Board members and executives now answer for decisions about mobile money platforms, payment partnerships, digital lending books and cloud providers that sit well outside the traditional banking experience of many boards. A single outage, data breach or digital lending scandal can bring supervisory action, customer flight and headlines within days, and the questions afterwards land on the executive committee. Five days equip senior leaders to oversee these exposures with confidence and to challenge management with the right questions.
Sessions address COSO ERM, board-level risk appetite, e-money safeguarding and liquidity, IFRS 9 expected credit losses on digital loans, cyber governance under the NIST CSF 2.0 Govern function, cloud and vendor concentration, AI and model risk in credit scoring, senior management accountability for AML and CFT, conduct and reputational risk, and operational resilience. A live crisis simulation tests executive decisions under pressure. It is designed for directors, chief executives, chief risk, finance, technology and operations officers, heads of digital business, and senior regulators and supervisors. Afterwards you can set digital risk appetite, interrogate a board risk dashboard and lead a crisis response. Classroom, online and in-house sessions lead to a CPD-accredited certificate.
Digital channels have moved from a side project to the core of many financial institutions' strategies, and their risks have moved onto the board agenda with them. Directors and executives are expected to approve risk appetite for products they may never use themselves, to oversee technology and partner arrangements that cross borders, and to answer personally to supervisors when anti-money laundering, data protection or customer treatment fall short. Few governance frameworks were designed for that pace or that degree of dependence on third parties.
The Executive Digital Financial Services, Payments & Fintech Risk Training Course gives senior leaders the oversight perspective they need. It begins with the strategic and enterprise risk picture of a digital finance business and the division of responsibility between board and management. It then works through the financial exposures that executives must approve, including float, settlement, credit losses and fraud budgets, followed by technology, cyber, cloud and AI model risk. The fourth day turns to supervisors, conduct and reputation, and the programme closes with crisis leadership, assurance mapping and the design of a board-level risk dashboard.
The format suits busy leaders: concise briefings, facilitated roundtables, board-paper reviews and an executive crisis simulation. Discussion is held under the Chatham House Rule so that participants can speak frankly about the challenges facing their own institutions.
The programme prepares senior leaders to:
Participants leave with:
Sessions respect the time and experience of senior participants. The programme draws on:
Day 1: The Executive Risk Agenda for Digital Finance
Day 2: Risk Appetite and Financial Exposure
Day 3: Technology, Cyber, Cloud and Model Risk
Day 4: Regulation, Conduct and Reputation
Day 5: Crisis Leadership, Assurance and Board Reporting
The programme is designed for senior decision-makers in institutions that offer or supervise digital financial services:
Executives who attend the full programme and take part in the scenario exercises and crisis simulation receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
The certificate confirms the course title, dates and format, and can be recorded as continuing professional development for directors and senior officers.
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By the end of the Executive Digital Financial Services, Payments & Fintech Risk programme, you'll be able to explain how digital channels change an institution's strategic, financial and operational risk profile, set board-level risk appetite for digital products, partners and growth targets, evaluate exposures arising from e-money float, settlement, digital credit losses and fraud, and oversee cyber, cloud, data and ai model risk through well-targeted questions and reports. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is designed for senior decision-makers in institutions that offer or supervise digital financial services: Board directors and members of board risk, audit and technology committees, Chief executives and managing directors, Chief risk officers and chief compliance officers, Chief financial officers and treasurers, Chief information, technology and information security officers, Heads of digital banking, payments and mobile money businesses, Executive directors of fintech firms and payment service providers, and Senior officials in central banks, payment system oversight and financial supervision.
Executive Digital Financial Services, Payments & Fintech Risk Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Executive Digital Financial Services, Payments & Fintech Risk Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Executive Digital Financial Services, Payments & Fintech Risk starts November 9, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Executive Digital Financial Services, Payments & Fintech Risk Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Executive Digital Financial Services, Payments & Fintech Risk Training Course is pitched at advanced professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Executive Digital Financial Services, Payments & Fintech Risk Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Executive Digital Financial Services, Payments & Fintech Risk Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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