Programme Overview
For senior professionals and individuals aspiring to enter the banking and financial services industry. Our Mini-MBA in Banking and Finance has been designed to deepen comprehension, broaden expertise, and equip delegates with the necessary skills to navigate the continuous evolution within the financial services sector.
This comprehensive and rigorous learning journey integrates fundamental MBA disciplines, including marketing, human resources, and strategic management, with specialised subjects such as risk management, credit and lending, financial crises, regulation, technology and fintech. These specialised modules are meticulously curated to align with contemporary banking and finance practices, ensuring delegates complete the programme adept at handling the dynamic challenges of the industry.
This 4-day programme has been designed for face-to-face delivery and is available as an open programme or for in-house delivery. Please contact our team to discuss your needs.
Benefits for you
Provides executives and managers with practical and up-to-date content to enhance their skills.
Enhance your comprehension and skill set to adapt to the ever-changing financial services industry.
This highly accessible programme offers a condensed and focused study approach enabling delegates to undertake executive development alongside their career.
This comprehensive and intensive learning experience integrates core MBA disciplines such as Marketing, Human Resources, and Strategic Management, with specialised subjects including Financial Institutions Risk Management, Credit and Lending, and Banking Technology & FinTech to ensure relevance to your sector.
Network with industry professionals and like-minded peers
Earn a valuable certificate on completion
Benefits for your organisations
Enhanced Expertise: Delegates will gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of banking and finance principles, strategies, and best practices, enabling them to make more informed decisions in their roles.
Strategic Insight: Delegates will acquire strategic insight into the banking and finance industry, including market trends, regulatory frameworks, and emerging technologies, which can help shape the organisation’s long-term strategies and direction.
Improved Problem-Solving Skills: This program will equip delegates with analytical tools and problem-solving skills specific to banking and finance, empowering them to address complex challenges and drive innovative solutions within the organisation.
Enhanced Leadership Skills: Delegates will develop enhanced leadership capabilities through exposure to case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, fostering stronger leadership qualities that benefit their teams and the organisation as a whole.
Talent Development: Investing in executive education demonstrates a commitment to talent development and employee growth, which can boost morale, engagement, and retention among other team members, creating a positive organisational culture.
Competitive Advantage: Equipping delegates with advanced knowledge and skills in banking and finance can provide their organisation with a competitive edge in the market, positioning it for success and growth in an increasingly complex and dynamic business environment.
Credit and Lending: This module introduces delegates to Credit and Lending, exploring the banker-customer relationship, business lending procedures, and credit risk practices across different types of banks. Delegates will gain critical knowledge and practical banking skills, enabling them to understand and manage credit and lending in the banking industry.
Ethics, Regulation and Compliance: During this module, delegates willexamine how banks and financial markets respond to crises and analyse policymakers’ and institutions’ actions. They will delve into ethical principles and professional standards in lending, investment, and trading. Additionally, they will explore the roles of individuals, organisations, and corporate governance in financial decision-making. The interplay between compliance, risk management, and corporate governance is critically assessed as they contribute to regulatory assurance and enhance overall firm performance.
Risk Management: This module explores risk management in shareholder-owned banks, viewing it as a fundamental aspect of practical financial management. Delegates will examine the role of risk-taking and financial management in banking firms, emphasising efficient risk management practices and risk-return trade-offs. The module analyses the nature, strategic context, and management of bank risks. Banking Technology and FinTech: This module explores the dynamic changes in banking technology, driven by emerging fintech start-ups that challenge traditional bank models. It examines the interplay between technology (cryptography, mobile banking, AI), regulation, and evolving business models, focusing on potential disintermediation of traditional banking functions and collaboration between banks and non-bank tech companies. Delegates will evaluate key areas impacted by new technologies, international payments and small business/unsecured personal credit, public policy and strategic issues in financial technology, including the role of regulation in fostering or hindering innovation.Practice key lessons and test ideas in a supportive and varied learning environment
Case studies and practical application – analysing real-world business cases to apply theoretical knowledge to practical solutions
Receive 1-to-1 advice and practical help from our academics and business experts
All materials and handbooks required for the programme will be provided to you during the programme
Our team have extensive experience of working in and with organisations from around the world and will combine the latest UK Higher Education research, teaching and learning with the most current professional practice, in ways that make sense for you and your organisation
We do not include formal assessments as part of our 4-day programmes, however we do highly recommend delegates complete the associated independent directed learning that is provided for each of our programmes. Completing directed learning helps to reinforce knowledge and skills acquired during the programmes, making it more likely that delegates will retain and apply this knowledge in their professional roles and for the benefit of their organisation. Our team are available to provide support throughout the process.
