## Selected Issues of FINTECH Regulation

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 24.51
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: December 2-6, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English

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### Program overview and logistics
- Session No.: SA 24.51
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: December 2-6, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Course length: 5-day course
- Delivering unit: Financial Regulation and Supervision Division (FR), Monetary and Capital Markets Department (MCM)

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: mid-senior level participants with experience in one or more of the following areas:
  - financial sector regulation and supervision
  - financial stability
  - technology
  - crypto assets
  - big tech
  - big data
- Qualifications: participants should have experience in regulation, supervision, and oversight (conduct and prudential) and interest in, or experience of, better understanding the impact of new technology in financial services.

### Course description and scope
- Focus: prudential and conduct regulation and supervision of technology driven innovation in financial services (fintech).
- Purpose: to give participants an overview of the key issues globally in relation to fintech regulation, tailored to local needs.
- Sources and foundations:
  - draws on the IMF/WB Bali Fintech Agenda
  - IMF publications on fintech
  - work done by global standard setting bodies
- Status: flagship fintech course offering of the FR division, constantly evolving, delivered to training institutes globally over several years.
- Core syllabus topics:
  - sandboxes and innovation hubs
  - blockchain and crypto assets (including stablecoins)
  - machine learning and regtech / suptech
  - regulation and supervision of e-money
  - BigTech
- Explicit exclusions:
  - does not cover payments or market infrastructure such as payment systems, FMIs, or CBDCs
  - does not cover financial integrity matters including AML and CFT

### Learning objectives and expected outcomes
Upon completion of this course, participants should be better placed to:
- Understand global fintech developments.
- Learn about international regulatory experiences in responding to emerging risks and challenges generated by fintech.
- Identify key players in fintech and their differing impacts on financial stability: banks, bigtech, start-ups.
- Learn about global standards, recommendations - and where absent - emerging best practices.
- Focus on the growth and development of crypto and global regulatory responses.
- Determine strategies that can balance the benefits of fintech while managing risks from a regulatory and supervisory perspective.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [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/sa/2024/sifrsa24-51_