Pioneer cohort completes Fita @SMU training
Singapore
WITH the banking industry increasingly looking for IT-savvy professionals, Financial IT Academy @SMU (Fita) at Singapore Management University (SMU) on Wednesday saw its pioneer cohort of 16 students graduating from three programmes accredited by the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF).
The academy was granted accreditation as a financial training provider in June, becoming the first educational institution in Singapore to have its financial sector IT programmes accredited under the IBF Standards. The three new programmes, which have been accredited by IBF for technology and operations as Level 1 courses, were launched on June 13. They cover retail banking, commercial banking and asset management.
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