Training Program

Mid- to senior-level officials working in the regulation, supervision and oversight, cyber and financial stability departments at the central bank and financial sector supervision and in positions with similar responsibilities.

Participants should have experience in regulation oversight operations and/in one or more of the following areas: payments, cyber, legal, technology, monetary policy, and financial stability.

This course is presented by the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department. The course is designed to be interactive by using a combination of lectures, case studies, and panel discussions. On FinTech, the workshop will focus on global developments in the regulation of fintech, the implications of Big Tech in financial services, policy implications of a technology neutral approach to regulation, the growth of Supervisory Technology (Sup Tech) and the need for public-private collaboration in Regulatory Technology (Reg Tech). On digital money, the course will focus on the private digital money (such as stable coins and E-money), policy implications, macro-financial effects, and risks. On cyber, the workshop will explore best mitigation practices, international best practices, three lines of defense, information sharing, incident reporting, testing and coordination. The course will include practical case studies on the regulation of financial technology and self-assessment exercises on key aspects of digital money, providing participants with the opportunity to put learnings into practice through group exercises and presentations.