FinTech & Digital Assets
Digital onboarding, tokenisation and the regulatory perimeter for new market technologies.

Programme overview
Examines the technologies reshaping intermediation — digital onboarding, robo-advice, API distribution, tokenised instruments — and the licensing, cyber and outsourcing questions each one raises.
Participants assess a fintech proposal and produce a regulatory readiness memo.
Key learning outcomes
- 01Map fintech business models onto licensed activities
- 02Design compliant digital onboarding and e-KYC journeys
- 03Explain distributed ledger mechanics and tokenisation use cases
- 04Assess cyber, outsourcing and cloud risk
- 05Structure a regulatory sandbox or pilot application
- 06Write a readiness memo for an investment or launch decision
Curriculum
Digital distribution
Onboarding, e-signature, robo-advice and API channels.
Ledger technology
Consensus, tokens, custody of digital assets and settlement.
Regulatory perimeter
Licensing triggers, sandbox routes and consumer protection.
Cyber & outsourcing
Third party risk, cloud concentration and resilience.
Business case
Unit economics, build-versus-partner and readiness assessment.
Prerequisites, assessment & certification
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of intermediation or financial technology.
Assessment
Regulatory readiness memo.
Certification
ECMF Academy advanced certificate.
Reserve a place on the next cohort
Member firms receive preferential rates and can nominate delegates directly through the secretariat. In-house delivery is available for cohorts of ten or more.