module 1 of supercharged Programme
AI LITERACY for professionals
This 4-week programme helps finance professionals harness AI to stay ahead.
Gain a clear understanding of core AI concepts, evaluate tools with confidence, and apply AI thinking across professional finance roles like compliance, investment, fintech and more.
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Transform your AI literacy in 4 weeks
Practical tasks for a finance workplace
Signal readiness through portfolio work
Insights from leading experts
Gain an accredited certification
At CFTE, we train +20,000 finance professionals globally
This programme has a strong focus on industry-expert insights, case studies, and is designed for finance professionals. It is as close to the industry as it gets.
Begin by understanding your AI Literacy
AI Literacy is the ability to understand, evaluate, and confidently use AI technologies, recognising both their capabilities and limitations in personal, professional, and societal contexts. It involves not only practical interaction with AI tools but also critical thinking, informed decision-making, and ethical responsibility.
Jumpstart your journey with the Readiness Baseline Assessment to understand your proficiency in:
Core Knowledge of AI Concepts
Foundational Interaction with AI Tools
Critical Evaluation of AI Outputs
Awareness of AI Risks and Ethical Considerations
Comfort and Confidence in Engaging with AI
Build AI fluency that aligns with finance regulatory and employer expectations
The Pervasive and Accelerating Impact of AI
AI is no longer a futuristic concept but a present day reality, rapidly integrating into almost every aspect of modern life and work. It’s transforming industries, shaping how we consume information, influencing decisions in critical sectors like finance, and automating tasks. This pervasive integration and the speed of AI’s development mean that understanding and navigating AI is crucial for everyone, not just technical specialists, to harness its benefits and mitigate its risks.
AI literacy is LinkedIn's top-ranked skill on the rise in 2025. (LinkedIn, 2025)
Wage premium is commanded by AI skills, exceeding the premium for degrees. (sciencedirect, 2025)
Of hiring managers say they wouldn't hire someone without AI literacy skills. (weforum, 2025)
Accelerate Your Executive Edge by crafting an AI in Finance Portfolio
Create a record of your skills and improvements over programme tasks and scenraios as you progress through your learning journey:
- Understand
Assess your current AI-literacy level, then make sense of what AI actually is and what it means for your career.
2. Think
Develop the right mental models to evaluate tools, navigate change, and make smart AI decisions.
3. Apply
Earn your Executive AI Certification, AIQ Score, and build a portfolio that shows you’re ahead.
4. Demonstrate
Learn to use AI in real-world ways, from prompt engineering to workplace implementation.
A structured journey to build your AI proficiency
This course is designed to build foundational AI fluency for finance professionals. It blends essential AI knowledge, practical application, responsible usage, and real-world outcomes into a structured 4-week programme. The course is based on CFTE’s industry work with central banks, financial institutions, and global employers.
This first week introduces the core foundations of AI, including how it works, what it can and cannot do, and why it’s now central to every professional role.
Take the important first steps:
Identify your personal AI objectives via the Readiness Baseline
Recognise your current stage in AI transformation
Learn about Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing
How AI compares to human intelligence using Bloom’s Taxonomy
Limitations of AI systems
Outcome: Build a website to begin your AI Readiness Profile and write your first public reflection on AI.
Week 2 develops your practical capability to collaborate with AI tools. You’ll learn the principles of effective prompting and how to use AI for thinking, research, writing, and decision support.
Key topics include:
Learning and applying role-based and constraint-based prompting
Prompting methods for better outcomes
AI as a researcher, editor, sparring partner, strategist
Understanding how to work with evolving AI tools
Recognising tool boundaries and cognitive biases
Using prompting for real-world tasks: briefs, summaries, outreach, analysis
Outcome: Create your own AI prompt playbook tailored to your objectives.
AI use is not just a skill—it’s a responsibility. This week gives you a critical framework for assessing tools and applying AI with care and accuracy in your organisation.
Topics covered:
Understand hallucination, bias, and systemic risk
TPP Framework: Trust, Performance, Product Fit
FEAT Principles for Responsible AI
Apply responsible AI guidelines in everyday tasks
Hallucination, bias, and risk mitigation strategies
Practical risk assessment and ethical judgement
Learn what regulators expect from professionals
Outcome: Create and analyse a deepfake to explore the risks and boundaries of generative AI.
This final chapter helps you apply AI to your workflow, personal growth, and ongoing learning. You’ll also benchmark your knowledge and demonstrate your skills.
Key outcomes include:
Designing your personal AI workflow and learning system, including a use-case-specific Custom GPT
Case studies of how leading organisations integrate AI
AI productivity tools and knowledge automation
Receive peer and instructor feedback on applied outputs
Complete and present your AI Readiness Profile
Outcome: Build your AI-powered chatbot and take the AIQ to earn your certification.
This certification is for finance executives
This certification is for finance professionals who want to understand, apply, and lead with AI in their role – no technical background required.
