Testimonials
The Digital Fifth is closer to the Fintech world than any other institute. Extensive use cases, excellent speakers which are mostly founders / top management of leading Fintechs and insightful interactions with a very good mix of senior professionals from banking, insurance, credit, IT and VC makes The Digital Fifth a class apart.


Associate Vice President - Products - Online PSB Loans


It was one of the best learning experiences I had, at The Digital Fifth. The training provided is completely based on practical experience from the market with in depth content. The classes are very interactive and expand my knowledge in the Fintech space. The course is having well-designed capstone projects with practical orientation. It helped me get a fair idea about the Fintech space and am confident enough to venture into the same. Overall, I am very much happy and highly recommend others to join the course for practical knowledge and it is a value-for-money and time.


Regional Sales Head - Corporate Business Group - South Indian Bank


As digital sweeps banking and financial services, the Executive Program of The Digital Fifth helped me set my foot strongly on the ground.


Chief Risk Officer - Equitas Small Finance Bank


Having been a short time entrepreneur myself and coming from an IT - Financial Services background, I couldn't have asked for an Executive Program better than this. Program is so perfectly curated which touches on all contemporary happenings in the BFSI ecosystem. While Sameer & Shashank bring their own decades of financial products building experience, cherry on the top is to hear first-hand experiences from 30+
industry practitioners including notable founders & industry elites. The cohort participants themselves bring huge industry experience and adds to peer learning. I can vouch for that no other Executive Program in the industry today can match up on the practical & relevant content this program offers.


Digital Technology Leader | Banking and Financial Services (Americas & APAC Geography) - Wipro Technologies


Glad to share that 5 months back got enrolled with The Digital Fifth - Executive Certification in Fintech, Open Banking & Financial Blockchain program. One of the best decisions for sure I made in my life/Career. Never imagined that Sunday Sessions would be so full of learning and positive energies, what initially looked difficult was a pleasure later. Superbly curated Course covering holistically all facets of this dynamically changing Fintech Eco-system. Many Thanks to Sameer Singh Jaini, Shashank Shekhar for creating and passionately delivering it. Live interactions and learnings we had from the Industry Stalwarts/Domain Specialists were an eye-opener, those valuable insightful sessions cannot be superseded by any class room learning program.


Principal Consultant - Digital Transformation, Banking & Financial Services - Infosys


I really want to thank entire The Digital Fifth team for conducting this program. Coming from a technical background, I initially found it difficult to relate to the level of content but with some home-work of revising the sessions and a little bit of google work, It helped me come up to a level of understanding. The real value which I found in the program was hearing the experience of pioneers of the market who actually built things from scratch. Also, It was a privilege to learn and work with an extremely knowledgeable set of cohort members from the banking industry on capstone projects. This program has definitely added a huge value to my skill set and market understanding which I look forward to applying in my future roles.


Lead Business Analyst - Sopra Banking Software


It has been a truly invaluable learning experience for me. I have learnt so much from all of your constructive input and guidance throughout each class of the course. The Digital Fifth has helped me to understand where my strengths and weaker aspects lie. Over the duration of the course I gained a lot of knowledge and practical strategies that will be beneficial to me. The course exceeded my expectations significantly. Thanks "SSS"- Sameer, Shashank, Sreekant for the wonderful Experience - You Guys Rock


AVP- Digital Banking - RBL Bank


The massive wealth of knowledge, experience and wisdom brought in by The Digital Fifth team (Sameer, Shashank & Team) and also by all industry leaders & mentors in Fintech, Paytech, WealthTech, InsurTech, RegTech, Open Banking, Financial blockchain & CyberSecurity. I would like to thank all participants/learners in this cohort for bringing in their knowledge, experience, technical & business perspectives and invaluable questions to the programme, which helped gain a lot of technical & business knowledge from all mentors. Sincerely appreciate all the effort put by The Digital Fifth team for bringing the best talent/mentors from the industry & also all my cohort team members for putting the best efforts during the capstone projects and providing the best recommendations which helped in immense learning. Thank you The Digital Fifth team & all my cohort colleagues & friends for life.


Assistant Vice President - FSS


It has been a great learning experience with the Digital Fifth Team. Hearing some wonderful Speakers and Mr Sameer and Shashank too have shared deep Insights on the Fintech space. Their experiences and advice will definitely help me in my career journey ahead.


Assistant Vice President - Bank Of Baroda Capital Markets


Glad to share that 5 months back got enrolled with The Digital Fifth - Executive Certification in Fintech, Open Banking & Financial Blockchain program. One of the best decisions for sure I made in my life/Career. Never imagined that Sunday Sessions would be so full of learning and positive energies, what initially looked difficult was a pleasure later. Superbly curated Course covering holistically all facets of this dynamically changing Fintech Eco-system. Many Thanks to Sameer Singh Jaini, Shashank Shekhar for creating and passionately delivering it. Live interactions and learnings we had from the Industry Stalwarts/Domain Specialists were an eye-opener, those valuable insightful sessions cannot be superseded by any class room learning program.


