Your peer group will be professionals at mid and senior levels from Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, Regulators, Industry bodies, Start-ups and Technology organizations.

By the end of the programme, learners will be able to:

• Understand Disruptive Megatrends: Gain a clear view of how AI, GenAI, and Blockchain are reshaping the future of finance.
• Apply AI to Decision-Making: Use machine learning, deep learning, and advanced AI models for forecasting, credit scoring, risk management, and fraud detection.
• Master FinTech Sub-Domains: Build expertise across PayTech, LendingTech, InsurTech, WealthTech, and RegTech.
• Lead Digital Transformation: Drive innovation, product development, and intrapreneurship within financial institutions or new FinTech ventures.
• Navigate Regulations & Ethics: Understand the strategic, regulatory, and ethical aspects of AI and Blockchain in finance.
• Become a Future-Ready Leader: Bridge managerial acumen with technology expertise to accelerate growth in the FinTech ecosystem.

With global FinTech adoption reaching 64%, FinTech is clearly becoming mainstream. India tops FinTech adoption at 87%, with China.

The financial institutions in India are viewing FinTech as an enabler, giving rise to a number of strategic partnerships with FinTech firms. And the industry is creating new roles, positions, and opportunities for people with the unique expertise needed to fill them.

This is the time to pursue the FinTech Programme and fuel your career with a new beginning. Become an early adopter of this cutting-edge technology and brave the new financial world order.

Candidates will be selected based on the details of education, work experience, and a statement of purpose submitted along with the application.

A Relationship Manager will be assigned to the applicant, who will gather all the necessary information and represent his/her candidature to the selection committee for review. The profiles will be sent to IIM Calcutta for selection.

Applicants must

• Professionals should have scored at least 50% marks in Graduation or Post Graduation.
• Professionals with relevant background and 5+ years of experience.

In case the applicant is an early-career professional, he/she may apply by submitting a ‘Statement Of Purpose’ for consideration.

Join in these easy steps:

• Share your details and apply for the programme
• Submit all the necessary documents
• The programme selection committee will evaluate your candidature
• Upon selection, complete your enrollment and join the programme

Financial Foundation of FinTech

Provide foundation of finance covering financial statement analysis, valuation and financing. PE/VC perspective on investing in early age startups.

• Valuation and Fundraising of FinTech firms
• Entrepreneurial Finance

Fintech Trends: Challenges and Opportunities

• Overview of India’s FinTech ecosystem: UPI, Aadhaar, DigiLocker, Account Aggregator framework
• LendingTech: Innovation and Business Models
• Process innovations: OCEN, Account Aggregator, ULI, First Loss Default Guarantee (FLDG), Co-lending and partnerships with banks/NBFCs, P2P lending platforms
• Insurtech emerging models: Parametric Insurance, Embedded Insurance, Digital Distribution, Connected Insurance (IoT, telematics, wearables)
• WealthTech: Robo-advisory Algo trading & discount broking models
• RegTech: Technology as enabler of compliance & regulation

Digital Payments

Understand the evolution of digital payment and learn emerging paradigms of B2C, C2C, and B2B payment systems and their advantages. Learn about digital wallets, UPI, digital currency, NFC/QR code-based payment, etc.

• Evolution from credit card to CBDC
• B2B, B2C, C2C payment mechanisms
• EMV, NFC, Tokenization
• Mobile wallet, UPI, QR code
• Cross border digital payments
• Payment platforms & ecosystem
• Open/Neo banking, AA
• National & international case studies

Introduction to AI in FinTech

This module lays the foundation for a data-driven approach to FinTech by introducing data preparation, exploration, and classical machine learning methods for financial decision-making.

• Introduce a data-driven approach to solving problems in FinTech.
• Learn data preparation and data munching techniques for financial applications.
• Understand and apply classical machine learning algorithms such as:
  (a)Linear and Logistic Regression
  (b) Decision Trees © Ensemble Learning (Bagging, Boosting, Random Forests, etc.)
• Build a foundation for using data analytics and machine learning in lending, payments, wealth, and insurance contexts.
• Develop the ability to systematically link financial data to business decision-making.

