You need top level knowledge in order to be successful in the banking world. TECH offers you this and much more thanks to a state-of-the-art and innovative educational methodology” 

Why Study at TECH?

TECH is the world's largest 100% online business school. It is an elite business school, with a model based on the highest academic standards. A world-class centre for intensive managerial skills training.   

TECH is a university at the forefront of technology, and puts all its resources at the student's disposal to help them achieve entrepreneurial success"

At TECH Global University

Innovation

The university offers an online learning model that combines the latest educational technology with the most rigorous teaching methods. A unique method with the highest international recognition that will provide students with the keys to develop in a rapidly-evolving world, where innovation must be every entrepreneur’s focus.

"Microsoft Europe Success Story", for integrating the innovative, interactive multi-video system.  

The Highest Standards

Admissions criteria at TECH are not economic. Students don't need to make a large investment to study at this university. However, in order to obtain a qualification from TECH, the student's intelligence and ability will be tested to their limits. The institution's academic standards are exceptionally high...  

95% of TECH students successfully complete their studies.

Networking

Professionals from countries all over the world attend TECH, allowing students to establish a large network of contacts that may prove useful to them in the future.  

100,000+ executives trained each year, 200+ different nationalities.

Empowerment

Students will grow hand in hand with the best companies and highly regarded and influential professionals. TECH has developed strategic partnerships and a valuable network of contacts with major economic players in 7 continents.  

500+ collaborative agreements with leading companies.

Talent

This program is a unique initiative to allow students to showcase their talent in the business world. An opportunity that will allow them to voice their concerns and share their business vision. 

After completing this program, TECH helps students show the world their talent. 

Multicultural Context

While studying at TECH, students will enjoy a unique experience. Study in a multicultural context. In a program with a global vision, through which students can learn about the operating methods in different parts of the world, and gather the latest information that best adapts to their business idea. 

TECH students represent more than 200 different nationalities.   

Learn with the best

In the classroom, TECH teaching staff discuss how they have achieved success in their companies, working in a real, lively, and dynamic context. Teachers who are fully committed to offering a quality specialization that will allow students to advance in their career and stand out in the business world. 

Teachers representing 20 different nationalities. 

TECH strives for excellence and, to this end, boasts a series of characteristics that make this university unique:   

Analysis

TECH explores the student’s critical side, their ability to question things, their problem-solving skills, as well as their interpersonal skills.  

Academic Excellence

TECH offers students the best online learning methodology. The university combines the Relearning methodology (the most internationally recognized postgraduate learning methodology) with Harvard Business School case studies. A complex balance of traditional and state-of-the-art methods, within the most demanding academic framework.   

TECH is the world’s largest online university. It currently boasts a portfolio of more than 10,000 university postgraduate programs. And in today's new economy, volume + technology = a ground-breaking price. This way, TECH ensures that studying is not as expensive for students as it would be at another university.  

At TECH you will have access to Harvard Business School case studies"  

The Postgraduate diploma in Banking Management and Financial Planning of TECH Global University is taught 100% online, so it is the students themselves who decide their own schedule and study time. This is possible because TECH makes all possible resources available to its students, eliminating the need for face-to-face classes or fixed schedules. 

It is essential for financial professionals to have advanced management and planning skills. Don't lag behind the competition and join the forefront of economics with TECH" 

Syllabus

The Postgraduate diploma in Banking Management and Financial Planning is a program made to measure for the student, providing them with all the possible options so that they themselves can decide how to approach the course. 

A program which develops the managerial and financial skills of students so as to help them to achieve the best job positions in the sector of banking and finance. 

Over the course of 375 hours, the student analyzes a plethora of practical cases through individual and team work. It is, therefore, an authentic immersion in real business situations. This Postgraduate diploma deals in depth with all financial areas of the company and is designed to help managers understand financial management from strategic, international and innovative perspective.

A plan designed for you, focused on improving your career and preparing you to achieve excellence in the field of banking and financial management. A program that understands both yours and your company's needs through innovative content based on the latest trends, and supported by the best educational methodology and an exceptional faculty, which will provide you with the skills to solve critical situations, creatively and efficiently. 

This Postgraduate diploma takes place over 6 months and is divided into 3 modules:

Module 1. The Economic Environment and Financial Markets
Module 2. Banking Management
Module 3. Financial Instruments and Markets
Module 4. Financial Analysis and Planning

Where, When and How is it Taught?

TECH offers the possibility to study this Postgraduate diploma in Banking Management and Financial Planning completely online. Throughout the 6 months of training, you will be able to access all the contents of this program at any time, allowing you to self-manage your study time. 

Module 1. The Economic Environment and Financial Markets

1.1. Banking and Finance

1.1.1. Fundamental Variables in Financial Decisions
1.1.2. Financial Activity
1.1.3. Banking Within the Financial System
1.1.4. The Banking Business

1.2. Finance Theory

1.2.1. Statistics Applied to the Stock Market
1.2.2. Mathematics of Financial Operations
1.2.3. Financial Transactions

1.3. Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy

1.3.1. GDP
1.3.2. Financial Balance
1.3.3. The Role of the Public Sector
1.3.4. Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy

1.4. Measuring Financial Activity

1.4.1. Financial System
1.4.2. Types of Transactions
1.4.3. Financial Instruments

1.5. Main Financial Aggregates

1.5.1. Financial Institutions
1.5.2. Financial Versus Non-Financial Investment
1.5.3. Negotiation Levels

1.6. Markets and the Control of Financial Flows

1.6.1. Structure of the Financial System
1.6.2. Financial Markets
1.6.3. Nature and Objectives of Monetary Policy
1.6.4. Interest Rates

