Generative AI for Finance Professionals · India Cohort
Build the Skills to Succeed with AI
Develop the practical Generative AI knowledge, confidence and judgement you need to perform better as artificial intelligence changes financial services.
Why this matters now
AI is changing how financial work gets done
Generative AI is moving beyond experimentation and becoming part of everyday professional work. It is already influencing research, analysis, customer service, compliance, risk, operations and decision support across financial services.
Finance professionals are increasingly expected to work faster, manage more information and contribute to technology-enabled change.
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Your work is changing
AI is becoming part of everyday financial-services workflows, rather than remaining a separate technology initiative.
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Expectations are increasing
Professionals are expected to process more information, work more efficiently and make better-informed decisions.
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The capability gap is growing
Professionals who use AI effectively may become more productive, confident and valuable than those who remain uncertain.
The career risk is not simply that AI will replace financial roles. It is that professionals who use AI effectively will work faster, contribute more and become more valuable than those who do not.
Programme overview
Become a stronger finance professional in the age of AI
Generative AI for Finance Professionals helps you move from general awareness and uncertainty to practical confidence, responsible use and stronger professional performance.
This is a professional-development experience, not simply a ChatGPT course or technical introduction to artificial intelligence.
Before the programme
- You know Generative AI is important
- You are unsure how it applies to your work
- You do not know which tools or outputs to trust
- You lack a structured way to develop your capability
- You feel less confident contributing to AI discussions
After the programme
- You can use Generative AI more effectively
- You can identify relevant financial-services applications
- You can assess AI-generated outputs critically
- You understand important privacy and governance risks
- You can contribute more confidently to AI initiatives
Programme format
Practical learning designed around your working day
Follow a structured six-week learning journey while completing the content flexibly around your professional responsibilities.
6 weeks
Six-week core programme
Follow a recommended cohort schedule with shared milestones and assessment deadlines.
15 min/day
Approximately 15 minutes per day
Complete bite-sized learning without disrupting your working schedule.
7 projects
Seven hands-on projects
Apply your knowledge to practical activities and financial-services challenges.
6 months
Six months of expert learning
Continue developing through one live expert session per month for six months.
Why join?
Build practical AI capability for financial services
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Use Generative AI effectively
Apply the technology more confidently to relevant professional activities.
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Identify valuable applications
Recognise where Generative AI can support work across financial services.
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Improve research and analysis
Explore how AI can support information gathering, analysis and decision-making.
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Evaluate outputs critically
Assess AI-generated information instead of accepting it without question.
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Recognise risks
Understand considerations involving privacy, bias, hallucinations and governance.
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Contribute confidently
Participate more effectively in AI-related discussions, projects and initiatives.
Expert learning
LEARN FROM THE BEST MINDS
Learn from experienced practitioners and specialists working across artificial intelligence, finance, risk, governance and digital transformation.
Huy Nguyen Trieu
Co-founder of CFTE and former Managing Director at Citi
Dr. Prag Sharma
Global Head, Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence at Citi
Mehdi Ghissassi
Director and Head of Product at Google DeepMind
Gilles Moyse
Co-founder and CEO of Recital
Yasmina Benkhoui
Strategic Partnerships Senior Manager at NVIDIA
Jérémie Cornet Vuckovic
Director at Artefact
Petar Petrov
Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Eilla AI
Nikola Lazarov
Co-founder and CEO at Eilla AI
Curriculum
What you will learn
The programme develops the knowledge, practical understanding and professional judgement needed to use Generative AI effectively in financial services.
Generative AI foundations
Understand Generative AI, large language models and the wider AI landscape.
AI applications in financial services
Explore applications across banking, fintech, insurance, payments, investment, risk, compliance and operations.
Practical professional use
Apply AI to research, analysis, decision support and other finance-related activities.
Evaluating AI-generated outputs
Learn how to assess accuracy, limitations and reliability.
Responsible use and governance
Examine privacy, bias, hallucinations, governance and professional accountability.
Human judgement in an AI-enabled workplace
Understand where AI can support professional performance and where people must remain responsible.
What is included
Everything included in your programme
Who should attend
Designed for finance professionals, not AI engineers
This programme is for professionals who want to understand how Generative AI affects their work and develop the capabilities required to perform well as financial services evolve.
No coding experience required
The programme explains the technology in accessible language and focuses on financial-services applications rather than programming.
Certificate
Demonstrate your professional development
Participants who successfully complete the programme requirements and final assessment will receive a digital CFTE Certificate in Generative AI for Finance Professionals.
The certificate can be added to a professional profile and shared on LinkedIn.
Register your interest to Generative AI for Finance Professionals
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What finance professionals say about the programme
“CFTE’s course is more engaging than the rest of the online courses that I’ve done because of the course format and expert interviews included.”
Head of Data Science at Santander UK
“AI in Finance is really world class course. I acknowledge team efforts for building and bundling such a beautiful contents and reading materials.”
Head of Data Delivery at National Australia Bank (NAB)
“I’ve gained a lot from the courses CFTE has put out. It’s good that they covered different areas from Fintech to AI.”
Managing Director, Silver 8
“The content was really relevant. I really liked that it gave a lot of examples on how AI can be applied in the industry, the companies that are successful implementing AI and high level view on what AI is really about.”
Senior Vice President and Head of Innovation at Prudential Singapore
“The interviews covered in the course introduced the insights that are very important from those with 20+ years experience professionals.”
Deputy Director at Life Reinsurance at Covéa
“Since I finished the course, I raised suggestions to my team to integrate different technologies and AI in the different parts of the organisation.”
Chief Customer Officer at Prudential Singapore
“I would suggest this course to all my colleagues in order to understand how all our jobs will be influenced by this technological revolution.”
Senior Finance Manager at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
Apply today
Join the next India cohort
- Programme
- Generative AI for Finance Professionals
- Cohort starts
- 10 August 2026
- Enrolment closes
- 6 August 2026
- Delivery
- Online cohort-based programme
- Core learning
- Six weeks
- Learning time
- Approximately 15 minutes per day
- Live learning
- One expert session per month for six months
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know
India cohort · August 2026
Build the Skills to Succeed with AI
Develop the Generative AI knowledge, practical understanding and professional judgement you need to work more effectively, make better-informed decisions and contribute confidently in financial services.
