Blockchain for Financial
and Banking Professionals

Currently, digital transformation is sweeping across businesses of all types, including financial institutions and banks. Major banks worldwide are at the forefront, contributing to and investing in research and development within the realms of Fintech and blockchain technology. This Anderson training course is meticulously crafted to provide support to employees in these sectors, offering them an introductory understanding of blockchain technology and decentralized digital currencies (cryptocurrencies) such as bitcoin, and elucidating ways to integrate them into their daily workflows, spanning from planning and budgeting to facilitating payments and transactions.

Through this Anderson training course, participants will gain a comprehensive comprehension of the intricate interplay between blockchain technology and the banking, financial, legal, and regulatory systems. The course culminates in examining how these concepts can be positioned within a framework of innovation and advancement.

By the end of this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

• Understand the technology behind blockchain and its benefits
• Differentiate between blockchain as technology and cryptocurrencies as blockchain products
• Define current challenges of financial and banking sectors and how blockchain can help
• Describe blockchain as disruptive innovation and understand its potential for growth
• Determine the adequate use of bitcoin and recognise related central banks regulations

This Anderson training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Professionals seeking to get deep information about blockchain and digital currencies
• Team leaders, supervisors, section heads and managers working in Fintech
• Professionals who have an interest in emerging technologies and their applications in finance and banking
• Start-up founders willing to explore new ideas to deploy blockchain and Fintech solutions
• Technical professionals including those in IT, Finance, Banking and Business development

• A Brief History of Money
• The Byzantine’ General’s Problem
• Challenges in Financial System
• Challenges in Banking System
• Blockchain Definition
• Introduction to Cryptocurrency

• Assets and Blockchain
• Double Spending Problem
• Decentralized Versus Centralized Systems
• Fundamentals of Blockchain
• Blockchain Structure
• Blockchain Demo

• The Bitcoin Ecosystem
• Consensus Algorithms
• Cryptography in Bitcoin
• Bitcoin Transaction
• Bitcoin Mining
• Alternative Use of Bitcoin

• Central Banks Digital Currency
• Central Banks and Cryptocurrency
• Financial Institutions and Cryptocurrency
• Tax Regulations
• Money Service Business
• Security Regulation

• Diffusion of Innovation
• Fintech vs Banking
• Worldwide Fintech Trends
• Cryptocurrency for Developing World
• Assimilation of Finance and Blockchain
• Cases Study in Banking and Finance

Anderson Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course