Finance Professionals in Digital Transformation
Risk & Compliance Experts
Investment & Wealth Managers
Credit & Lending Specialists
Product & Strategy Leaders
Tech Professionals in Finance
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Programme Details
Start date
Starts immediately
Programme Tuition
£400
Programme Format
100% online, self-paced
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Get your employer to sponsor you
Did you know? Companies like JPMorgan Chase offer up to $7,500 in tuition sponsorship. Your employer might sponsor your learning too!
Bulk orders:
Contact our team via our contact us page. Volume price available for organisations.
Mode of payment:
We accept all major credit cards and debit cards.
Currency:
We accept 6 currencies: USD, SGD, INR, AED, EUR and GBP.
Get reimbursed by your employer.
Speak to your manager about the course, and get a reimbursement by your employer. Here is how you can do it (with a template provided).
Pricing includes:
- 15 minutes of video content per day over 5 weeks, fully self-paced
- 4 Practical portfolio projects to apply your learning
- Final Quiz Assessment
- Certificate of Achievement by CFTE
- Access to exclusive learners group
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FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers about the course
About the course
Most people are curious about AI but unsure how it actually fits into their work or lives. This course helps you bridge that gap. Designed as the foundation of the Supercharged programme, Module 1 builds your confidence in understanding, evaluating, and applying AI responsibly. You’ll learn how AI works, how to prompt it effectively, and how to think critically about its risks, ethics, and long-term impact. In just 15 minutes a day, you’ll go from AI confusion to clarity — ready to engage with AI meaningfully and ethically.
This course is ideal for curious professionals, students, and lifelong learners who want to build smart habits around AI use. Whether you’re in business, education, government, or the creative industries, this course gives you the mindset and skills to interact with AI clearly and critically — no technical background required.
You’ll gain the skills to use AI confidently, critically, and creatively. This course shows you how to write better prompts, evaluate AI outputs, and explore practical use cases across your work and life. You’ll learn how to assess the risks, navigate ethical challenges, and apply AI to real-world problems — all while building a personal portfolio of projects. By the end, you’ll have a practical toolkit to think with AI, not just about it.
Most AI courses focus on tools — this one builds your mindset. Module 1 doesn’t just teach you how to use AI; it helps you understand why and when to use it. You’ll develop ethical judgment, prompt fluency, and the confidence to apply AI with purpose. It’s designed for busy professionals and learners, with real-world activities, not lectures. In just 15 minutes a day, you’ll build AI habits that actually stick — not just skills that fade.
No prior AI knowledge is required. This course is built to support both non-technical professionals and those with some experience looking to deepen their tool fluency.
Yes upon successful completion of the course and final assessment, you will receive a Certificate of Achievement issued by CFTE. You can share this on LinkedIn or with your employer as proof of your upskilling journey.
Registration and pricing
By enrolling, you will create an account on CFTE’s learning platform and receive access to the programme. Then, you’ll be free to start learning at your own pace where we advise to spend between 2 to 3 hours per week to maximise your learning outcomes. After completion of the final quiz, you will receive a certificate of completion.
We accept all major credit and debit cards in multiple currencies. The course is priced at £400 when paid in full, or you can choose a flexible payment option of three monthly instalments of £134.
We have a 30-day money back guarantee. If you decide that you do not want to continue the course, we will refund 100% of the course as long as you haven’t gone through more than 50% of the course.
A new financial system is emerging
10 years ago, cash was used 4x more than debit cards in the UK. Today, it’s the opposite. 10 years ago, UPI didn’t exist in India. Today, 10 billion UPI transactions take place every month.
The financial system is being totally transformed with digital. From digital identify to digital payments to CBDCs to stablecoins, this major shift is impacting everyone and holds tremendous opportunities.
This course offers the latest insights into these developments, making it a must-take for finance professionals, policy-makers, and entrepreneurs or anyone interested in the evolving landscape of finance and technology.
The world is always changing... we could well be on the cusp of a major shift.
What will you learn in the course?
Learn the 4Ds of the future of finance
Digital Infrastructure
Driving Sustainable Development with Digital Public Goods and Infrastructure
Digital Payments
Bridging Economies with Payment Linkages
Digital Money
CBDCs, Stablecoins and Tokenised Deposits
Digital Platforms for SME’s
Empowering SMEs through Global Platforms
Explore these four foundational pillars and understand the dynamic changes in the financial world.
Learning outcomes
- Understand how next-generation digital public infrastructures create an inclusive model accessible to all
- Learn how new payment linkages can revolutionise global transfers and payments
- Master the potential of digital assets – CBDCs, stablecoins and tokenised deposits, and how they compare
- Understand the opportunities offered by platforms for SMEs
Experts you will be learning from
Top CEOs, CIOs, Founders and industry leaders will share knowledge
Programme Director
Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief Fintech Officer
Special Welcome
Ravi Menon
Former Managing Director
Senior Lecturers
Douglas Arner
Kerry Holdings Professor in Law
Senior Lecturers
Shriyanka Hore
Managing Director
Senior Lecturers
Huy Nguyen Trieu
Co-founder
Senior Lecturers
Qamar Saleem
CEO
Enrol to the Certification Now
Bulk orders:
Contact our team via our contact us page. Volume price available for organisations.
