## Reflecting Digitalization in Financial Sector Statistics

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**Canonical URL:** [Reflecting Digitalization in Financial Sector Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/rdfssce26-07)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CE 26.07
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Dates: January 26-30, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Session logistics and eligibility
- Session No.: CE 26.07
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Date: January 26-30, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Arabic
- Deadline passed
- Target Audience:
  - Mid-level government officials from central banks, financial services supervisors and regulators and other agencies involved in financial sector statistics.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics/finance or equivalent experience.
- Course length:
  - The course is a five-day course.

### Purpose and scope
- The IMF's Statistics Department, in cooperation with the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center, will deliver a workshop focused on how digitalization is impacting financial sector statistics.
- Emphasis on the transformation of the financial landscape driven by digitalization and the implications for statistical measurement, including:
  - fintech companies
  - mobile payments
  - peer-to-peer lending platforms
  - digital currencies
  - crypto assets

### Key analytical themes and challenges
- Digitalization is presented as a fundamental transformation reshaping how financial services are delivered, consumed, and managed, not merely a technological shift.
- Central statistical challenge:
  - How to accurately capture and reflect rapidly evolving dynamics in financial sector statistics given traditional methodologies built around banks and insurance companies.
- Need to update statistical methodological guidance and data collection to cover emerging instruments and market participants in order to preserve the stability and effectiveness of the financial system.

### Methodological focus and collaboration
- Workshop focus areas:
  - Reflecting digitalization in financial sector statistics.
  - Discussing emerging methodologies for capturing non-traditional financial instruments and participants.
  - Underscoring collaborative effort between macroeconomic statisticians, regulators, policymakers, and the private sector to explore non-traditional data sources.
- Emphasis on cross-stakeholder collaboration to adapt statistical frameworks and data collection practices.

### Participant engagement and pedagogy
- Participants are expected to:
  - Actively contribute to presentations on country practices and exercises.
- Peer learning:
  - Peer learning will be an essential element of the workshop.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/rdfssce26-07_