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Global FinTech Institute partners SUSS and SIIFC to grow international FinTech talents through the CFtP Qualification
• The collaboration will propel business growth by augmenting international financial technology and the FinTech ecosystem
• GFI, SUSS and SIIFC signed a MOU to build a sustainable pipeline of international FinTech talents over a virtual ceremony held this afternoon
全球金融科技学院携手 SUSS 和 SIIFC，通过 CFtP 培养国际金融科技人才
• 此次合作将推进国际金融科技专业人才的培养和提升金融科技生态系统建设，进而推动金 融科技行业健康发展。
• GFI、SUSS 和 SIIFC 在今天下午举行的线上签约仪式上签署了合作备忘录，旨在搭建一个培养金融科技专业人才的国际平台。
Singapore, 26 August 2020 [RJ1][Mac2] – Global FinTech Institute (GFI) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Singapore University of Social Science (SUSS) and the Shanghai Institute of the International Finance Center (SIIFC) of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), to grow FinTech professionals in Singapore and China, and build a sustainable pipeline of talents to bolster the global FinTech ecosystem. Gracing the virtual event were Professor David Lee, Co-founder and chairman of GFI, Professor Tsui Kai Chong, Provost of SUSS, Professor Zhao Xiaoju, Dean of SIIFC. The signing ceremony was also witnessed by Mr Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
2020年8月26日新加坡：全球金融科技学院（GFI）今天宣布，它已与新加坡新跃社科大学（SUSS）和上海财经大学上海国际金融中心研究院（SIIFC）签署了合作备忘录，该合作旨在为新加坡和中国培养金融科技专业人才，为支持全球金融科技生态系统发展输出人才。GFI联合创始人李国权教授、新加坡新跃社科大学常务副校长徐继宗教授、上海财经大学上海国际金融中心研究院院长赵晓菊教授代表签约，新加坡金融管理局（MAS）首席金融科技官Sopnendu Mohanty先生见证了此次签约仪式。
The global FinTech market is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 20% and is projected to reach a market value of approximately US$305 billion by 2025, according to a new report from ResearchAndMarkets[1]. This reflects the huge potential of FinTech and demand for FinTech talent, especially as Singapore and several cities in China including Shanghai are pushing towards becoming leading FinTech hubs.
根据ResearchAndMarkets的最新报告，全球金融科技市场预计将以约20％的复合年增长率增长，到2025年市场价值预计将达到约3050亿美元。这些数据反映了金融科技的巨大潜力，特别是新加坡和包括上海在内的中国多个城市正在努力打造成为金融科技中心，市场对金融科技人才的需求将愈加强烈。
Through this strategic partnership, GFI, SUSS and SIIFC will collaborate to introduce the Chartered FinTech Professional (CFtP) qualification. The CFtP qualification aims to promote the FinTech sector and raise the level of professionalism within the industry. In addition, the CFtP qualification provides a pathway for those professionals from other industries who aspire to embark on a career in FinTech.
通过这一战略合作伙伴关系，GFI、SUSS和SIIFC将合作推出特许金融科技师专业资格证书（CFtP）。推出此专业资格证书的目的主要是为了促进金融科技行业的发展，提升金融科技行业从业人员的专业水平。此外，CFtP将为那些渴望转入金融科技行业的其他专业人员提供一条途径。
The CFtP qualification consists of two levels -, covering topics on finance, financial technology, applications and professional practice. Candidates will be awarded the qualification only upon successful completion of all assessments for both levels, as well as satisfying experience requirements[RJ1] [Mac2] .
CFtP包括两个级别——1级和2级，涵盖金融、金融科技、金融科技的应用和专业实践等模块。考生通过两级考试且符合相关实践经验的要求，将获得资格证书。
Professor David Lee, Co-founder and chairman of GFI, who presented the opening speech said, “With the acceleration of digital transformation in the financial services industry, the Chartered FinTech Professional (or CFtP) qualification will help promote professionalism in the global FinTech industry. In addition, it will provide career opportunities for professionals from other industries who aspire to make a career in FinTech. We look forward to collaborating with SUSS and SIIFC to realise the huge potential of fintech and demand for fintech talent, especially as Singapore and several cities in China, including Shanghai, are pushing towards becoming leading FinTech hubs.”
