Abstract: With the development of the digital economy, the digital transformation of the financial industry has accelerated, putting forward new requirements for financial risk management talents. At present, many institutions have offered financial risk management courses, but they mostly focus on traditional financial issues, making it difficult for the trained talents to meet the needs of current era development. This paper analyzes the challenges and opportunities brought by the digital economy to the teaching of financial risk management courses, explores the existing problems in the current teaching of this course, and proposes reform measures in many aspects, such as improving the financial risk management curriculum system, updating teaching methods, and adopting diversified teaching approaches. The aim is to improve the teaching quality of financial risk management courses and cultivate professional financial risk management talents who can meet the needs of the digital economy era.

Key words: Digital economy, Financial risk, Risk management, Fintech, Talent cultivation, Teaching methods, Curriculum construction