Cash, Money Markets and Cryptocurrencies
Deposit accounts, cash risk, fiat and cryptocurrencies, Treasury bills, commercial paper, CDs and money-market funds.
How to prepare for CISI Introduction UK
Study to the syllabus version covering the exam date, learn instrument structures and calculations, then apply the introductory UK regulatory and advice boundaries without importing the deeper UK Financial Regulation unit.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Compare instant-access and fixed-term deposits.
Exam cue: Match liquidity and maturity to the investor's need.
Concept 2
Distinguish fiat currency and cryptocurrency.
Exam cue: Identify issuer, term, negotiability and credit support.
Concept 3
Compare capital-market and money-market instruments and their risks.
Exam cue: Separate payment technology from legal-currency status.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Treating cash as free of inflation or issuer risk.
Guardrail: Check roles, ownership, cash-flow direction, units, version dates, protection limits and whether the option claims advice, authorisation or certainty that the facts do not support.
Calling every short-term product a bank deposit.
Guardrail: Check roles, ownership, cash-flow direction, units, version dates, protection limits and whether the option claims advice, authorisation or certainty that the facts do not support.
Assuming cryptocurrency has deposit protection.
Guardrail: Check roles, ownership, cash-flow direction, units, version dates, protection limits and whether the option claims advice, authorisation or certainty that the facts do not support.
Memory anchors
Treasury bill
A short-term government money-market instrument normally issued at a discount.
Certificate of deposit
A negotiable certificate evidencing a time deposit with a deposit-taking institution.
Fiat currency
Money established by a state and monetary system rather than redeemable for a commodity.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
What is the main liquidity feature of an instant-access deposit?
Why might a fixed-term deposit pay more than an instant-access account?
Answer all questions to submit.
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Move forward only after this module is stable.
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