{"id":12467,"date":"2019-03-18T20:46:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T20:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=12467"},"modified":"2019-03-18T20:46:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T20:46:28","slug":"scotland-s-fintech-skills-academy-hailed-as-great-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/scotland-s-fintech-skills-academy-hailed-as-great-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s FinTech Skills Academy hailed as great success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pilot of Scotland\u2019s new FinTech Skills Academy, which was announced in September 2018, has been hailed as a great success as the first class (Introduction to the Retail Card Payments Business) concluded earlier this year. The class, which was jointly-run by Dunfermline payment specialist Renovite Technologies and Fife College, is part of a syllabus that is aimed at young people about to enter the workforce for the first time and adults with a background in IT wishing to upskill or retrain specifically for employment in FinTech environments. Participants to this first class ranged from trainees to seasoned software developers. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FinTech Skills Academy is being driven by a consortium of international FinTech companies, the Fife City Council, Fife College and FinTech Scotland with the overarching goals (1) providing a steady flow of highly-qualified persons for the growing number of specialist FinTech roles and (2) avoiding any skill gap developing in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-12467 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Video: how bigtechs\u2019 role in finance will evolve'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/video-how-bigtechs-role-in-finance-will-evolve\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/How-will-the-role-of-GAFA-in-banking-evolve-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-13397\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-13397'>\n\t\t\t\tVideo: how bigtechs\u2019 role in finance will evolve\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Banks need to become Lords of Data'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/banks-need-to-become-lords-of-data\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F361493682F943099878492F12Foriginal-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-3679\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-3679'>\n\t\t\t\tBanks need to become Lords of Data\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='FinTech development can bloom in absence of oversight'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/fintech-development-can-bloom-in-absence-of-oversight\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fintech-development-can-bloom-in-absence-of-oversight-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12250\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12250'>\n\t\t\t\tFinTech development can bloom in absence of oversight\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pilot of Scotland\u2019s new FinTech Skills Academy, which was announced in September 2018, has been hailed as a great success as the first class (Introduction to the Retail Card Payments Business) concluded earlier this year. 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