Course Details
A 2-day course, 6 hours per day (12 hours in total), delivered as a hands-on workshop on simulated data with a capstone project. Beginner to Intermediate level, no AI background required. The course focuses on using AI as an assistive tool within a data governance framework, with decisions in regulated work remaining with the organization's people and processes. Learners take home a prompt library, an internal assistant (Custom GPT/Gem), document and product FAQ templates, and a data governance framework with a PDPA checklist.
Day 1: AI for Documents, Data and Customer Service
Section 1: AI in Banking and Financial Institutions
- An overview of generative AI in financial institution work and what changes in the process
- AI use cases: documents, reports, analysis, customer service, risk and compliance
- Industry-specific risks and a framework for responsible AI use
- Choosing the right AI tool for regulated tasks
Section 2: Prompts and Output Control for Finance Work
- A good prompt structure for finance: role, context, data and output format
- Instructing AI to reference sources and show reasoning so results are traceable
- Preventing hallucination and setting verification mechanisms for numbers and regulations
- Building a team prompt library for recurring work
Section 3: Documents, Reports and Customer Communication
- Using AI to draft documents, reports and formal letters
- Preparing product documents and explaining terms so customers understand, accurately
- Cautions on accuracy, disclosure and review before real use
- Workshop: draft one document or customer communication with AI plus a review mechanism
Section 4: Financial Data Analysis and Reporting
- Using AI to analyze transaction, portfolio and KPI data (on simulated data)
- Finding anomalies and trends worth checking
- Preparing executive reports that support decisions, with number verification
- Workshop: use AI to analyze a simulated financial dataset and summarize key points
Section 5: Customer Service and Financial Product Work
- Using AI to help answer customer questions and explain financial products accurately
- Preparing standard answer sets and FAQ for the service team
- Tailoring communication to each customer group without giving advice beyond scope
- Workshop: prepare a product FAQ or customer service message set with AI
Day 2: Risk, Compliance, Internal Assistants and Governance
Section 6: Risk, Regulation and Compliance with AI
- Using AI to summarize and compare regulations, rules and internal policies
- Helping check document alignment with policy (policy check) in an assistive role
- Preparing compliance documents and reports systematically
- Workshop: use AI to summarize one set of regulations and build a compliance checklist
Section 7: Risk Analysis and KYC/AML Support
- How AI supports KYC and customer data summarization (in an assistive role)
- Helping spot suspicious patterns and initial risk issues, with a person always deciding
- Scope and limits: AI is an assistive tool, not a decision-maker in regulated work
Section 8: Internal Assistants and Knowledge Base
- Building a Custom GPT or Gem as an internal assistant answering policy and product questions
- Embedding policies and knowledge for consistent, controllable results
- Approaches to limiting permissions and controlling the data the assistant can access
- Workshop: build one internal assistant to answer common policy questions
Section 9: Financial Institution Automation with n8n
- Setting up automation with n8n, such as report summaries and due-date alerts
- Connecting data across internal systems safely and controllably
- Security and access-permission cautions in automation
- Workshop: design one simple automation flow for internal work
Section 10: Data Governance, Security and PDPA
- Data that must not go into AI: customer data, transaction data and confidential data
- Handling data before use with AI and choosing AI services suitable for sensitive data
- Personal data under PDPA and a data governance framework for financial institutions
- Setting the organization's responsible AI usage policy
Section 11: Capstone Project and Real-world Adoption
- Task: set up an end-to-end AI toolkit for the learner's work within a governance framework, from documents and analysis to internal assistants and compliance work
- Present the work and get feedback from the instructor and peers
- A first-30-days adoption plan and setting up safe AI use organization-wide