Global Platform for Building Talent Infrastructure in Finance and Technology

Building future-ready
workforces at scale.

CFTE partners with financial institutions, regulators, and governments to build AI capability at scale. We measure readiness, build programmes, and design national talent infrastructure.

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Offices

London Paris Abu Dhabi Hong Kong Singapore

Working with Central Banks and Public Sector Financial Institutions Technology Firms Startups and Fintechs

Trusted by leading organisations

200,000+

Global alumni across
160 countries

130+

Countries reached
worldwide

1,500+

Industry experts in
the CFTE network

250+

Global institutional
partners

Our Work

Workforce
transformation
at scale.

Training the industry in AI since 2018. The AI in Finance Academy helped governments and financial institutions upskill their workforces, reaching tens of thousands of professionals across foundational AI, applied tools, and strategic implementation. In Singapore, programmes are IBF-accredited.

The institutions moving fastest on AI treat human capability as seriously as technology.

CFTE makes that investment measurable and scalable. Proprietary frameworks, a practitioner network of 1,000+ experts, and a decade of deployment across banks, regulators, and governments worldwide.

01. Measure

Know where your organisation stands

AI Capability Diagnostic and AIQ. Ten competency domains. A structured, evidence-based picture of where your institution stands and what needs to change.

02. Build

Capability that connects to strategy

Expert-led programmes for senior leaders, management teams, and entire workforces. Built for financial services, not adapted from generic content.

03. Scale

AI readiness as sovereign capability

National academies and sovereign capability programmes. Deployed in Bermuda, UAE, Singapore, and Egypt.

How We Work

The four pillars of CFTE

From understanding how work changes, to delivering transformation at scale. CFTE operates across four interconnected pillars that turn insight into institutional capability.

Pillar 01

Making Sense of the AI Shift

Understanding how AI is transforming finance, roles, and organisations. The intellectual foundation for everything CFTE does.

AI-fication of Jobs AI-fication of Talents AI Literacy Whitepaper Supercharged Professionals

Pillar 02

Designing Workforce Capability Systems

Proprietary frameworks that turn workforce strategy into measurable, structured capability blueprints.

AI Capability Engine Diagnostics Capability Blueprints Skills Frameworks Taxonomies

Pillar 03

Delivering Workforce Transformation at Scale

Structured programmes that move people and organisations from AI awareness to applied capability at every level.

AI Academies Senior Leadership Online Programmes Workshops

Pillar 04

Convening Leaders and Institutions

Creating the global spaces where policymakers, institutions, and practitioners shape the future of AI in finance together.

Future Skills Forum Leader Roundtables Global Discussions Global Women in AI

AI Skills Assessment

Where does your
organisation stand on AI?

AIQ is CFTE's AI skills assessment for professionals and teams. Objective proficiency data across five dimensions, at individual and organisational level.

The baseline every transformation programme should start from.

Assess your team with AIQ

Five Assessment Dimensions

AI LiteracyUnderstanding of AI concepts, capabilities, and limitations in financial services.

Practical UsageApplying AI tools and workflows to real professional tasks and processes.

Problem SolvingIdentifying where AI adds value and designing AI-augmented solutions.

Ethics and GovernanceAI risk, bias, regulatory compliance, and responsible deployment principles.

StrategyEvaluating AI implications for organisational strategy and competitive positioning.

Our Programmes

Structured for transformation,
not just awareness.

Practitioner-led. Outcome-focused. Built for financial services. Every format designed to meet organisations and individuals where they are.

Online Courses

Hundreds of programmes, from two-hour focused modules to six-week certified courses. Self-paced, structured, and built for working professionals in finance.

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Experiential Programmes

CFTE's experiential learning frameworks develop entrepreneurial mindset through applied case-studies on real industry challenges, in person or remote.

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Face-to-Face and Hybrid

Impactful in-person, virtual, and hybrid programmes tailored to the dynamic needs of financial institutions. Designed for teams, not individuals.

Custom workshops

Full-Fledged Academies

A structured academy setup to train a very large number of employees at scale. Moves professionals from where they are to where the industry needs them to be.

National academies

Senior Leadership Programmes

AI alignment for senior leaders and C-suite executives. Strategic frameworks, peer exchange, and expert facilitation designed for boards and executive teams.

Senior leadership

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Our Model

CFTE's flywheel: relevant and updated knowledge at scale

Industry knowledge flows into training, training drives impact, impact grows community, and community generates new industry knowledge.

Industry Knowledge

R&D, Market Analysis,
Roundtables, Events

R&D Market Analysis Events

Community and Ecosystem

Experts, Alumni, Partners,
Regulators, Banks, Startups

200k Alumni 1,000 Experts 250 Partners

Continuous
Learning
Loop

Training Methodologies

Online, Workshops, Hybrid,
Experiential, Skills frameworks

Online Workshops Hybrid SHIME

Continuous Education and Impact

People Impact,
Organisation Impact

People Impact Org Impact

Our Research

Thinking that shapes the field.

CFTE produces the frameworks and research that institutions reference when building AI strategy. Used by regulators, central banks, and global financial institutions.

CFTE AI PF AI Proficiency Framework

Framework

CFTE AI Proficiency Framework (CFTE AI PF)

Six proficiency levels defining AI capability progression in financial services, from awareness to expert application.

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AIfication of Diagnostics AIfication of Diagnostics

Whitepaper

Building the Global Standard for AI Literacy in Financial Services

The methodology and framework behind CFTE's AI Capability Diagnostic and the CFTE AI PF proficiency standard.

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AIfication of Talents AIfication of Talents

Whitepaper

The Performance Hexagon and the Future of Financial Professionals

How AI is restructuring the role of finance professionals and what capability frameworks need to reflect.

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SHIME SHIME Skills Framework

Framework

87 Skills Across Five Categories for the AI Era in Financial Services

CFTE's qualitative skills framework mapping the competencies required in an AI-native financial services workforce.

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Our Intellectual Infrastructure

Built on proprietary frameworks.
Delivered by practitioners.

Six proprietary frameworks built for financial services, tested across four continents. The intellectual infrastructure behind every CFTE programme, diagnostic, and national deployment.

AI Capability Engine (ACE) CFTE AI PF Performance Hexagon CDE Innovation Prism SHIME Skills Framework LEADERS Methodology

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1,000+

Active practitioners in the CFTE expert network. The people teaching in our programmes are the people shaping the global financial industry.

Our practitioners come from institutions including:

Citi UBS HSBC Starling Bank FCA MAS Prudential Bank of America PayPal AXA

IBF and ABS accredited. Recognised by the FCA, MAS, and ADGM. Deployed in national programmes across Bermuda, UAE, Singapore, and Egypt.

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Ready to build AI capability at scale?

Start with an assessment. Scale to a national programme. CFTE has the frameworks and the track record to take you there.

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Building future-readyworkforces at scale.