Certificate In Banking & Finance (CBF)








Goals
  Completion of this examination would enable the candidates
  To earn knowledge and understanding of the institutional, legal and operational environment of banking and financial Institutions
  To earn an internationally recognized qualification
  To seek job opportunities in the Banking & Financial sector
  To better ones career prospects if employed
  To enter the University degree route through the Diploma(DBF) in Banking and Finance

For Whom
  Employees in banking institutions
  Employees in non-bank financial institutions
  Working / non-working students
  School leavers

Exam – Subjects
  Core Subjects

1. The Financial Services Environment

2. Managing People in Organizations

3. Marketing, Sales and Customer Services

4. Structure of Accounts
Seven Optional Subjects(2 to be passed)

5. Managing Information

6. Customer Relationship Management

7. Lending and Securities

8. General Principles of Law

9. Risk Awareness and Corporate Governance

10. Economics

11. Insurance

CBF Entry Requirements
  Candidates should possess one of the following Qualifications.
  (a) Employees in Bank/Financial Institutions
  1. Any employee of a Bank / Financial Institution *** OR
  2.

A part qualification at the AIB Intermediate Examination OR
  3. Any other qualification listed from 4 to 8
 
  All Other Candidates
  4. G.C.E. (O/L) (Sri Lanka / London) Six (6) passes at one sitting with minimum 5C passes (Credits) including Credits for Mathematics and a Language – English / Sinhala / Tamil OR
  5. G.C.E. (A/L) (Sri Lanka / London) two (2) passes AND
G.C.E. (O/L) (Sri Lanka / London) six (6) passes with five (5) credits including credits for Mathematics * and a Language** OR
  6. G.C.E. (A/L) (Sri Lanka / London) having three (3) passes with two (2) credits AND having a credit for Mathematics * at the G.C.E (O/L) OR
  7. 7. G.C.E. (O/L) Six (6) passes with five (5) credits including Mathematics * and a Language** AND a pass in the Elementary Banking & Finance examination of IBSL OR
  8. Registered undergraduate at a University in Sri Lanka OR
  9. A University degree (any field) from a university recognized by the Sri Lanka University Grants Commission or a full professional qualification from a professional body acceptable to the IBSL.
 
Notes to CBF Entry Requirements  
    * G.C.E. (O/L) Mathematics Credit Pass
    Following subjects will be accepted as a substitutes for Mathematics (Credit Pass) at G.C.E. (O/L)
   
  • A Pass in Accounts/Physics / Business Studies / Statistics /Commerce or Finance at the G.C.E. A/L (Sri Lanka/Other)
  • A Credit pass in Commerce at G.C.E. (O/L)

    • **Language -Sinhala/Tamil/English      
    **G.C.E. (O/L) English Credit Pass
    Candidates holding eligible entry requirements obtained in the English Medium will be exempted from the prescribed credit pass in English.
   
*** Financial Institution
For the purpose of this regulation a Financial Institution is any Institution engaged primarily in providing financial services

(a)II ENTRY REQUIRMENTS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS

1.Two (02) passes at the G.C.E.(A/L) (Sri Lanka /London )and six passes at the G.C.E.(O/L) (Sri Lanka /London ) or any other equivalent with a credit for Mathematics

2.Three (03) passes at the G.C.E.(A /L) or equivalent and a credit in Mathematics at the G.C.E.(O/L)

3.Any other higher qualification

4.Any Employee working in a Financial Institution