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FinTech & The Digital Transformation in Financial Services Masterclass

FinTech is breaking the financial services value chain link by link — blockchain, payments and DLT explained for the bankers in its path.

Format

Classroom · Live Virtual

The programme

FinTech is not adding a channel to banking; it is breaking the financial services value chain link by link, with blockchain and distributed ledger technology at the front of the assault. This masterclass gives bankers a hands-on grasp of what is happening: the forces reshaping the sector, the real complexity of the payment infrastructure and its key instruments, the types of money now in circulation, and how regulatory frameworks inhibit or promote innovation. Blockchain is treated practically, through demonstration rather than slogan — including the threat cryptocurrencies pose to central banks and the risks and limitations of DLT. The cohort works through where FinTech, AI, machine learning and big data will change their own business first.

What you will do

Trace how FinTech is breaking the financial services value chain and identify where your business is exposed.
Navigate the payment infrastructure and its key instruments, including the types of money now in circulation.
Assess the threat cryptocurrencies pose to central banks — and the possibility of currency without one.
Weigh the risks and limitations of distributed ledger technology (DLT) before betting on it.
Put AI, machine learning and big data to work in a bank or financial institution.
Read regulatory frameworks for what they inhibit or promote in financial innovation.
Name the biggest competitors to the financial industry and prepare your institution for the changes underway.

Who attends

  • C-level executives — CEO, CTO, CIO, COO
  • Digital banking teams and heads of NFC
  • Product development managers
  • Senior marketing managers and heads of marketing

Cohorts bring together board members, executives and the rising leaders behind them — kept deliberately small, so every seat is a peer’s.

Programme agenda

Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for

I.The FinTech revolution
  • Forces reshaping the financial sector
  • FinTech breaking the financial services value chain
  • Regulatory frameworks: inhibiting or promoting innovation
II.Payments and money
  • The complexity of the payment infrastructure
  • Key payment instruments and how they function
  • The types of money that exist today
III.Blockchain and DLT in practice
  • Blockchain through practical demonstration and examples
  • Cryptocurrencies, central banks and the future of currency
  • Risks and limitations of distributed ledger technology
  • Wearables and other emerging technologies
IV.Data and the bank’s response
  • AI, machine learning and big data for banks
  • How big data is changing everything
  • Preparing your institution for the changes underway

Frequently asked

Do I need a technical background to attend a technology or AI programme?

No. These programmes are built for the executives who decide, not the engineers who build — no code, no demo-as-strategy. Participants leave able to rank AI use-cases by economics, put governance around model risk, and interrogate a technology proposal in one meeting.

How do the programmes treat AI governance and model risk?

As a named person’s job. The curriculum covers model inventories, validation, human override and the ownership a supervisor would recognise — AI placed where it survives an audit, inside real workflows. Participants draft the governance standard their institution lacks and defend it in a capstone review.

What do the technology programmes cost?

Fees are confirmed in the proposal conversation, because delivery format, location and tailoring change the number. Apply for a seat or request the brochure; the reply — from a senior practitioner within one business day — includes dates, formats and the fee for your case.

Are the programmes available online as well as in the classroom?

Yes. Programmes run in the classroom, as live virtual cohorts, or in hybrid format, in English and French. BIZENIUS delivers from its Dubai and Bangalore offices and on client sites across 45+ countries.

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