Certified Fintech Practitioner
Earners of this badge will have an understanding of the evolution and impact of fintech, along with different strategies for growth and the factors that determine success and failure of fintech ventures, models and initiatives.
Skills
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding within the core areas of fintech, in particular the verticals of digital banking, alternative finance, payments, blockchain, digital currencies, AI and the regulation that underpins them.
- Enhanced ability to work at the cutting edge of knowledge and understanding of fintech and able to apply systematically and creatively to new, complex and unpredictable circumstances in banking and finance.
- The ability to evaluate the impact of fintech from an organisational, regulatory and risk management perspective.
- The ability to investigate and analyse a range of issues relating to the financial services industry and its environment, both local and global, from a fintech perspective
- Understanding of, and the ability to reflect on, governance issues within banking and finance including the regulatory environment and sustainability.
- Understanding of local/global relationships and interactions in banking and finance as they relate to fintech.
Earning Criteria
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Understanding and experience of working in financial services and/or financial technology.
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30 hours of self-paced study and research
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Achieving 60% or higher in all module quizzes as well as a comprehensive online reflective learning journal assessed by the programme tutor to confirm understanding and application of programme content.