EDUCATION AND TRAINING

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

BUSINESS
Fostering future FinTech founders
FINANCE
Deciphering the Financial Services sector
REGULATION
Encouraging sustainable business ideas
TECNOLOGY
Enabling the use of cutting-edge technology

We build on our business school roots and develop courses that address clear gaps and stakeholder needs.

Offering education and training in specialized areas of financial services is essential to our role as an educational institution within the innovation ecosystem. Our initial courses focus on undergraduate and graduate FinTech business education, and we plan to expand the training offer over time.

We build on our business school roots and develop courses that address clear gaps and stakeholder needs.

Offering education and training in specialized areas of financial services is essential to our role as an educational institution within the innovation ecosystem. Our initial courses focus on undergraduate and graduate FinTech business education, and we plan to expand the training offer over time.
BUSINESS
Fostering future founders
FINANCE
Fostering future founders
REGULATION
Fostering future founders
TECNOLOGY
Fostering future founders

As part of a project funded by the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, we have developed and are currently piloting a set of courses that offer holistic FinTech business development education.

Starting from 2024/2025 academic year, our courses will be available for integration into existing programs across higher education institutions in Latvia.

The FinTech Business Education course content is based on stakeholder feedback and gap analysis. We integrate regulatory and business mindsets, addressing the need for a balanced perspective, crucial for long-term business success.

As part of a project funded by the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, we have developed and are currently piloting a set of courses that offer holistic FinTech business development education.

Starting from 2024/2025 academic year, our courses will be available for integration into existing programs across higher education institutions in Latvia.

The FinTech Business Education course content is based on stakeholder feedback and gap analysis. We integrate regulatory and business mindsets, addressing the need for a balanced perspective, crucial for long-term business success.

Course sets at Bachelor and Master’s levels include:

FinTech Business Models

Formulating an innovative FinTech business idea:
• Understanding the industry and its development
• Recognizing the industry trends, gaps, and opportunities

FinTech Regulation

Understanding compliance requirements:
• Grasping the principles of regulation
• Identifying risks and understanding risk management principles

Capstone: Development of FinTech Business Idea

Developing an innovative and sustainable FinTech business idea:
• Understanding project management principles
• Developing technical skills
• Learning how to attract investors

Course sets at Bachelor and Master’s levels include:

FinTech Business Models

Formulating an innovative FinTech business idea:
• Understanding the industry and its development
• Recognizing the industry trends, gaps, and opportunities

FinTech Regulation

Understanding compliance requirements:
• Grasping the principles of regulation
• Identifying risks and understanding risk management principles

Capstone: Development of FinTech Business Idea

Developing an innovative and sustainable FinTech business idea:
• Understanding project management principles
• Developing technical skills
• Learning how to attract investors

Alongside courses, we will be launching a series of events that bring together students, faculty and researchers with FinTech ecosystem experts to build a broader learning community.

Through this initiative, we hope to build a FinTech business education community across the FinTech ecosystem in Latvia.

Alongside courses, we will be launching a series of events that bring together students, faculty and researchers with FinTech ecosystem experts to build a broader learning community.

Through this initiative, we hope to build a FinTech business education community across the FinTech ecosystem in Latvia.

Our core values and principles:

  • 1
    Co-development and co-ownership of course content and approach with the ecosystem
  • 2

    Systemically accumulating and sharing regional knowledge and know-how

  • 3

    Building a learning and teaching community across Latvia

  • 4

    Evolving, up-to-date course content platform over fixed, rigid content

  • 5

    Student-centered, modern pedagogy

Our core values and principles:

  • 1
    Co-development and co-ownership of course content and approach with the ecosystem
  • 2

    Systemically accumulating and sharing regional knowledge and know-how

  • 3

    Building a learning and teaching community across Latvia

  • 4

    Evolving, up-to-date course content platform over fixed, rigid content

  • 5

    Student-centered, modern pedagogy

Get involved:

We are actively expanding our ecosystem partner network to develop and enrich course materials. We are keen to tap into the local knowledge base and offer students diverse perspectives from FinTech founders and professionals, investors, regulators, policymakers, etc.

Join the initiative to:

  • Give a guest lecture as part of the course or our ecosystem knowledge-sharing events
  • Share your firm’s experience in a short or expanded case study
  • Get involved in the Capstone project course as a mentor or student project evaluator
  • Join the teaching faculty in the future
  • Become part of the ecosystem expert group providing advice on how we should develop our FinTech education offering in the future

Reach out to finance@rbs.lv to discuss potential collaboration opportunities.

If you’re interested in teaching or currently teach a FinTech-related course at a higher education institution in Latvia, reach out to finance@rbs.lv to learn more about the courses and faculty training opportunities that we will launch in the second half of 2024.

Currently, BFC courses are being offered at RTU Riga Business School.

If you’d like to become a part of the community, sign up for our newsletter to be updated about course availability and our upcoming events.

Get involved:

We are actively expanding our ecosystem partner network to develop and enrich course materials. We are keen to tap into the local knowledge base and offer students diverse perspectives from FinTech founders and professionals, investors, regulators, policymakers, etc.

Join the initiative to:

  • Give a guest lecture as part of the course or our ecosystem knowledge-sharing events
  • Share your firm’s experience in a short or expanded case study
  • Get involved in the Capstone project course as a mentor or student project evaluator
  • Join the teaching faculty in the future
  • Become part of the ecosystem expert group providing advice on how we should develop our FinTech education offering in the future

Reach out to finance@rbs.lv to discuss potential collaboration opportunities.

If you’re interested in teaching or currently teach a FinTech-related course at a higher education institution in Latvia, reach out to finance@rbs.lv to learn more about the courses and faculty training opportunities that we will launch in the second half of 2024.

Currently, BFC courses are being offered at RTU Riga Business School.

If you’d like to become a part of the community, sign up for our newsletter to be updated about course availability and our upcoming events.