1.7. Bank Accounting

1.7.1. Financial Statements in Banking
1.7.2. Other Balance Sheet and Income Statement Items
1.7.3. Credit Risk and Insolvency
1.7.4. Business Combinations and Consolidation

1.8. The Current Financial Crisis

1.8.1. Failures of the International Financial System
1.8.2. Accounting Standards and Creative Accounting
1.8.3. Bad Banking Practices
1.8.4. Tax Havens

Module 2. Banking Management

2.1. Operational Management of Credit Institutions

2.1.1. Analysis of the Income Statement
2.1.2. Main Management Indicators 
2.1.3. Management Control of the Banking Business

2.2. Management Objectives of Financial Institutions

2.2.1. Solvency Management in Credit Institutions
2.2.2. Market and Funding Liquidity
2.2.3. Efficient Banking Management

2.3. Interest Rate Risk Management

2.3.1. Risk Management in Credit Institutions
2.3.2. Interest Rate Risk
2.3.3. Interest Risk Valuation Methods

2.4. Liquidity Management and Monetary Policy of the ECB

2.4.1. Money and Interbank Markets
2.4.2. Liquidity Management
2.4.3. Coverage of Legal Coefficients
2.4.4. Monetary Policy in the Euro Zone

2.5. Banking Company and Management Models 

2.5.1. The Financing of Economic Activity
2.5.2. Costs and Productivity
2.5.3. Margins and Profitability
2.5.4. Competition in the Banking Sector

2.6. Banking Regulation

2.6.1. The European Central Bank and the Central Banking System
2.6.2. Cash Ratio and Eligible Liabilities
2.6.3. Solvency Ratios: Basil II
2.6.4. Money Laundering

Module 3. Financial Instruments and Markets

3.1. The Financial Markets

3.1.1. Characteristics of Financial Markets
3.1.2. Functions of Financial Markets
3.1.3. Components of Financial Markets

3.2. Types of Financial Markets

3.2.1. Financial Markets According to Traded Rights
3.2.2. Financial Markets According to the Term of the Assets Traded
3.2.3. Financial Markets According to the Time of Issuance of Assets
3.2.4. Financial Markets According to Their Organizational Structure
3.2.5. Financial Markets According to the Time of Delivery of the Asset

3.3. Financial Market Supervisory Bodies

3.3.1. European Central Bank and Bank of Spain
3.3.2. General Directorate of Insurance and Pension Funds
3.3.3. National Securities Market Commission

3.4. Stock Markets

3.4.1. The Stock Market
3.4.2. Futures Market
3.4.3. Options Markets

3.5. Fixed Income Market 

3.5.1. Spot Interest Rates and Forward Interest Rates
3.5.2. Public Debt Market
3.5.3. AIAF Market

3.6. Equity Market

3.6.1. Trading Systems
3.6.2. CNMV and Market Regulation
3.6.3. Securities and Stock Exchange Operations 
3.6.4. IPOs

3.7. Futures Market

3.7.1. Forward Contracts
3.7.2. Futures on Interest
3.7.3. Exchange Rate Futures
3.7.4. Stock Index Futures

3.8. Options Markets

3.8.1. Speculative Operations
3.8.2. Continuous Arbitrage Operations
3.8.3. The Price of an Option Contract
3.8.4. Use of Options in Hedging
3.8.5. Characteristics of an Options Portfolio

3.9. OTC Derivative Products

3.9.1. FRA Markets
3.9.2. Swap
3.9.3. Cap, Floor and Collar

3.10. Foreign Exchange Market

3.10.1. Operation and Regulatory Agencies
3.10.2. Spot Foreign Exchange Transactions
3.10.3. Parity Conditions
3.10.4. Exchange to Local Currency

Module 4. Financial Analysis and Planning

4.1. Accounting and Bank Consolidation

4.1.1. Analysis of the Economic Situation
4.1.2. Industry and Company Analysis
4.1.3. Types of Graphs
4.1.4. Main Theories

4.2. Fundamental and Technical Analysis 

4.2.1. Analysis of the Balance Sheet
4.2.2. Analysis of the Income Statement
4.2.3. Management Ratios
4.2.4. Selection Criteria for Investing in a Credit Institution

4.3. Analysis of Financial Statements

4.3.1. Equity Analysis
4.3.2. Degree of Liquidity of Assets
4.3.3. Efficiency and Profitability of Investments

4.4. Financial Prediction 

4.4.1. Economic Forecasting Models
4.4.2. Univariate Models
4.4.3. Multivariate Models
4.4.4. Techniques for Estimating Financial Variables

4.5. Balance Sheet and Risk Analysis

4.5.1. Risks of Credit Institutions
4.5.2. Information Required for Risk Analysis
4.5.3. Analysis of the Situation and Possible Evolution of the Companies
4.5.4. Short and Long-Term Financing

4.6. Solvency Management

4.6.1. Shareholders' Equity in the Banking Company and Solvency Ratio
4.6.2. Capital Optimization and Pillar II
4.6.3. Basil III
4.6.4. Internal Control and Pillar III

4.7. Profitability Analysis Models

4.7.1. Risk-Adjusted Return Analysis
4.7.2. Asset and Liability Pricing Models
4.7.3. Strategic Map: Definition and Elaboration
4.7.4. Control Panels

4.8. Valuation of Credit Institutions

4.8.1. Basic Principles in the Valuation of a Financial Institution
4.8.2. Modeling of a Credit Institution
4.8.3. Methodologies for the Valuation of Financial Institutions