Professor Tsui Kai Chong, Provost of SUSS said, “This MOU reflects SUSS, SUFE and GFI’s desire to offer high quality FinTech accreditation opportunities to professionals in the growing FinTech industry.This strategic partnership will also allow SUSS to tap onto GFI’s expertise to enhance its FinTech training and learning capabilities. We are excited by the rich opportunities this collaboration offers, and look forward to working closely with GFI and SIIFC.”
Professor Zhao Xiaoju, Dean of SIIFC[RJ1] [Mac2] , said, “In August 2019, the People’s Bank of China issued the “Financial Technology Development Plan” and Shanghai established the goal of building a FinTech center. Meanwhile, many provinces and cities in China have issued plans or policies to support the development of FinTech. A large number of facts reflect the huge potential of the FinTech market, and also indicate that the market will have a huge demand for FinTech talents. It is an honor to participate in the initiation, establishment and construction of the CFtP program together with GFI and SUSS. The SIIFC of SUFE has held the “International FinTech Conference” for five consecutive years since 2015 and achieved significant influence over both academia and industry. Also, we are one of the first universities in China that have launched undergraduate programme (in 2018) and master program (in 2019) in FinTech. I hope that we can work together to make due contributions to the training of FinTech professionals, the construction of a healthy ecosystem for FinTech industry, and the steady development of global financial technology.”
Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, said, “As the global FinTech industry enters a stable growth stage, it is crucial to establish a consistently high-quality and professional workforce that will charter this path of progress with the highest distinction in the FinTech profession. I am delighted that the Chartered FinTech Professional (CFtP) qualification will help to promote a high standard of professionalism in the FinTech industry. This tremendous effort by GFI, SUSS and SIIFC will build future charter holders who are recognised globally for their commitments to serve the FinTech industry with strong roots in empathy, purpose and inclusivity”.
GFI联合创始人李国权教授在开幕致辞中提到：“随着金融服务行业数字化转型的加速，此次特许金融科技师专业资格证书（CFtP）的推出将有利于全球金融科技行业专业水平的加速发展。此外，证书将为渴望转行来金融科技领域工作的专业人士提供更多的工作机会。我们期待与新跃社科大学和上海财经大学上海国际金融中心研究院合作，以实现金融科技的巨大潜力、满足对金融科技人才的需求，尤其是在新加坡和包括上海在内的中国多个城市正在努力成为全球领先的金融科技中心的情况下。” 新加坡新跃社科大学常务副校长徐继宗教授发言提到：“此次合作备忘录的签订充分反映了新跃社科大学、上海财经大学上海国际金融中心研究院和全球金融科技学院希望为不断发展的金融科技行业中专业人士提供高质量金融科技师专业资格认证机会的愿望。这种战略伙伴关系还使跃大能够利用全球金融科技学院的专业知识来增强我们金融科技相关的学习和培训能力。我们为这次合作所带来的巨大机会感到激动，同时，也十分期待接下来与财大、全球金融科技学院的紧密合作。”
上海财经大学上海国际金融中心研究院院长赵晓菊教授发言提到：“2019年8月中国央行发布了《金融科技发展规划》，上海确立要建成金融科技中心这一目标，中国很多省市都已发布支持金融科技发展的规划或政策。大量数据反映出金融科技市场的巨大潜力，同时也预示着市场对金融科技人才的需求将非常巨大。很荣幸能与GFI、SUSS一起参与CFtP 项目的发起、创立和建设。上海财经大学上海国际金融中心研究院自2015年起已连续五年牵头举办“金融科技国际研讨会”，在学界和业界取得了一定影响力。同时我们金融学院于2018年在本科生层面首先推出了金融学与计算机、统计等学科交叉融合的金融科技基地项目，并于2019年开设金融科技专业硕士项目，是中国国内最早开设金融科技专业（方向）的高校之一。希望大家共同努力，为金融科技专业人才的培养、为金融科技行业健康生态的构建、为全球金融科技的稳健发展做出应有的贡献。”
新加坡金融管理局（MAS）首席金融金融科技官Sopnendu Mohanty先生表示：“随着金融科技行业进入稳定的增长阶段，建立一支始终如一的高素质专业人才队伍至关重要，这将为金融科技行业往最高峰发展指明道路。 我很高兴看到特许金融科技师专业资格证书（CFtP）将有利于促进和保持金融科技行业中的高专业水平。GFI、SUSS和SIIFC所做的巨大努力真正从普惠的角度出发，会使未来的证书持有人（金融科技师）因其为金融科技行业做出的努力与贡献在国内外都能得到认可”。
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About the Global FinTech Institute
The Global FinTech Institute, headquartered in Singapore, is a global professional credentialing body dedicated to creating greater collaboration, advocacy, ethics and knowledge for all FinTech professionals.
