Courses
Your professional journey begins by acquiring the foundational knowledge and understanding of digital financial services.
Digital Frontiers Institute (DFI) prepares tomorrow’s fintech leaders for the challenges and opportunities they will encounter in a fast-changing and disruptive industry. Through online executive education courses, targeted research into the fintech industry, and its growing league of industry professionals, DFI builds capabilities with the view to bridge human capacity gaps that exist, especially in developing markets.
Certified Digital Finance Practitioner
Certified by DFI and The Fletcher School at Tufts University
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A 3-year program of carefully selected courses, providing professionals
with a solid foundation in Digital Financial Services.
FOUNDATIONS
Leading Digital Money Markets
Certified by DFI and The Fletcher School at Tufts University
A 12-week course providing a global tour of noteworthy experiences on digital money systems currently in use.
Duration – 12 weeks
Applications Close – 19 January 2020
SPECIALISATIONS
TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONAL ENABLERS (TECH)
Consumer Protection
Certified by DFI
An introduction into consumer protection in digital financial services and its key implementation challenges.
Duration – 4 weeks
Applications Close – 01 March 2020
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Certified by DFI
This 5-week course is a generational introduction to the emerging world of distributed ledgers and internet-based value exchange systems.
Duration – 5 weeks
Applications Close – 24 February 2020
Digital Identity
Certified by DFI
An introduction to digital ID, covering reference schemes such as Aadhaar, eEstonia, BankID & Mobile Connect.
Duration – 4 weeks
Applications Close – 09 February 2020
AI in Finance
Certified by DFI
This 9-week course provides an overview of and introduction to the use of artificial intelligence in a business context and its potential applications and pitfalls.
Duration – 9 weeks
Applications Close – 02 February 2020
Understanding Tech in Business
Certified by DFI
Learn foundational knowledge and understand the ever-evolving role of technology in business. Industry experts share their knowledge through interviews and case studies.
Duration – Self-Paced
Start date – Immediately
CUSTOMERS & USES OF DIGITAL PAYMENTS (CU)
Money Transfers
Certified by DFI
A comprehensive perspective on how the remittance industry has developed and evolved and how it operates today.
Duration – 4 weeks
Applications Close – 09 February 2020
Digital Humanitarian Payments
Certified by DFI
A general introduction to the use of digital payments in humanitarian aid, focusing on the mechanics of digital aid.
Duration – 5 weeks
Applications Close – 26 January 2020
Digitizing Agriculture
Certified by DFI
This 4-week course will explore the growing variety of digital tools being deployed both directly to smallholder farmers and to others in the agricultural value chain.
Duration – 4 weeks
Applications Close – 19 April 2020
Gender BlindSpots
Certified by DFI
This 4-week course explores what the barriers to the adoption and impact of DFS by certain populations, particularly women, are and what can be done to correct them.
Duration – 4 weeks
Applications Close – 29 March 2020
Product Management
Certified by DFI
This expert-led 5-week online course will empower individuals with a solid understanding and practical application of product management in fintech businesses within emerging markets.
Duration – 5 weeks
Applications Close – 15 March 2020
Digital Finance for All
Certified by DFI
This 4-week course on digital finance provides an introductory perspective on how credit, insurance, and savings products for the informal majority have evolved and how they operate in today’s increasingly digital world.
Duration – 4 weeks
Applications Close – 14 February 2020
REGULATION OF DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES (REG)
Regulation in Digital Finance
Certified by DFI
An introduction to the regulatory frameworks and regtech innovations that affect digital financial services.
Duration – 4 weeks
Applications Close – 03 May 2020
Anti-Money Laundering & Compliance
Certified by DFI
An introduction to money laundering, terror financing and proliferation financing and the tools to combat them.
Duration – 4 weeks
Applications Close – 26 April 2020
Cybersecurity
Certified by DFI
Learn why cybersecurity is important and Identify the areas within an organisation that may be vulnerable to cyber attacks.
Duration – 4 weeks
Applications Close – 08 March 2020