Advance AI for FinTech

This module explores advanced AI architectures—ANNs, RNNs, CNNs, and Transformers—and their applications in financial analytics, forecasting, and risk management.

• Deep dive into advanced AI architectures for financial analytics and forecasting:
  (a) Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
  (b) Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN)
  (c) Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
  (d) Transformers and attention-based models
• Apply these models to time-series forecasting, credit scoring, and trading strategies.
• Learn to evaluate model performance and interpretability in high-stakes financial contexts.
• Explore how advanced AI enhances risk management, regulatory compliance, and fraud detection.
• Understand the ethical and regulatory implications of deploying deep learning models in financial services.

AI in Action

This module showcases cutting-edge applications of Agentic AI, Generative AI, and other advanced techniques in real-world FinTech scenarios such as fraud detection and automated trading. Explore cutting-edge AI applications transforming financial services, including:

• Agentic AI for autonomous decision-making in financial operations.
• Generative AI (GenAI) for report automation, synthetic data generation, and personalized financial services.

Examine real-world use cases such as:

• Fraud detection and anti-money laundering (AML)
• Algorithmic and automated trading systems
• Robo-advisory and customer service chatbots

Understand implementation challenges: scalability, regulatory oversight, and ethical use.

Build the ability to translate advanced AI concepts into practical, industry-ready solutions.

Blockchain for Finance

Understand blockchain/DLT concepts and know about designs of dApps, smart contracts. Learn about various blockchain implementations, business use cases, bitcoin, altcoin, stablecoin, CBDC.

• Blockchain, hashing and mining, mining reward, gas fee
• Decentralized apps (dApps), smart contract, DAO
• Distributed ledger technology (DLT) & decentralized finance (DeFi)
• Cryptography, public/private key, digital signature, PKI
• Public/private blockchain, permissioned/permissionless ledger
• Use cases of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperledger, Corda, Ripple
• Application of blockchain and smart contract in trade finance, Security management, SCM
• BTC, altcoin, stablecoin, CBDC

FinTech in Action

Provide latest insights on best practices in digital transformation in financial technology (fintech) and adopt related strategies for financial services.

• Cyber Risk in Data-Centric Financial System
• Fintech revolution with specific case studies
• Leadership talks by industry experts
• Digital Marketing
• Fundamental Analysis and Trading Strategies for Crypto Markets

Digital Product Development and Management

Understand various aspects of FinTech product development and management, business plan and entrepreneurial finance. Learn about innovation and creative disruptions in the FinTech space.

• Foster an entrepreneurial spirit, whether working within established organizations or exploring a new product/idea.
• Gain hands on experience in the entire digital product development cycle, from conceptualization and prototyping to go-to-market (GTM) strategies.
• Develop a concrete fintech startup plan, complete with product development strategies, funding approaches, and scaling considerations, setting the stage for future success in entrepreneurship.
• Be proficient in creating and refining a comprehensive business model as a strategic blueprint for their fintech startup/product.

This programme offers the following features and benefits which sets it apart:

• 100% live sessions from IIM Calcutta faculty and industry experts. (Sunday 10 AM – 1 PM)
• Gain mastery across PayTech, InsureTech, WealthTech, LendingTech, and RegTech
• Deep dive into AI, GenAI, Blockchain, Cyber-Risk, and Digital Transformation
• Hands-on learning with Python, DataCamp, Orange, and no-code tools
• Apply learning through a Capstone Project and Digital Product Development module
• Attend 2 campus immersions (3 days each) at IIM Calcutta for peer learning and networking
• Earn Executive Education Alumni Status and Certification from IIM Calcutta
• Networking opportunity with 33,000 IIM Calcutta Executive Education Alumni.

A certificate of successful completion is provided upon completion of all requirements of the program. All examinations and evaluations related to the certification are carried out by IIM Calcutta.

Yes, participants of this programme get an Executive Education Alumni status of IIM Calcutta, one of the top-ranked B-Schools in Asia.

The programme format with LIVE Interactive Sessions, Case Studies, Capstone Projects and IIM-C Campus Visit enables a conducive environment to network with your peers in the cohort. Most participants can continue to network even after the cohort by using the alumni portal.