关于全球金融科技学院
总部位于新加坡的全球金融科技学院是一家全球性的专业认证机构，致力于为金融科技专业人士创造更多的合作、倡导职业道德、提供专业知识培训。
It aims to empower members and the community to leverage FinTech for growth and transformation, through engaging the community in the latest trends, issues and development in FinTech; facilitating collaborations with and knowledge-sharing among regional and international FinTech organisations; promoting best practices and co-developing standards and governance guidelines for the fair use of FinTech and providing education and training to build industry capabilities and groom talents in FinTech.
GFI旨在让学员和整个团体通过深入了解金融科技的专业基础知识、最新发展动态与趋势、国际监管机构和金融科技业界关注的问题和探索解决这些问题的理念、方法和路径，使他们能够很好地利用金融科技进行自我提升和转型；促进与区域和国际金融科技组织的合作和知识共享；为促进金融科技技术的公平使用，推广金融科技的最佳实践案例，与行业共同制定标准和治理准则；提供相关教育和培训，以建设行业能力，培养金融科技人才。
For more information, please visit https://globalfintechinstitute.org/.
有关GFI的更多信息，请访问https://globalfintechinstitute.org/。
About the Singapore University of Social Sciences
SUSS is a university with a rich heritage in providing lifelong, learner-centric and industry-relevant education. Our mission is to champion lifelong education to develop future thinkers and leaders to their fullest potential through our 3H’s education philosophy – ‘Head’ for professional competency with applied knowledge, ‘Heart’ for social awareness of the needs of the society, and ‘Habit’ for passion towards lifelong learning.
关于新加坡新跃社科大学
新加坡新跃社科大学（SUSS）长期以来致力于为社会提供终身的、以学生为中心和紧密对接行业的教育。我们的使命是倡导终身教育，通过我们3H的教育理念：“头脑”——具有应用知识的专业能力，“事业心”——具有服务社会的意识和“习惯”——对终身学习的热情，培养未来的思想家和领导者，使他们发挥最大的潜能。
We offer more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programmes, available in full- and part-time study modes which are flexible, modular and multi-faceted in learning experience to cater to both fresh school leavers and adult learners. We also launched a broad range of continuing education and training modular courses for the professional skills and knowledge upgrading of our workforce.
我们提供70多门本科和研究生课程，包括全日制和非全日制学习模式。这些模式灵活、模块化且涵盖范围广，可满足应届毕业生和成人学习者的需求。我们还针对在职人士的专业技能和知识提升推出了一系列继续教育和模块化培训课程。
Our programmes and courses are made available through our five schools:
S R Nathan School of Human Development
School of Business
School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences
School of Law
School of Science and Technology
我们设有5个学院以各类的项目和课程：
S R Nathan人类发展学院
商学院
人文与行为科学学院
法学院
科学技术学院
To date, over 35,000 graduates have chosen SUSS as their university of choice. Each year, about 15,000 students are pursuing their full- and part-time studies with us.
迄今为止，已有35,000多名学生毕业于SUSS。每年，约有15,000名全日制和非全日制学生在我校学习。
From 1 April 2019, the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL) became an autonomous institute of SUSS. Both entities enable a synergistic collaboration as IAL brings to SUSS its expertise and experience in adult learning and Continuing Education and Training (CET), while SUSS provides an ecosystem of resources and experts rooted in academic rigour.
从2019年4月1日起，成人教育学院（IAL）成为SUSS的自治学院。通过双方协同合作，IAL将它在成人学习和继续教育与培训（CET）方面的专业知识和经验带给SUSS，而SUSS为IAL提供了扎实、严谨的学术资源和专家。
For more information on SUSS, please visit www.suss.edu.sg.
有关SUSS的更多信息，请访问www.suss.edu.sg。
About Shanghai Institute of International Finance Center, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
关于上海财经大学上海国际金融中心研究院
Shanghai Institute of International Finance Center (SlIFC) is a university-based think tank under the guidance and support of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and administrated by Shanghai University of Finance and Economics(SUFE).
