Financial Supervision Courses
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- Session: CT 19.02
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Dates: January 14-18, 2019 (1 week)
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Chinese
Invitation and Logistics
- Session No.: CT 19.02
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Date: January 14-18, 2019 (1 week)
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Chinese
Qualifications and Target Audience
- Qualifications: Work experience in regulation or supervision of the financial sector and/or fintech. A working knowledge of English is also an advantage.
- Target Audience: Mid-level to senior officials from the central bank and other government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector.
- Preference: Applicants working on issues directly related to supervision and regulation of new financial technologies.
Course Description — Topics and Approach
- Fintech transformations: exploration of opportunities and challenges for consumers, service providers, and regulators.
- Regulatory balance: emphasis on balancing efficiency and stability trade-offs and assuring that risks can be effectively managed without stifling innovation.
- Governance and modernization: strengthen governance of fintech firms and consider modernization of regulatory principles to oversee fintech.
- Specific content areas:
- Overview of Financial Technologies (FinTech) and key regulatory concerns.
- P2P lending and mobile payment.
- Crypto-assets.
- Use of emerging technologies for supervision and compliance.
- International regulatory response.
- Analytical basis: draws upon nascent analytical work and early experiences from the Fund as well as various countries.
- Participant expectations: analyze risks and concerns arising from FinTech developments and explore possible regulatory responses.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- understand main Fintech developments,
- discuss main regulatory challenges, and
- describe the international regulatory response.
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