The Banking Academy is an international research, training, benchmarking and consulting provider to the financial services industry.

It is also a resource center designed to help practising professionals acquire and maintain critical skills and data in all key tactical areas of business and operations in this highly competitive industry.

The Banking Academy is run by teams of programme developers, researchers and consultants who do work dedicated to the financial services industry. It is supported by an international faculty of experienced bankers, technical experts and academics from around the world, hand-picked for their proven industry expertise. Our programmes are designed to be practical and create actionable solutions that deliver results.

The Banking Academy’s library of benchmarks, best practices and case studies are derived from interviews and resources around the world. The tactical areas covered in the products and services provided by The Banking Academy are as relevant to practitioners in developed markets as they are in emerging and fast growing markets.

Our products and services revolve around the following deliverables:

Consulting
Our consulting capability is centered around our core areas of expertise, particularly in retail banking, risk management and technology and operations in commercial banking. Our consulting services bandwidth is derived from our repository of benchmarking data and best practices, our in-house expertise as well as from our ability to put together external professionals with very specific skills for the intended assignments. In this regard, we are not a generalist consulting firm but very focused on operational areas of commercial banking.

Benchmarking
The Banking Academy collates the world’s most authoritative repository of benchmarks in the areas of retail banking, risk management and technology and operations in commercial banking. We are able to conduct detailed Diagnostics Reviews of your operations in any of these areas and provide you with a report on the gaps between your business and that of industry benchmarks.

Research
We provide both generic and proprietary, client-confidential research services to all players in the financial services industry. Our research work includes conducting country and industryspecific surveys, market sizing, industry trends, and go-to-market capabilities for our clients.

Training
We run the most comprehensive and diverse compendium of training workshops, seminars, conferences and programmes for practitioners in the financial services industry. Our training programmes are delivered through generic classroom as well tailored programmes for specific institutions. We also run a managed service for banks that wish to outsource the management of their training facility to professionals and at the same time have access to a global pool of trainers.

Management Programmes
Our pool of programme managers are able to tailor specific management programmes for banks. These can include management off-sites, scenario planning and brainstorming sessions as well as team-building off-sites with a strong practical focus on issues facing the financial services industry.

The Banking Academy has offices in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Dubai and representatives in London and New York. It is a brand managed under TAB International Pte Ltd., a Singapore-incorporated business intelligence company founded by Mr Emmanuel Daniel in 1996, that also runs The Asian Banker, the world renowned strategic banking intelligence provider.
The organisation is an equal opportunities employer for highly talented individuals and comprises of professionals as well as students and interns from many countries around the world.