participants through the entire Fintech environment.
In just 15 minutes a day, over 6 weeks, this programme
will give you the skill-set and knowledge to stay at the
centre of the digital transformation of finance

What Are the CFTE Courses?

Paved Learning. CFTE’s Courses are learning tracks

composed of a series of tasks, whether that be
watching a video, making a presentation or doing a

This Course Is for You If... quiz. They are created to equip you with a handful of
knowledge of all the facets of a subject or topic in an
engaging way.

Flexible for You. Our courses are designed to allow

you to be fully in control of what, how, and when
you want to learn. Though, for simplicity and
You work in the finance industry, no matter of your consistency, the information will be supplied in
weekly bits.
knowledge depth

Boosting Your Career. Upon the successful

Your company operates in one of those sectors,
which are challenging traditional financial
institutions
You are an individual, who wants to join the world
of finance, or specifically the community of
disruptors
completion of a 6 week-long course, you will receive
a Certificate of Completion, a perfect garnish for
your CV.
Testable Knowledge. There will be a series of
gamified activities on your learning route that will
test your knowledge. These questions and
assignments have been hand-picked to assist you
in processing new information and retaining it for
a long time.

This course enables you to build your expertise from the bottom up, using content that is incredibly self-contained.
As a result, explorers do not need to be concerned about their lack of past experience or expertise. However, a
baseline comprehension of topics would only serve to strengthen the learning process.

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What You Will Learn

Gain foresight into the future of Evaluate the applications of

fintech and regulations through technology in the finance
an analysis of real-world industry through relevant and
innovations and practices detailed case studies

Identify the technologies that

Learn the fundamentals of
Fintech, AI in Finance, Open
Banking, Payments, RegTech
and Digital Assets
Develop an understanding of
influence the provision of
the importance of each Fintech
Fintech and financial services,
sector, and the key players
and be able to confidently apply
within the industry
such technologies effectively

Feedback from Alumni

The things I enjoyed most about the
Fintech 360 course were the bitesize
videos, which meant that I could
accumulate at least 15 minutes a day
of information about various financial
or tech topics, as well as the quizzes
and handbooks to test my
knowledge. The inspirational
speakers and interesting knowledge
covered were also something that
provided me every day with new
opportunities to go above the
minimum of 15 minutes of learning.
Jack Madden
Fintech 360 is an extensive
by-sector review of the
industry but is easily digestible
due to its bite-sized format. I
loved the week on AI because
of how the complex concepts
were explained in an easy-to-
understand manner. I also
enjoyed the week on Open
Banking because of how it
combined both technical and
business-orientated overviews
of the sector.
Kirill Buyukly
My favourite topics have been
Payments, Open Finance and
RegTech. I have enjoyed the
way the instructor conducted
the course and the market
expertise of all the lecturers
who have been invited to
speak on certain subjects.
Going forward, I really want
to continue studying and
taking all the specialisation
courses!
Gustavo Zilles

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Who You Will Learn From
Anne Boden
Chief Executive Officer, Starling Bank
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneboden/

Rob Frohwein
Chief Executive Officer, Kabbage
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frohwein/

Melissa Guzy
Managing Partner & Founder, Arbor Ventures
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-c-guzy/

Jean-Phillipe Desbiolles
Vice President Cognitive Solutions, IBM Watson Group
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-philippe-desbiolles/

Shameek Kundu
Head of Financial Services & Chief Strategy Officer, Truera
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shameekkundu/

Leon Muis
Chief Business Officer, Yolt
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonmuis/

Keith Grose
Head of UK, Plaid
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithgrose/

Ayesha Khanna
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ADDO AI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayeshakhanna/

Philip Watson
Chief Innovation Officer, Citi
https://theorg.com/org/citigroup/org-chart/philip-watson

Douglas Arner
Kerry Holdings Professor in Law, University of Hong Kong
https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-arner-91a678164/

Alessandro Di Lullo
Co-founder, SuperCharger Ventures
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessandrodilullo/

Janos Barberis
Co-founder, SuperCharger Ventures
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbarberis/

Paul Rohan
Head of Strategy for Finance, Google Cloud
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulrohan/

Stephan Murer
Former Group Chief Technology Officer, UBS
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanmurer/

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Who You Will Learn From
Secil Watson
Executive Vice-President, Wells Fargo
https://www.linkedin.com/in/secilwatson/

