The Developments in Crypto and Digital Currencies 

• The current state of development
• BIS paper – Central Bank digital currencies (2021)
• The market for crypto currencies and market participants
• Regulatory considerations
• The development of digital currencies and their impact
• BOE paper – new forms of digital money (2021)
• The role of Central Banks
• House of Lords paper – Central Bank digital currencies – a solution in need of a problem? (2022)
• How will this change the way payments are made?
• US Fed paper – pros and cons of a US digital currency (2022)
• What is the challenge for a market participant? 

The Future of Retail Banking 

• ECB paper – present and future of money in the digital age (2021)
• What opportunity does crypto and digital currency provide to a retail bank?
• Delivery mechanisms and products
• Costs versus service
• Impact upon structure and governance
• Retail outlets options
• New product providers and their services
• Cross border banking and new products
• Visa Crypto Advisory Service
• What does this mean for a bank? 

Distribution Channels & Technology 

• How are your services delivered?
• What are the digital and crypto alternatives
• What might new companies offer?
• Wat does this mean for your strategy?
• The future
• Where are the opportunities?  

 Cryptocurrencies and Digital Banking 

• Mobile banking v digital banking
• Structure and governance of a digital bank

• E-Banking Innovation, Trends & Directions
• The transition to E-Banking
• Risk Management in E-Banking
• Risk management principles for electronic banking
• Operating Strategies & Management Models
• Customer expectations
• Where does this leave the bank? 

Controls over Digital Banking

• The Board, governance and the changing strategy
• Systems, reporting and controls
• Manging the impact of crypto and digital currencies
• Cyber security
• Modelling and managing risk
• The difference to a digital bank
• Penetration testing
• Market expectations
• Are we ready for crypto and digital banking?

Change and the Future 

• What does a Board need to decide upon
• The nature of the project
• The business impact
• What are banks doing now?
• The future.
• How will we maintain an agile strategy?
• What are the final lessons for a bank?

END

By the completion of this course attendees will have gained an understanding of the impact that crypto and digital currencies will have on a bank and what a bank will need to do to respond, specially

• The role of digital and crypto currencies
• The market new entrants and their products
• The market size and direction
• The development of digital central bank currencies
• The impact that these have on a bank
• Systems of management and control
• The likely direction of change

Delegates who complete the course will receive a Certificate with equivalent CPD/CPE credits via email; and for those who require an assessment as a demonstration of competency via training a 20 multiple-choice questions/4 answers quiz, remotely invigilated with results report and 1 resit is available included at no additional charge.

Highly interactive expert-led intensive presentation, Q&A, group real-time in-depth case studies, regulation and discussion supported by key principles and theory. The virtual learning platform uses safe, industry preferred encrypted Cisco WebEx to optimize live face-to-face visual interaction, discrete chat, for polling and quizzes.

(An invitation via email with access link is included for all participants.)