Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alexander V. Murychev Author-Email: priemmav@rspp.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Moscow 109240, Russia Author-Name: Petr N. Novikov Author-Email: pnovikov@nifi.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia Author-Name: Rim K. Nurmukhametov Author-Email: nurmuhametov.rim@yandex.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Tula Branch of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Tula 300012, Russia Title: Professional Standards of the Activities of the Financial Market Specialists in the Context of the Digital Economy Development Abstract: The article examines the issues of improvement of the professional standards of financial market professionals, caused by demands of the modern technological revolution. The experience of professional standards development is generalized by authors, and attention is drawn to the following difficulties, both theoretical and practical. The article is focused on the structure of the layout of a professional standard and clarification of the terminology. It also shows the main points of the Program of the digital economy of Russia and discloses such a new and popular term as “FinTech”. The authors consider the possibility to separate common (overprofessional) competencies (skills), along with professional ones, in professional standards demanded by the digital economy. Classification-JEL: G10 Keywords: professional standard, digital economy, financial technologies (FinTech), digital competence (skills), financial market Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 73-83 Issue: 2 Year: 2018 Month: April DOI: 10.31107/2075-1990-2018-2-73-83 File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2018/2/statii_2018_2/fm_2018_2_06.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:180206:p:73-83