All Illuminare Executive Education 4-day programmes are scheduled for 7.5hrs contact time each day (30hrs in total for the programme). In addition, it is expected that you would complete an additional 10hrs of independent directed learning to meet the programme learning outcomes and to ensure you get the most out of your learning experience. Dates and timings of delivery will be confirmed when you enrol. Please be assured that all directed learning will be explained and access to all required resources will be provided to you during the taught element of the programme.
All our open programmes are available with UK university certification of endorsement and / or CPD points in recognition of their high quality, sector leading provision. We’re proud to offer programme certification at no extra cost when you make the request at the point of booking. If this request is made after the point of booking an administration fee of £49 (per certificate) will be due before a certificate can be processed.
If you are an organisation interested in having your bespoke programme certified, please speak with our team prior to making a booking so we can discuss your needs.
We offer 10% discount on bookings where 5 or more delegate places are booked on the same programme (bookings must be made at the same time and through the same payment transaction for the discount to be applied).
It covers all required study material and programme activities. For bookable open programmes, it also covers all refreshments and meals provided during the face-to-face programme contact time.
Please complete an ‘Enquire and Enrol’ form online. Acceptance is not automatic; your application will be reviewed by our team to ensure a best-fit between applicants and programmes. Our team will be in touch to discuss your needs and will ensure you enrol onto the programme that’s right for you (and that’s scheduled on the right date and location for you too). If you are enquiring on behalf of an organisation, please contact us to discuss your needs.
We hold open programmes in London, Dubai, Edinburgh, and Abi Dhabi throughout the year. We also deliver in-house programmes for organisations across the world. Please view our programmes for dates of our upcoming open programmes or contact us to discuss your organisational requirements.
Visa requirements vary depending on your nationality and country of residence. We encourage you to use the ‘check if you need a visa’ tool or to consult the UK consulate or embassy in your home country.
This programme comes with a UK University Certificate of Endorsement in recognition of its high-quality sector leading provision. This programme is also available with CPD Certification of 30 hours /points. If you would like to receive certification, please let a member of our team know when you enrol onto the programme.
Why choose Illuminare Executive Education?
Illuminare Executive Education was founded to meet the needs of global corporations and professionals who appreciate and demand high-quality education and services that the UK Higher Education sector is renowned for. Here at Illuminare Executive Education, we provide it in ways that are easy to access, agile to engage with, and applied in delivery.
We are proud that our founders and team are all leading UK academics and practitioners. Our programmes are all designed to the same quality standards that UK Universities adhere to. For many years we have successfully designed, validated, and delivered new and existing UK university programmes (degrees, apprenticeships, short courses, and executive education) to meet market demand, and we continue to provide advisory services on curricular modifications to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the global market.
Here at Illuminare Executive Education, we bring you our knowledge, skills, experience, and support through provision of our own university endorsed globally recognised programmes, business services and executive coaching. As a mark of our high-quality provision, all our programmes are available with UK university certification and / or CPD certification on request.
Our team have extensive experience of working in and with organisations from around the world and will bring you the latest research, teaching and learning combined with the most current global professional practice, in ways that work for you and your organisation.
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