Course Detail(DGT097 : Future-Ready Finance: Leveraging Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies for Strategic Advantage)

The tokenization of financial assets and the emergence of stablecoins is upending the financial services industry and creating new revenue opportunities and efficiencies.

This course is designed for finance professionals to understand how blockchain technology can be strategically applied to their business, driving the creation of new products, enhancing efficiencies, and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks.

On the completion of this course, you will be able to:

understand and articulate how blockchain technology works;
determine how blockchain technology can be applied to finance; and
develop a practical implementation plan for leveraging blockchain technology for new products, services and customers.

Programme Outline

Introduction to Crypto-Asset Transactions

How does blockchain technology work?
How can blockchain technology improve efficiencies?
What are the differences between a private and public blockchains?

Blockchain Technology for New Products and Services

What are cryptocurrencies?
- Payment Cryptocurrency
- Utility Tokens
- Stablecoins
- Central Bank Digital Currencies
How can cryptocurrencies be used to facilitate cross-border payments?
Tokenised money market funds and other financial products

Blockchain Technology in Application

How to use blockchain technology to determine source of funds and onboard a new client segment
How to develop a blockchain technology implementation plan for new products and services
How to manage tokenised financial products and cryptocurrencies within a company framework

Real-Life Case Studies

MiCA-compliant stablecoin

Training Methodology
Seminar style with case studies and live demos

Closing Date for Registration

1 Week before Programme or Until Full Enrolment.

Intended For

The course is intended for:

accountants;
auditors;
finance and banking professionals;
product development and strategy professionals;
compliance and regulatory officers; and
investment and wealth managers.

No prior blockchain or crypto-asset knowledge is required.

Competency Mapping

Category 5 = 3.50 Hours

Schedule & Fees

Date & Time

12 Aug 2025 (9:00 AM - 12:30 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)

SGD pricing -

For Members: $ 221.27
For Non-Members: $ 263.78

Programme Facilitator(s)

Patrick Tan

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709

Date & Time

02 Dec 2025 (9:00 AM - 12:30 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)

SGD pricing -

For Members: $ 265.96
For Non-Members: $ 316.10

Programme Facilitator(s)

Patrick Tan

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709

Testimonial

Funding

1] NTUC Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP)
UTAP (Union Training Assistance Programme) is an individual skills upgrading account for NTUC members.

NTUC members enjoy 50% *unfunded course fee support for up to $250 each year when you sign up for courses supported under UTAP. NTUC members aged 40 and above can enjoy higher funding support up to $500 per individual each year, capped at 50% of unfunded course fees, for courses attended between 01 April 2024 and 31 March 2025. *This excludes miscellaneous fees such as GST and registration fee etc.

This course is approved for UTAP support for intakes conducted between 19 March 2025 – 31 March 2027.

As UTAP is given on calendar year basis, and calculated based on year of training taken, it cannot be accumulated.

Maintained paid-up NTUC membership before course, throughout course duration and at the point of claim and;
Course by training provider must be supported under UTAP and training must commence within the supported period and;
Unfunded course fee must not be fully sponsored by company or other types of funding
Unfunded course fee must be S$20.00 and above, and;
Member must achieve a minimum of 75% attendance for each application and sat for all prescribed examination(s), if any and;
UTAP application must be made within 6 months after course ends.

To submit for UTAP claims, please visit http://skillsupgrade.ntuc.org.sg/. Terms and conditions apply.
Should you have queries on the funding scheme, you can email to UTAP@e2i.com.sg or call NTUC Membership Hotline at 6213-8008

Programme Facilitator(s)

Patrick Tan

Patrick Tan is the General Counsel for ChainArgos, the blockchain intelligence firm best known for breaking the news with Bloomberg of crypto-asset exchange Binance’s BUSD stablecoin that was at times unbacked by as much as $1.4 billion.

ChainArgos has been at the forefront in exposing frauds and the use of illicit funds and is regularly quoted by top global media including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Thomson Reuters, and the South China Morning Post.

Patrick Tan is a lawyer, and a former licensed fund manager. He analyses and manages legal risks related to crypto-asset trading, speaks regularly at blockchain and investment events and his writing is featured in leading publications. He specializes in areas related to the overlap between securities law and its application to crypto-assets.

understand and articulate how blockchain technology works;
determine how blockchain technology can be applied to finance; and
develop a practical implementation plan for leveraging blockchain technology for new products, services and customers.

Programme Outline

Introduction to Crypto-Asset Transactions

How does blockchain technology work?
How can blockchain technology improve efficiencies?
What are the differences between a private and public blockchains?

Blockchain Technology for New Products and Services

What are cryptocurrencies?
- Payment Cryptocurrency
- Utility Tokens
- Stablecoins
- Central Bank Digital Currencies
How can cryptocurrencies be used to facilitate cross-border payments?
Tokenised money market funds and other financial products

Blockchain Technology in Application

How to use blockchain technology to determine source of funds and onboard a new client segment
How to develop a blockchain technology implementation plan for new products and services
How to manage tokenised financial products and cryptocurrencies within a company framework

Real-Life Case Studies

MiCA-compliant stablecoin

Training Methodology
Seminar style with case studies and live demos

Closing Date for Registration

1 Week before Programme or Until Full Enrolment.

Intended For

The course is intended for:

accountants;
auditors;
finance and banking professionals;
product development and strategy professionals;
compliance and regulatory officers; and
investment and wealth managers.

No prior blockchain or crypto-asset knowledge is required.

Competency Mapping

Category 5 = 3.50 Hours

Programme Facilitator(s)

Patrick Tan

Upcoming Schedule

Date & Time

12 Aug 2025 (9:00 AM - 12:30 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)

SGD pricing -

For Members: $ 221.27
For Non-Members: $ 263.78

Programme Facilitator(s)

Patrick Tan

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709

DGT097 : Future-Ready Finance: Leveraging Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies for Strategic Advantage

Programme Outline

Intended For

Competency Mapping

Schedule & Fees

Programme Facilitator(s)

Venue

Programme Facilitator(s)

Venue

Testimonial

Funding

Programme Facilitator(s)

Programme Outline

Intended For

Competency Mapping

Programme Facilitator(s)

Upcoming Schedule

Programme Facilitator(s)

Venue

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