Mode of payment:
We accept all major credit cards and debit cards.
Currency:
We accept 6 currencies: USD, SGD, INR, AED, EUR and GBP.
Get reimbursed by your employer.
Speak to your manager about the course, and get a reimbursement by your employer. Here is how you can do it (with a template provided).
Pricing includes:
- Access to 5-hour of content
- 4 Lectures by senior leaders
- 13 Interviews from senior speakers of Singapore Fintech Festival
- 8 Case studies exploring
- 8 On-demand, curated panels from Singapore Fintech Festival
- Final Quiz Assessment
- Certificate of Achievement by CFTE and Elevandi
- Access to exclusive learners group
Industry Experts
Who is this course for?
Professionals at the forefront of this new era of money
Governments, Regulators & Policy-makers
Learn how innovation helps create a fairer, better and more inclusive financial system
Financial Institutions
From new ways to pay to new type of money, understand how the future of finance will look
Small and Medium Businesses
Uncover the new tools and ways to be part of a more inclusive financial system
Students
Gain unique skills to drive change in the future of and increase your employability in the world of global finance
Programme Features
Built on the insights of Singapore Fintech Festival, master this topic with our all-round curriculum featuring lectures, experts, panels and case studies.
Structured Knowledge
Get specialist knowledge in a structured, theory-backed format on the transformation of the monetary system.
Expert Insights
Get an insider view of the industry initiatives & trends through insight interviews of the leading speakers of Singapore Fintech Festival.
Sessions from SFF
Rewatch curated, 5-min snippets from some of the most important sessions at the Singapore Fintech Festival.
Supported by Case Studies
Gain in-depth insights on the most innovative industry projects, reshaping in finance.
Certificate of Achievement
Earn a professional certificate issued by CFTE and Elevandi
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5 hours of learning
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Bulk orders:
Contact our team via our contact us page. Volume price available for organisations.
Mode of payment:
We accept all major credit cards and debit cards.
Currency:
We accept 6 currencies: USD, SGD, INR, AED, EUR and GBP.
Get reimbursed by your employer.
Speak to your manager about the course, and get a reimbursement by your employer. Here is how you can do it (with a template provided).
Pricing includes:
- Access to 5-hour of content
- 4 Lectures by senior leaders
- 13 Interviews from senior speakers of Singapore Fintech Festival
- 8 Case studies exploring
- 8 On-demand, curated panels from Singapore Fintech Festival
- Final Quiz Assessment
- Certificate of Achievement by CFTE and Elevandi
- Access to exclusive learners group
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Global partners who support the mission of this course by sharing it to their ecosystem and community.
Why learn with CFTE and Elevandi?
Online & Self-paced
Learn whenever, wherever. Your learning track is flexible to your goals.
Global View
Our courses offers a 360 view on the topic, focused on what matters.
Expert-led
Our courses are curated by 300+ finance experts who know what skills you must learn.
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers about the course
About the course
This topic is fascinating, but also incredibly complex – because it involves finance, digital public goods infrastructure, and digital assets that are challenging traditional views of currency. This course offers a structured approach to this topic, and is taught by over 18 senior leaders driving this transformation. In under 5 hour of learning, you will gain the skills to not fall behind this massive transformation.
This topic covers the transformation of finance as a whole and impacts everybody. It is must-take for finance professionals, government officials, policy-makers, entrepreneurs, students or anyone who wants to have a solid understanding of the evolving landscape of the financial system.
Reflecting the insights of the Singapore Fintech Festival, this course curriculum is closely aligned with the event’s main theme, as directed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
As stated by Ravi Menon, the Former Managing Director of MAS “A new financial system is emerging”, highlighted the major shift in financial services, the course places a strong emphasis on current and future industry changes.
To help you in this learning journey, you will benefit from the expertise of over 18 senior speakers from Singapore Fintech Festival, engage with in-depth case studies, and have the opportunity to rewatch key sessions, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the evolving landscape of financial services.
There are no pre-requisites for taking the course. This course is designed to give anybody the skills to understand how the financial system is being rearchitected and be part of this transformation.
Yes, the course delivers a Certificate of Achievement, jointly issued by CFTE and Elevandi, and signed by Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer at MAS. Add this qualification to your LinkedIn profile or CV, share it on social media and in your performance review. To receive your certificate, you will need to complete the course and successfully pass the assessment questions throughout the course.
Registration and pricing
By enrolling, you will create an account on CFTE’s learning platform and receive access to the programme. Then, you’ll be free to start learning at your own pace where we advise to spend between 2 to 3 hours per week to maximise your learning outcomes. After completion of the final quiz, you will receive a certificate of completion.
We accept all major credit cards and debit cards in numerous currencies. The course is priced at USD 40 for general admissions, and USD 20 for government officials, policy makers and students.
We have a 30-day money back guarantee. If you decide that you do not want to continue the course, we will refund 100% of the course as long as you haven’t gone through more than 50% of the course.
