# Blockchain and Digital Assets for Financial Services

> Separate blockchain hype from real use cases in trade, payments, custody and tokenisation, and manage the risks.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Banking, Economics & Monetary Policy
- **Duration:** 3 days
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/banking-economics/blockchain-and-digital-assets-for-financial-services
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=blockchain-and-digital-assets-for-financial-services

## Overview

Blockchain is now used in trade finance, tokenised securities and digital-asset custody, while crypto-asset regulation is tightening across the continent. This course explains the technology in business terms, examines live use cases in financial services and covers the regulatory, AML and operational risks that boards and compliance teams must manage.

## Who should attend

- Bank and insurance executives
- Fintech and innovation teams
- Compliance and risk officers
- Regulators and policy makers

## Learning outcomes

- Explain blockchain, smart contracts and tokenisation in plain terms
- Evaluate realistic use cases for financial institutions
- Understand crypto-asset regulation in key African markets
- Manage AML, custody and cyber risks of digital assets
- Build a business case for a blockchain pilot

## Course outline

### Module 1: The technology

- Distributed ledgers and consensus
- Public versus permissioned networks
- Smart contracts
- Tokenisation of assets

### Module 2: Use cases

- Trade finance and supply chains
- Cross-border payments and remittances
- Tokenised securities and custody
- Decentralised finance and its risks

### Module 3: Regulation and risk

- Crypto-asset regulation (FSCA, SEC Ghana, CMA Kenya)
- FATF travel rule and AML
- Operational and cyber risk
- Pilot business case