Classes will begin in April 2026

The programme will be delivered through faculty-led interactive live sessions on TalentSprint’s ipearl.ai. These online sessions will be held at a schedule convenient for working professionals. Participants will be able to interact with the faculty through video, audio, and chat. They will also be able to chat with fellow participants of the programme during online sessions.

• As per the programme norms, participants are required to maintain at least 67% attendance in each module to be eligible for the module evaluation. In case of unavoidable circumstances, if a participant misses a class and is marked absent, the recorded archive of the same will be provided for 7 days from the date of the class.

The programme includes continuous formative and summative assessments. The final scores will be determined based on the sum of scores of various assessments.

Yes, participants are required to have their laptops.

Reading material (pre/post session) will be shared regularly through the Online Learning Management System. The access will be available for 1 year from the date of the commencement of the programme.

A certificate of successful completion is provided upon completion of all requirements of the programme. All examinations and evaluations related to the certification are carried out by IIM Calcutta.

For programme fee-related details, please visit Fee Page

Yes, flexible EMI options are available that enable you to pay the programme fee in installments. Please reach out to your RM Hasini Bhupathi @ +91-7331112138 to know about the details of the schemes available.

For scholarship-related details please visit. You can also reach out to your RM Hasini Bhupathi @ +91-7331112138 for more details.

No, the application fee is non-refundable.

No. The programme fee is non-refundable and non-transferable under any circumstances.

Professionals have multiple options for funding.

• Sponsored by employer
• Self-funded: Based on our experience of enabling 3000+ professionals who have participated in our executive programs, self-funding is the most preferred option with over 80% choosing this.

Three key reasons why professionals opt for it:

• Freedom: To opt for a programme of their choice, at a time of their choice, with an institution of their choice and not be restrained by the organization’s policy.
• Flexibility: To pursue greater career opportunities well even beyond their current employer or to nurture their entrepreneurial ambitions.
• Funding: Access to flexible EMI schemes (paying as low as Rs. 19,996 per month).

We have also observed that the commitment levels were higher among self-funding participants.

iPearl.ai (Interactive Platform for Experiential and Remote Learning) is created by TalentSprint’s engineering team. The platform integrates best-in-class technologies and SaaS services and perfected them over the last seven years.

When this platform was built, we intended to offer it to our partners and customers for digital learning and delivery. Since 2013, the platform has been extensively used by IIM Calcutta, IIT Kanpur, IIIT Hyderabad, and IIT Hyderabad, and many more of our customers and partners. More than 300,000 students have used this platform, which is reputed for user experience, quality, and scale.

This feature-rich platform has become so popular that some of our partners now use it for their academic needs.

The tried and tested direct-to-device platform enables 24 x 7 learning for its users. Some key benefits of the platform are:

• Intuitive student experience through a user-friendly LMS
• Seamless faculty experience through state-of-the-art Studios
• Highly Interactive Online Classes
• Effective group/peer learning/projects through Breakout Rooms
• Proctored Online Assessments with detailed analysis
• Insightful Reports on student engagement and performance
• Flexible integration with other components, as needed

A comparative study of iPearl.ai against Canvas, Impartus, Moodle, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom was conducted. Features in the following categories were compared:

• Instructor-led Learning
• Self-paced Learning
• Assessments/Evaluations
• User Experience
• Customer Support
• Scalability and Performance
• Integration and Customization
• Others

Do not worry. In case you miss a session, you will be given access to view the recorded version of the session soon.

• An internet-connected device, Computer/Laptop/Tablet/Smartphone, is enough to access the platform.
• Web camera and Mic with necessary power backup will be needed for proctored online assessments.

• EQUIS, AMBA & AACSB Accreditation
• #2 in Asia for B schools
• Ranked #65 in QS Global MBA Rankings
• Global Alumni Network

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta was established as the first national institute for Post Graduate Studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961, in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation, and the Indian Industry. Over the years, IIM Calcutta has grown into a mature institution with a global reputation, imparting high-quality management education. It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalizing Indian management through its Post Graduate and Doctoral level Programmes, Executive Training Programmes, and Research and Consulting Activities. For more information please visit the IIM Calcutta website.