This course is part of CPA Australia’s suite of Digital Finance micro-credentialed courses. Successfully complete this course and receive a digital badge that you can share on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
Description
About Digital Finance
The Digital Finance suite of micro-credentialed courses examines the skills necessary to deal with finance and accounting in a digital world and equips you with the tools to apply emerging technologies in a real-world context.
About CPA Australia Micro-Credentials
CPA Australia’s Micro-credentials are based on technical and non-technical competencies and align to our Accounting and Finance Capability Framework. Our partner, Credly will provide you with a digital badge on successful completion. Your digital badge allows you to demonstrate your capability and achievement, and can be placed on your LinkedIn profile, digital CV or email signature.
About The Digital Finance Ecosystem
The finance industry is increasingly turning towards simplified, fast, and reliable solutions using AI, automation and data-driven personalisation. This rapidly evolving digital landscape with its onslaught of new, innovative solutions, means that finance professionals must stay ahead of the opportunities and challenges presented by these technologies and digital disruptors.
This course is designed to provide the foundational knowledge required to understand the current finance landscape and the increasing digital transformation in the finance ecosystem.
This course consists of activities, videos and simulations to keep you engaged. It also features cases from leading companies, including Apple, Airwallex, Google, Paypal, and Uber that showcase real world application.
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Key topics of the course include:
The digital finance landscape
- An overview of the current landscape of digital finance and the new finance skill set
- Using a framework to identify opportunities for innovation
- The new landscape of banking and financial markets
The digital finance ecosystem
- How a digital ecosystem can connect and grow a business through integrated and contextualised solutions
- The role and challenges of a Digital Financial Services Ecosystem (DFS)
FinTech innovations
- Expansion of financial technology from payments technology into other industries
- Use of Fintech by finance professionals
- Finance world examples of application
Digital transformation
- Implementing digital transformation
- Building an effective strategy
- The finance professional’s role
This course consists of one online course and assessment.
The assessment will be subject to security measures such as identification verification and webcam monitoring. Please read the Assessment and security policy and System requirements prior to making your purchase.
If you have commenced, or are about to commence, the CPA Program, please contact us before enrolling to this course.
Learning objectives
- Examine the impact the application of digital transformation and emerging technologies have on the finance ecosystem
- Evaluate and identify the needs of digital finance in various business landscapes
- Evaluate how finance information systems can improve the effectiveness of management decision making
Audience
This course is suitable for all finance and accounting professionals.