Blockchain and finance: concepts, technologies, regulation - course 5900 rub. from Open education, training 4 weeks, about 5 hours per week, Date November 28, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / November 29, 2023
St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU) is the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1724. The university today is a scientific, educational and cultural center of global importance, invariably included in all international university rankings. In the QS Graduate Employability 2018 category for interaction with employers, St Petersburg University ranks 20th among 400 leading universities in the world and is the best in Russia. Currently, St. Petersburg State University implements 418 educational programs, including the most modern areas of training and specialties. A certificate of successful completion of the presented online courses gives 5 additional points for admission to master's and postgraduate programs at St. Petersburg State University.
St. Petersburg University is doing everything possible to prevent the spread of the virus: distance learning has been organized, in an emergency situation necessary, the document flow procedure has been changed, student volunteers provide assistance to university students, thousands of students from other universities are enrolled in online courses St. Petersburg State University.
St Petersburg University is the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1724. The University today is a world-class research, educational and cultural center which is always included in all international rankings of world universities. St Petersburg University was ranked 20th in QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2018 among 400 leading universities in the world and is the best in Russia. At present, St Petersburg University offers 418 academic programmes, including the most advanced areas and fields of study. The certificate of successful completion of offered online courses gives five additional points when applying for master’s and doctoral programs at St Petersburg University.
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Viktor Dostov, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Council of the Association of Participants in the Electronic Money and Money Transfer Market, which unites key players in this sector of the economy in Russia. One of the leading experts in the retail payments industry, Victor has headed AED since its founding.
Previously, Victor was the Managing Partner and one of the founders of the PayCash Group, a company that has implemented a number of successful payment projects. On their basis, services such as Yandex later appeared. Money, iDealer, Mobile commerce Beeline, Mobi. Money and others. In 2013 and 2016 Victor also headed the financial innovation development sector of the Faculty of Finance and Banking of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of Russia.
Victor is the chief researcher of the Central Committee of the NTI “Distributed Ledger Technologies of St. Petersburg State University”. The Competence Center under the leadership of Victor is developing an integrated methodology for using blockchain technology to solve a set of problems in various industries, forms a digital infrastructure for business and public administration, creates new models for doing business and public administration in within the digital economy, and also deals with regulatory issues to introduce new forms of digital business and economic sectors into a single legal space.
Victor takes part in the work of key advisory institutions on retail finance, including being a member of the Presidium of the Advisory Council under Interdepartmental Commission on AML/CFT Issues, Expert Council on Non-Bank Financial Organizations of the State Duma Committee on Financial market. Since 2013, he has been participating in the activities of the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation. In 2014, he was appointed head of the Subgroup on Identification Issues of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Electronic Interaction at the Bank of Russia. Since 2015 – Deputy Head of the “Internet + Finance” subgroup of the working group on the use of information and telecommunications network Internet in the domestic economy during the formation of its new technological basis and in the social sphere.
Victor is a member of the Supervisory Board of the National Payment Council and heads the Committee on Electronic Money and Mobile Commerce of the National Payment Association. As part of cooperation with international institutions, Victor participates in discussions on improving accessibility financial services and implementation of global AML/CFT standards on the platforms of CGAP, FATF, Eurasian Group on AML/CFT; serves on the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Digital Finance Working Group.
Victor is a regular speaker at international events on electronic money, retail payments and financial inclusion, author of publications on regulation, management and the future of payments industry. He is also included in the list of regional authors of the Financial Regulation International magazine and the expert council of the magazine “Calculations and operational work in a commercial bank”.
Teaches at the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics.
Topic 1. Introduction to Blockchain Technology
Topic 2. Blockchain-based payment technologies
Topic 3. Central bank digital currencies
Topic 4. Non-payment financial products based on distributed registries