Paolo Sironi
Global Research Leader, IBM
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thepsironi/

Carlos Figueredo
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Open Vector
https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-figueredo-
ba7a745/

Jean Michel Godeffroy

President, JMG Consulting; Director General, ECB
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-michel-godeffroy-
39a196aa/

Fred Bar
Associate, Payments Advisory Group; Secretary
General, EACHA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredbar/

Kim Ford
Senior VP, Government Relations, Fiserv
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-ford-84a6ab1/

Michael O’Loughlin
Founder, Oloughlin.IO
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oloughlinio/

Georgie Smallwood
Former Chief Product Officer, N26
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georginasmallwood/

Ritesh Jain
Former Chief Operating Officer, HSBC; Co-founder,
Infynit
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritesh/

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Course Curriculum
Course Curriculum
Week 1: Fintech
1. Welcome to Day 1: Introduction to
Fintech
1.1. Fintech Has Many Definitions
1.2. Our Definition of Fintech
2. Day 2: The Rise of Fintech
2.1. How Fintech Started
2.2. The Perfect Storm
3. Day 3: Understanding Fintech Innovation
3.1. A framework to Understand Fintech
Innovation
3.2. Interview with Anne Boden
4. Day 4: Players in the Fintech Industry
4.1. Examples of the Latest Fintech
Innovations
4.2. Interview with Rob Frohwein
5. Day 5: Expert Q&A
5.1. Picking Huy's Brain
5.2. Interview with Melissa Guzy
5.3. FinTech Charts
6. Week 1 Conclusion
6.1. What are the Largest Fintech
Companies? LIVE
Week 2: AI in Finance
1. Day 6: Introduction to AI
1.1. What is AI?
1.2. History & Adoption of AI
1.3. AI Initiatives
2. Day 7: AI Technologies
2.1. Introduction to AI, Machine Learning
and Deep Learning
2.2. Model Training
2.3. Interview with Jean-Phillipe Desbiolles
2.4. AI Training Exercise
3. Day 8: AI's Applications in Finance
3.1. Applying AI in Finance
3.2. A Deep Dive on NLP & RPA
4. Day 9: AI Trends in Finance
4.1. AI and the Acceleration of Digitalisation
4.2. New Technologies and Applications
4.3. AI and the Great Reset
4.4. AI's Role in Inclusive, Responsible and
Sustainable Finance
4.5. AI Charts
5. Day 10: The Role of People
5.1. Interview with Shameek Kundu
6. Week 2 Conclusion
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Course Curriculum
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Week 3: Open Banking
1. Day 11: Introduction to Open Banking
1.1. What is Open Banking?
1.2. What are Platforms?
1.3. Platforms vs. Vertical Business Models
1.4. Impact of Open Banking and Platforms
on Finance
2. Day 12: Open banking Technologies
2.1. What is an API?
2.2. Construction of an API
2.3. REST
2.4. JSON
2.5. Replacing Screen Scraping using APIs
3. Day 13: Use Cases
3.1. Open Banking APIs: Benefits &
Monetisation
3.2. Use Case 1: Data Aggregation
3.3. Use Case 2: Payments
3.4. Use Case 3: Value-Added Services
3.5. Use Case 4: Neo-banks
4. Day 14: Regulations & Standards
4.1. Implementation Methods of Open
Banking Regulations
4.2. Why are Open Banking Models
Regulated?
4.3. Examples of Global Regulations
4.4. Participants of Open Banking
4.5. Consent in Open Banking
5. Day 15: Open Banking Applications
5.1. Interview with Leon Muis
5.2. Interview with Keith Grose
6. Week 3 Conclusion
Week 4: Payments
1. Day 16: The History of Payments
1.1. Definition of Payments
1.2. The History of Payments
2. Day 17: Industry Fundamentals
2.1. Payment Accounts
2.2. Payment Instruments and Types of
Payment
2.3. Payment Processing Flow
3. Day 18: Global Regulation
3.1. The European Union Regulators
3.2. The United States Regulators
3.3. Asia-Pacific Regulators
4. Day 19: New Payment Innovations and
Technologies
4.1. The Payment Stack
4.2. The Key Players in the Modern Payments
Stack
4.3. Collaboration Is the Key to Success
4.4. Expert Interview
5. Day 20: CBDCs
5.1. Definition of CBDCs
5.2. Motivations of CBDCs
5.3. Financial Inclusion of CBDCs
6. Week 4 Conclusion
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Week 5: Regtech
1. Day 21: Regtech Fundamentals
1.1. What is Regtech
1.2. Topology of Regtech
1.3. Who Are the Stakeholders
2. Day 22: Opportunity and Trends in
Regtech
2.1. What Are the Opportunities for
Individuals?
2.2. Trends in Regtech
3. Day 23: RegTech Compliance
3.1. International Regulation
3.2. Fintech Needs Regtech
3.3. Supervisory Architecture
4. Day 24: Demand of Regtech
4.1. Regtech Use Cases
4.2. COVID-19
4.3. Regulators Supervisors
5. Day 25: Supply of Regtech
5.1. The Start-up Ecosystem
5.2. Providers
6. Week 5 Conclusion
Week 6: Digital Assets
1. Day 26: The Rise of Digital Assets
1.1. What is Defi
1.2. Defi Applications
2. Day 27: Blockchain Fundamentals
2.1. Blockchain Technologies
2.2. Benefits
2.3. Drawbacks
3. Day 28: Cryptocurrencies
3.1. The Rise of Cryptocurrencies
3.2. Taxonomies of Cryptocurrencies
4. Day 29: DeFi
4.1. What Are NFTs
4.2. The Future of NFTs
5. Day 30: NFT
5.1. What is an NFT?
5.2. Mint your Certificate as an NFT
6. Week 6 Conclusion
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FAQs
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How much time would it take to complete it?

