Financial Practitioners FinTech Training Programme 2022 (Webinar 2): Are Cryptocurrencies and CBDCs Taking the World by Storm?

Date:  12 May 2022

Time:  14:30 - 17:30 with 2 CPD /CPT Hours

Format: Webinar

Fee: HK$775 per head
- It is fully subsidized for participants from registered financial institutions and trade associations in the conditions that the Cyberport Academy Attendance Policy is complied.
- All learners will NOT be given any Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits and/or attendance record if they are late and/or absent from the class for more than a total of 15 minutes.

Learning Objectives:

- Be prepared with the right knowledge when CBDCs and Cryptocurrencies become ubiquitous in Asia

- Validate the firm’s capabilities to harness these technologies for better product delivery 

- Ask the right questions on the firm’s position on Cryptocurrencies and CBDCs

Training Content:
Session 1
- Topic:  CBDCs are not Cryptocurrencies
- Time: 14:30-16:00
- Language: English
- Speaker: Dr. Oriol Caudevilla, FinTech Advisor, Management & Strategy Consultant and Researcher (Digital Banking and Finance, Central Bank Digital Currencies, Blockchain, Crypto and M&A)
- What to learn: The popularity of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has recently increased. With the rise of cryptocurrencies, any new central bank digital currency is inevitably compared to its norms. However, many of the suggested central bank digital currency implementations are incompatible with cryptocurrency principles in numerous ways. CBDCs increase financial inclusion while also facilitating the implementation of monetary and fiscal policies. Many countries are investigating the impact of CBDCs on their economies, financial networks, and economic stability. The expert will be able to clarify simply what CBDCs are (a new form of Central Bank Money) and what they are not (cryptocurrencies) through the most relevant ongoing projects worldwide and its opportunities in Digital Yuan, Project Aber, or Digital Euro.

Session 2
- Topic: Cryptocurrencies Applications
- Time: 16:00-17:30
- Language: English
- Speaker: Ms. Sadie Raney, CEO & Co-Founder at Strix Leviathan, Co-Founder at Makara
- What to learn: With over 300 million crypto users globally and over 18,000 establishments around the world who accept cryptocurrency payments. Cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity to the point where their entire value has surpassed one of the world's most valuable firms, Apple. The applications of cryptocurrencies have expanded beyond the original usage as payment method, it is now extending to financial services like capital markets, corporate finance, private banking, as well as robo-advisory. Sadie will touch upon the different part of banking that is being redefined by cryptocurrencies and the unique advantages that cryptocurrencies have to offer.

Recognition:
Participants could get e-Certificates with earned CPD credits. 

Remarks:
*Participants could have 1 month post training playback at CA Portal Smart Learning.
*This webinar is entitled for 2 hours HKIB CPD (for all PQ holders except for AAMLP and CAMLP holders), SFC CPT,  PWMA OPT, and ACCA CPD.