{
  "title": "Fintech Market Development and Policy Implications (FINTECH)",
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  "summary": "Fintech Market Development and Policy Implications Training Program Qualifications Participants are expected to have an advanced degree in economics or finance or equivalent work experience.",
  "publishDate": "2025-07-24",
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    {
      "heading": "Session details and qualifications",
      "content": "- Session No.: SA 25.27\n- Location: New Delhi, India\n- Date: July 14-18, 2025 (1 week)\n- Delivery Method: In-person Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Deadline status: Deadline passed\n- Qualifications:\n  - Participants are expected to have an advanced degree in economics or finance or equivalent work experience.\n  - It is strongly recommended that applicants first complete the Financial Sector Policies (FSP) course."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Target audience",
      "content": "- Mid-level to senior officials from the central bank and other government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector.\n- Preference is given to applicants working on issues directly related to financial development and inclusion, as well as supervision and regulation of new financial technologies."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course description and thematic coverage",
      "content": "- Purpose:\n  - Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development to give participants a foundation in understanding new financial technologies (fintech) and the associated policy implications.\n- Core thematic areas:\n  - Overview of the fintech landscape.\n  - Fintech payments.\n  - Fintech funding.\n  - Crypto assets and decentralized finance.\n- Approach:\n  - Discussion of risks arising from fintech developments in the above areas and exploration of possible policy responses.\n  - Use of extensive case studies and group work to provide practical experience applicable to participants' jobs."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Key risks and policy focus areas",
      "content": "- Risks identified for analysis and policy response:\n  - Financial stability.\n  - Financial integrity.\n  - Security.\n  - Consumer protection.\n  - Other regulatory concerns associated with fintech developments.\n- Policy exploration:\n  - Examination of international regulatory responses to Fintech developments."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:\n- Define and understand fundamental Fintech concepts.\n- Explain the economic rationale for various Fintech tools and their implications for financial service industry.\n- Identify key risks and regulatory concerns over financial stability, financial integrity, security, consumer protection, and other aspects.\n- Recognize international regulatory responses to Fintech developments."
    }
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    "Session No.: SA 25.27",
    "Location: New Delhi, India",
    "Date: July 14-18, 2025 (1 week)",
    "Delivery Method: In-person Training",
    "Primary Language: English",
    "Deadline status: Deadline passed",
    "Qualifications:",
    "Mid-level to senior officials from the central bank and other government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector.",
    "Preference is given to applicants working on issues directly related to financial development and inclusion, as well as supervision and regulation of new financial technologies.",
    "Purpose:",
    "Core thematic areas:",
    "Approach:",
    "Risks identified for analysis and policy response:",
    "Policy exploration:",
    "Define and understand fundamental Fintech concepts.",
    "Explain the economic rationale for various Fintech tools and their implications for financial service industry.",
    "Identify key risks and regulatory concerns over financial stability, financial integrity, security, consumer protection, and other aspects.",
    "Recognize international regulatory responses to Fintech developments."
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