上海财经大学上海国际金融中心研究院（SIIFC）是接受上海市教育委员会的指导与支持，由上海财经大学为主承担建设的高校智库。
SIIFC takes both the development of China’s transformation and the key issues that need to be resolved in the formulation and implementation of major financial-related strategies and important policies in the social development of Shanghai as its research orientation. Gathering the wisdom of experts and scholars from domestic and foreign universities, research institutions, government departments, financial regulatory agencies, and financial institutions, SIIFC provides policy advice for key issues in the implementation of major national strategies and the construction of linkage mechanism, such as Shanghai’s construction of international financial center, the free trade zone and free trade port, and the scientific and technological center, the implementation of the Belt and Road initiative, FinTech, green finance and climate finance and investment, financial risk and regulation, registration-based IPO mechanism of the science and technology innovation board, multi-level capital market, and structural reform of the supply front. SIIFC also offers consultation and high-end training for departments of Chinese government, regulatory agencies and financial institutions.
研究院以国家转型发展和上海经济社会发展中与金融相关的重大战略、重要政策的制定与实施中亟需解决的关键问题为导向，汇聚来自国内外高校、研究机构、政府部门、金融监管部门、金融机构的专家、学者的智慧，为上海国际金融中心建设和发展中的关键、重大问题，以及自贸区、自贸港建设，上海建设具有全球影响力的科创中心，“一带一路”倡议的实施，金融科技，绿色金融，金融风险监管，科创板注册制及多层次资本市场建设，金融支持供给侧改革等国家重大战略的实施和联动机制建设提供决策咨询方案、理论依据和科学论证，为中国政府部门、金融监管机构和金融机构提供决策咨询研究和高端培训。
The School of Finance of SUFE (SoF) was founded in 1998 as the first finance school in China. It is formerly the Banking Department of National Southeast University established in 1921, which is one of the earliest institutions in China that offer financial higher education. The founders of SoF, Yang Yinpu and Zhu Sihuang, were also the founders of modern Chinese finance discipline. The SoF has 5 departments, including Banking, Insurance, International Finance, Securities and Futures, and Corporate Finance, as well as nearly 10 research institutions, such as Quantitative Financial Research Center and FinTech Research Center. These departments and research institutions cover all the financial research fields. According to ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, SoF ranks No. 1 in Mainland China. In terms of the number of top publications, SoF ranks among the top three in Mainland China. SUFE is also among the first batch of universities in China that launched programmes with FinTech major (FinTech undergraduate programme in 2018 and graduate program in 2019), integrating finance, statistics, big data science, and computer science disciplines. These programs, facilitated by the key laboratory platform in finance, aim to equip new financial talents with financial and economic theory, data processing capabilities, and intelligent technology knowledge through systematic FinTech courses.
上海财经大学金融学院创立于1998年，是中国高校最早设立的金融学院，其前身为建立于1921 年的国立东南大学银行系，是中国高等院校中最早创设的金融学科之一。学科创始人杨荫溥、朱斯煌等教授为近代中国金融学的奠基人。金融学院设有银行系、保险系、国际金融系、证券期货系以及公司金融系共5 个系，及量化金融研究中心、金融科技研究中心等近10个研究机构，覆盖所有金融学研究方向。根据软科世界一流学科排名，金融学院位列中国大陆第1名，根据ASU和UTD金融论文发表数量，金融学院在中国大陆均排名前3。作为国内较早开设金融科技专业（方向）的高校之一，上海财经大学金融学院于2018年在本科生层面首先推出了融合金融学与计算机科学与技术交叉学科的金融科技基地项目，并于2019年开设金融科技专业硕士项目，这些项目均以现代金融学核心知识与框架为基础，以统计学、大数据科学、计算机应用学科等学科为支撑，依托金融重点实验室平台，通过系统的金融科技课程的讲授与训练，培养具有“金融经济理论+数据处理能力+智能科技知识”的新型金融人才。
For more information on SIIFC and SoF, please visit http://siifc.shufe.edu.cn/; http://sof.sufe.edu.cn/.
有关SIIFC和SoF的更多信息，请访问http://siifc.shufe.edu.cn/；http://sof.sufe.edu.cn/。
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