• Week 1: Fintech — Payments, Microfinance, Islamic Finance, Buy Now Pay Later
• Week 2: Techfin — Cryptocurrency, Digital Bank/Challenger Bank, Decentralised Finance, NFT
• Week 3: Technology/Digital — Regtech, Biometric Authentication, AI, ESG, Risk Compliance, Cybersecurity
• Week 4: Entrepreneurship/Leadership — Startup & Scaleup, Entrepreneurial Journey, Venture Capital and Investment, Leadership and Community

*Subjected to the changes and availability of instructors and at the discretion of the Board and FortNynja.

• No, the Course materials will generally be provided by the Instructors after a class session.
• Do allow some time for us and the instructors to process the materials as the course materials will be subjected to approvals by the Instructor's respective companies.
• There will be no extra fees for the materials.

• Our main communication channel for all participants, the FortNynja Team, instructors and mentors will be on Discord.
• Our classes and mentoring sessions will be held online via Zoom.

• We are not going to lie, it's pretty intensive.
• You must attend a minimum of 6 hours per week of mandatory classes (3 x 2 hours class per week)
• Extra hours to brainstorm and contribute to your Team's Pitch on Graduation Pitch Day at the end of the Course.
• We will have Ambassadors (Graduates from previous cohorts) to guide and support you throughout the Course should you ever encounter any problems.

• Graduation Pitch Day is a mandatory requirement to successfully graduate from the Course.
• You will need to team up with your fellow cohort mates (up to 6 individuals per team) to solve a Fintech/Techfin problem of your choice and build your team's pitch deck by the end of the Course.
  ⭐ Tips: Remember to find your teammates as early as you can to start brainstorming your ideas and discussing possible solutions.
• You and your team will be required to attend and pitch your solution on Graduation Pitch Day.
• Each team is entitled to 3 mins pitch and 5 mins Q&A from the judges.

• To successfully graduate, you will need to fulfill:
  1. 80% of class attendance; and
  2. Pitch with your team members on the Graduation Pitch Day.
• When you have successfully graduated from the Course, you will then receive your certificate of completion and get back the full reimbursement of your deposit (minus the transaction and exchange fees).

There will be awards for the Best Pitch, Best Team and Best Fintech/Techfin project given on the Graduation Pitch Day.

There is no extra penalty. You will not receive your certificate of completion and there will not be any refund of your deposit.

There will not be any exams. Quizzes and tests may be applied with the objective to have fun while learning and getting to know your classmates.

There will be a maximum of 100 participants per class, with the option for the instructors to reduce the class size if need be.

Each class sessions will be 2 hours long.

• Each class structure is unique, it will be highly dependent on each Instructor's style. It can be a mixture of structured and unstructured.
• Ie: Fireside chat, pure lecture and presentation, and Q&A.

Yes, it is encouraged for you to always check up on the Class Calendar to see the upcoming topics and do a little pre-reading yourself.

• Mentoring sessions are hour-long sessions on every Saturday from 9.00AM to 10.00AM (MYT/SGT/HKT).
• It is divided into 2 types:
  1. Group session with 30 mins per slot (2 groups max per day); and
  2. 1-on-1 session with 15 mins per slot (4 students max per day).
• This is non-compulsory and it is on a first come first serve basis for our participants.
• It is made for the purpose of assisting our participants in their graduation pitch.

• Mandatory classes: 7pm-9pm (MYT/SGT/HKT) on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
• Supplementary classes:
  1. 7pm—9pm (MYT/SGT/HKT) on either Mondays or Fridays.
  2. 10am—12pm (MYT/SGT/HKT) on Saturdays.
• Mentoring Sessions: 9am-10am (MYT/SGT/HKT) on Saturdays.

Yes, the class schedule will be distributed to our participants before 15th November 2021.

• Yes, the sessions will be recorded.
• Please note that we do not give recordings for optional classes if you did not manage to turn up for the class.
• Participants will be entitled to request up to 5 max video recordings for the current cohort that they are in.
• As a participant of the E-Fintech School, you will be given access to the class recordings from the previous cohort.
• The current cohort will have access to the previous recordings until the start of the next cohort.

• You can fill in your reason of non-attendance in our internal class sheet (will be provided when the Course starts)
• Participants will be given a chance to catch up on the classes via the class recording, provided you have given your reason for your non-attendance and your attendance rate is kept at 80%.
• Exceptional cases are up to the discretion of the E-Fintech Board of Advisory.

• The topics are mandatory unless specifically mentioned to be optional.
• We have supplementary classes (optional) that you can attend to unlock the inner-Hermoine in you.

• Yes, it will be 100USD per person at the start of the Course in the form of a deposit and it will be reimbursed back upon successful graduation from the Course (minus the transaction and exchange fees).
• The purpose of this fee is to get committed and genuine participants that are keen on getting the most out of the Course.

Please expect 2-3 months of processing time for your reimbursement.