The course takes about 8 hours to complete. The course is

broken down into 30 days of 15 to 20 minutes of learning
each, and explorers may do it at their own speed — either all
at once or over several weeks or months. From the start date,
the course is available for 6 months.

How useful is this course?

This course has accumulated and bite-sized a massive amount

of industry developments, insightful cases and opinions from
the actual game-changers. Thus, a learner would be equipped
with views, awareness and room for contemplation of
problems/opportunities, she is likely to encounter at work. It
is essential to build knowledge outside of mundane
responsibilities if one wants to grow not only formally within
an organisation, but also as an individual

Is it like a university program?

It might resemble certain similarities on the surface. Though, at the very centre, we are leaning on practical
knowledge of finance and technology, whereby industrial insights are brought to you by leading experts,
leaders who shape the world every day. The information is carefully processed to be delivered in the most
accessible, yet informative way.

What is the course price?

The cost of the course is £600 per individual, which includes access to all video lectures, readings,
interviews, discussion forums, and assessment quizzes. There are flexible options to pay for the course. We
take a further step up from traditional education and do not want you to stop exploring only due to large lump
sums. You will also receive a digital Certificate of Completion once you have finished the course and tests
(which could be a wonderful addition to your CV)

PRICE courses.cfte.education

600£
Specialisation

150£ 200£
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Centre for
Finance, Technology
and Entrepreneurship
Founded in 2017 in London, CFTE is a global platform for education in
Fintech and the future of financial services.

More than 100,000 professionals from 100+ countries have participated

in CFTE programmes to accelerate their careers in Fintech and new
finance. In addition to London, CFTE is present in Singapore (accredited 100,000+
by Institute of Banking and Finance), Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi Global professionals from leading institutions
use CFTE for their growth
Market Academy), Hong Kong (Cyberport), Luxembourg (Luxembourg
Academy of Digital Finance Academy with LHOFT) and Budapest
(Budapest Institute of Banking).

CFTE’s objective is to equip professionals and students with the skills to

thrive in the new world of finance. This includes online courses and
specialisations, leadership training and hands-on extrapreneurship
experiences in topics such as Fintech, Open Banking, Digital Payments or
Artificial Intelligence.

CFTE courses are designed with the principle of 'For the industry, by the industry'. Our courses are taught by senior
leaders from fast-growing Fintech companies such as Revolut, Plaid, or Starling Bank, innovative financial institutions such
as Citi, DBS or Ping An, tech companies such as Google, IBM or Uber and regulators from MAS, ECB or MNB.

In a tech world, we bet on people” is CFTE’s motto. Our global community is the core of CFTE. Thanks to an innovative
and open mindset, CFTE alumni progress in their careers and help others do the same, with notable alumni leading
transformation in their organisations. They also attend events and share advice, tips and job opportunities. CFTE alumni
have also made an impact through the world’s largest Global Fintech Internship by mentoring over 1,000 students from all
over the world.

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