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June 2025 Schedule

Affiliate International Retail Banker programme begins on Wednesday 4 June 2025 and runs until 6 August 2025. Full details of the June 2025 Schedule can be found below

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CIRB Level 1: Affiliate International Retail Banker

The Affiliate International Retail Banker programme is RBI's entry-level retail banking qualification and is designed for people who run the bank on a day-to-day basis, such as salespeople or marketing people, people working in operations, or credit risk officers. This programme is designed for busy professionals, and can be taken over the course of ten weeks with a requirement of 6 to 10 hours per week to cover reading, study, tutorials and exams.

DateModuleTimeTutor
4 June Introduction to Retail Banking2pmStuart Harle
11 June Ethics and Customer Trust2pmProf Paul Griffiths
18 June Customer Management I2pmStuart Harle
25 June Sales Management2pmCarlos Wanderley
2 July Marketing for Retail Banks2pmCarlos Wanderley
9 July Profitable Propositions2pmStuart Harle
16 July Payments2pmStuart Harle
23 July Operations and IT2pmStuart Harle
30 July Risk Management2pmDr Essam El Mallakh
6 Aug Retail Credit Risk I2pmDr Essam El Mallakh

CIRB Level 3: Certified International Retail Banker

Certified International Retail Banker programme is designed for senior executives already serving or planning to serve in management roles. Candidates receive reading material each week that separately cover Governance, ESG and Sustainability, Risk Leadership, Building a Modern Customer-Centric Digital Retail Bank, Leadership, Brand Management, and Asset and Liability Management. Once candidates have prepared themselves with the reading material, they join a weekly online interactive small group tutorials led by our specialist instructors. The programme runs by continual assessment, and each week, candidates complete a mini-exam following each module. This high level programme runs for seven consecutive weeks from Thursday 10 April 2025.

DateModuleTimeTutor
10 April Bank Governance2pmProf Paul Griffiths
17 April ESG and Sustainability2pmProf Paul Griffiths
24 April Risk Leadership2pmDr Essam El Mallakh
8 May Building a Modern Digital Retail Bank2pmStuart Harle
15 May Leadership2pmCarlos Wanderley
22 May Brand Management2pmCarlos Wanderley
29 May Asset and Liability Management2pmCarlos Wanderley
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