Head - Public Sector (India) & Zonal Head North - Transaction Banking - IndusInd Bank


Excellent learning journey with multiple industry leaders from Fintech and Startups covering all aspects from ideation to execution, technology to tools adoption for building go to market products. Privileged to network with peers who had exceptional knowledge. Biggest knowledge Enhancer has been Capstone projects Specially on Sweden Fintech ecosystem & Blockchain Based US Dollar Stable Coin Creator Circle! Thanks Sameer, Shashank, Sreekant & The Digital Fifth Family for Rendering the content so well! Learn continually – there's always “one more thing” to learn- Steve Jobs Best Wishes!


Regional Head - CMS Sales - YES Bank


Wonderful program that gives relevant and deeper insights into Fintech Domain. Sincerely appreciate the “commitment put in by Sameer and his team.


Head - Bancatakaful, NFI & Payment Products - Alizz Islamic BankAlizz Islamic Bank


program with excellent content and curriculum delivered with commitment of The Digital Fifth team focussing more on current trends in Fintech industry and several success stories of various players which gave me great insights and understanding of industry dynamics.


REGIONAL HEAD-AGRI AND INCLUSIVE BANKING - DCB Bank


Splendid and out of the world learning experience. Highly recommended, one of the best in class.


Senior Manager - Chief Control Office - Wholeshale Banking - HSBC


While I have been in the tech sector for sometime, I had been hearing about the buzz on open banking, neo banks , fintechs etc all on LinkedIn, the newspapers and the general media. While I could make some sense of what the buzz was, I could never figure out the ecosystem as a whole. There were always the missing links - that unanswered question that refused to be answered and let me understand the jigsaw puzzle - of an
industry which I was supposed to be knowing it all.We got exposed to industry thought and action leaders, startup founders who shared their experiences, and jargons and terminologies & concepts which intimidated me earlier, didn't sound so scary after all. Asking all those basic questions allowed me to put together the jigsaw puzzle pieces in place.


Co-Founder - XtendValue


The Digital Fifth course on Fintech, blockchain, Open banking and AI brings in glimpses of conceptual learning and delivers it from the industry experts which makes it practical for someone who is willing to walk the path of starting a company. The program is intense and one needs to put in time and effort. The capstone projects are the real learning use case where everyone can test their learning. To sum up, for people in the industry trying to get a bird's eye view of the segment or upscale, this 4 month program is well spent. Best wishes to the incoming batch. Happy learning!


Associate Vice President Sales - Kotak Mahindra Bank


From Identifying a problem statement to enable a tech intervention to Unit economics & ATS to Scalability and building ecosystems & be part of India which is transformational challenging status quo and our core beliefs and adding value in our lives.Thank you The Digital Fifth.


Director , Lead - Customer Success - Herbalife International India


Thanks to The Digital Fifth led by Sameer Singh Jaini & Shashank Shekhar for the awesome course content on emerging technologies in BFSI over a period of 5 months of continual journey with assignments, Capstone Projects and interactions with the Industry experts, mentors and colleagues resulting in accomplishment of “Executive Certification in Fintech, Open Banking & Financial Blockchain” and proud to be part of the 1st Cohort with my fellow-participants. Happy to share that I was part of Capstone Project of Video KYC (V-CIP) published based on the Framework of V-KYC. Thanks to Sreekant Rudrabhatla for introducing me to such a wonderful Program and Maitri for the splendid support.


Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer - OxyLoans


This executive programme by The Digital Fifth helps you in connecting various dots in fintech industry and gives wholistic picture. The capstone projects, industry leaders give invaluable insights into various developments. Moreover, interaction with talented fellow participants is cherry on the cake. Overall, I can say that this programme should not be missed by anyone who would like learn and pursue opportunities in fintech industry. I thank The Digital Fifth team wholeheartedly and wish them all the best.


Regional Head TASC - IndusInd Bank


FinTech revolution is rapidly transforming Banking & Financial industry. In an ever-changing world, this Executive Program by The Digital Fifth is crisp, well updated, highly recommended and helped me keep pace with innovation. I've become a fan of The Digital Fifth and promise to keep coming back for more.


Principal Consultant - Perfios


Its my lifetime learning investment. Could interact with real industry leaders and learn practical use cases.


Service Delivery Lead - Zafin


Great learning experience from industry veterans and got to know so much about what is happening in the space of fintech and open banking. The course was well structured and well designed for both experienced working people and entrepreneurs.


