AFSA staff’s capstone project on Digital Asset Service Providers (DASP) has been named one of the best examples in an executive education programme by Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and Cambridge Judge Business School. Almas Serikuly, Gauhar Kattabek, Zarina Seidakhmetova, and Zhali Ualiyev participated in the Launch and Celebration of FinTech and Regulatory Innovation (CFTRI) programme, where they welcomed the next cohort of students, DKNews.kz reports.
Knowledge gained during the CFTRI programme helped AFSA staff draft the DASP framework which will commence on 1 January 2024. The framework aims to support innovation and fair competition as well as provide investors with significant benefits in terms of cheaper, faster and safer financial services and asset management.
Almas, Gauhar, Zarina, and Zhali have previously won the scholarships by the Asian Development Bank Institute to complete the CFTRI programme, a tutor-led online programme designed for senior policymakers and regulators at central banks, security agencies and ministries of finance.
“Achievements like these show that as a regulator AFSA makes a significant contribution to the development of young professionals who receive globally renowned scholarships and re-invest their knowledge in Kazakhstan” Chief Executive Officer of AFSA Nurkhat Kushimov
“We at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance are very proud of the achievements of staff from AFSA on the Cambridge FinTech and Regulatory Innovation programme. Through their capstone project, they have achieved a key objective of the programme which is to deliver a tangible outcome that can catalyse regulatory innovation. Thank you for joining us to welcome the new Cohort 12 participants of the CFTRI programme” Dr. Dee Allen, the Head of the Capacity Building and Education Team at Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
