FAQs on Professional Banker (PB) Qualification

1 What is IIBF’s Professional Banker Qualification?

IIBF’s Professional Banker Qualification is a gold level aspirational qualification

2 What is the eligibility criteria of PB qualification?

PB qualification is open to candidates who have five years’ experience. The qualification aims
to create a pool of professionals in specialised and inter-linked verticals to enable them to meet
emerging challenges. Also, you need to be a serving banker on the date of registration to become
eligible for PB qualification?

3 How to get started for the PB qualification?

If you wish to become eligible for Professional Banker status, in addition to your five year of
work experience in financial services, you need to complete all the three levels of IIBF
Certifications, as indicated below:-
i) Level 1 : Pass your CAIIB Examination
ii)
Level 2 : Pass the two compulsory papers on 1) Ethics in Banking and 2) Strategic Management
& Innovations in Banking

iii) Level 3 : Depending on the area of your specialisation, choose any one of the five tracks viz.
a) Credit; b) Treasury; c) Accounting & Audit; d) Information Technology;
e) International Banking and pass all the certifications under that track.

4 Which are the IIBF Certifications under each of the five tracks of Level 3?

Credit Track a) Certified Credit Professional and b) Risk in Financial Services

Treasury Track a) Risk in Financial Services and b) Certified Treasury Professional

Accounting & Audit Track a) Certified Accounting & Audit Professional and b) Certified Banking Compliance Professional
a)Certificate Examination in Prevention of Cyber Crimes & Fraud Management and b)Certificate
Information Technology Track Examination in Emerging Technologies and c)Certificate Course in Digital Banking

International Banking Track a) Certificate Course in Foreign Exchange (FEDAI) and b) Diploma in International Banking & Finance.
 ***The details regarding the rules & syllabus for the different examinations under the
Professional Banker qualification are already available on the website of the Institute under
Examination/Courses.

In case of few Certifications under the five tracks, which are blended in nature, is
5 training mandatory after clearing the Online Examination?

For all the Certificate Programmes which are blended in nature (Examination + Training), a candidate
who has passed the on-line examination conducted by the Institute on the subject concerned, has to
compulsorily undergo a three-day training programme.

6 When can I appear for the Level 1 Examination?

The Institute conducts the CAIIB examination on a half yearly basis. The schedule of the
examinations is placed on the website of the Institute at periodical intervals. The CAIIB examination
is conducted in the on-line mode at various centres; pan India.

7 When can I appear for the Level 2 Examinations?

The certificate course on Ethics in Banking is presently held at half-yearly intervals. Having said this,
the Institute also offers self-paced e-learning certificate course on Ethics in Banking. This course
will also qualify for the level 2 of the PB qualification.

8 What is the periodicity of the Examinations under Level 3?

Most of the examinations under level 3 are held in the remote proctored mode. The only exams which
are not held under this mode are Certified Banking Compliance Professional and Diploma in Banking
& Finance. These exams are presently held at half-yearly intervals.

9 Is there sequence in which we need to complete all the three levels?

In order to qualify for Professional Banker, you need to clear all the examinations under each level.
Though the Institute has designed a sequence in which you need to complete the three levels, but IIBF
provides you the flexibility to complete all the Certifications under the three levels according to your
convenience. Considering the possibility of you having acquired other certifications before
completing CAIIB, due credit will be given for the same.
10 How do we register for the Professional Banker Qualification?

Once the necessary certifications under all the three levels required for the Professional Banker
qualification has been acquired by you, you can apply for the said qualification. Candidates
registering for Professional Banker need to pay fees of Rs. 1000/- plus taxes as applicable.

In case of the Certificate Programme of IIBF on Risk in Financial Services, do we need

No, Even if you complete only Level 1 of the Certificate Programme on Risk in Financial Services,
you will be eligible for the PB qualification

In case of Certificate Course in Digital Banking, the Institute also provides Self-Paced
ELearning on Digital Banking. Whether clearing the certificate course in Digital
12 Banking through self-paced eLearning be considered for PB qualification?

Yes, for the Certificate Course on Digital Banking, you can appear either in remote proctored mode
or through self-paced e-learning and both will be considered for PB Qualification.