DVP - DVP


A one of its kind course and a must for professionals and wannabe entrepreneurs in fintech space. The topics and content are designed so well giving a 360 degree view of the fintech landscape and at same time the nuts and bolts needed to get started. Sessions by seasoned entrepreneurs and industry experts helps to get insights on real-world scenarios. Capstone projects added the fun and challenging element to the learning. I was part of the 1st cohort and my batchmates were all experienced professionals. Working with them on projects and interacting with them further added to my learning. I wish The Digital Fifth Team a great success for their future training programs. I look forward to joining new ones ahead.


Product Portfolio Head - IRISGST


With over 25 years of experience across various industries, I felt that a lot of clients are looking for direction and advice on emerging Fintech, open banking APIs and modernization of technologies for monetary growth. This course has filled all the knowledge gaps and has built the confidence to help, guide and steer them to the right path. The whole The Digital Fifth team is absolutely the experts filled with knowledge, skills and patience. This results in delivery of excellent coaching to reform the candidates who will further become great entrepreneurs, advisors and top industry leaders in their field. This is a unique course globally.


Cloud Consultant - Google


Excellent Course covering all practical aspects of payments, fintech, lending, Financial Blockchain and open banking straight from top industry leaders with proven experience, learnings are immense with live projects and continuous assessments... Cheers to Sameer, Shashank and Sreekant for introducing such beauty certainly game changer for Fintech ecosystem.


Zonal Head Government - Ecommerce /Merchant Acquiring Business - West -HDFC Bank


The Fintech program run by The Digital Fifth is one of the unique programs where I get to know from Industry veterans what is happening in Fintech. I definitely recommend all Fintech aspirants to enroll for this program. The entire learning experience has been very thrilling.


Head Profit Centre - Reliance Jio Infocomm


The Executive Program is a very comprehensive and well structured program with a perfect mixture of theoretical sessions and practical sessions with industry practitioners. The capstone projects which are an integral part of the program, provides effective learning and engagement opportunities to work with the participants and incorporate the theoretical elements learned over the course into insightful presentations. Highly recommend the executive program.


Chief Business Officer - Transfi


The Executive Certification was one comprehensive program which packed all relevant content on Fintech world, delivered with utmost passion by Sameer & Shashank. I was enriched by the sessions taken by host of speakers who took us through the realistic journey of building a Fintech business. Capstone projects has been well planned. I joined the program with intent of upgrading myself and I feel that I have added value to my knowledge & understanding ability. I am able to relate/question and add value with entrepreneur approach in my current role. A highly recommended program for all banking professionals.


National Credit Manager - Unsecured SME Business & Partnerships - Clix Capital


I'm am transactional banker working in a public sector bank. In my day to day work, I realised the rapid pace in which banking was changing. I wanted to keep myself updated of the changes happening and income across The Digital Fifth on LinkedIn. And I'm glad I came across them and no one else. Though less experienced than others in my cohort, I joined the executive certification program and I glad that I did. Sameer and Shashank brought in a lot of experiential learning which was always well articulated. The USP of the program is the network and engagement with industry captains who are leading the change as you are reading this. Every Sunday is was impossible to miss a session looking at the guests who were about to interact with us. It was a great learning experience and a good chance to connect with some amazing people who were a part of the cohort.


Area Credit Manager - Bajaj Housing Finance Limited


"I have been an active participant in various courses which Digital Fifth has run in the past, from Open banking, Digital Lending, Cyber security. Finally I jointly the Executive Program on Fintech, Open Banking and Digital Lending. I would strongly recommend this course to aspirants who wish to develop a sound understanding of India as well as Global Fintech markets, learn from best practices from a ross the world, unravel the New Business models through Capstone projects. The course content, speakers are the best. The passion with which Digital Fifth deliver value to participants is truly commendable The training has clear application at work and as a Transformation / Innovation Lead, everyday I feel fortunate and grateful for the decision to join this course. Thank You Samir, Shashank and Entire Digital Fifth."


HSBC - Singapore


"I am personally very happy that I took the decision of pursuing this course from Digital Fifth . I must thank Sameer , Shasank and the entire team for putting a great course study . I had attended couple of executive programs from some of the institute in the world , but the way the course was curated was very different , more practical oriented , full of case studies and project work . This has made the learning not only fun but practical . Each and everybody has learnt how to build a Fintech and what goes behind it .Thanks once again and lucky to be a part of the batch ."


Managing Partner


"The Executive Program is a very comprehensive and well structured program with a perfect mixture of theoretical sessions and practical sessions with industry practitioners. The capstone projects which are an integral part of the program, provides effective learning and engagement opportunities to work with the participants and incorporate the theoretical elements learned over the course into insightful presentations. Highly recommend the executive program."


Chief Business Officer - Trans-Fi

