Frequently Asked Questions

GARP is Global Association of Risk Professionals. PRMIA stands for The Professional Risk Managers' International Association, and CFA Institute offers the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. These are 3 of the leading industry organisations in the world of finance/risk management.

Yes. All our training programs are delivered entirely online via Zoom (or a similar technology). A large number of our participants are based in the UK, Canada, USA, Australia, and other countries.

No. At the moment, students must attend either the full (FinBA) program, or the Coding (Python, SQL) in Finance Certificate program. These programs each contain multiple courses. We do not currently offer individual courses.

You earn the FinBA certificate/designation by taking all the following steps:
1) enrolling in the Full (FinBA) Program
2) passing all tests/assigned homework for all the courses in the program
3) completing Python, and SQL code submissions
4) passing the Python project at the end of the program.

The certificate is issued by Financial Risk Hub. Students taking the Coding (Python, SQL) in Finance Program are not eligible for the FinBA certificate/designation.

You earn the Coding (Python, SQL) in Finance Program Certificate by taking all the following steps:
1) enrolling in the Coding (Python, SQL) in Finance Program
2) passing all required tests/assigned homework in the program
3) completing Python, and SQL code submissions
4) passing the Python project at the end of the program.

The certificate is issued by Financial Risk Hub. Students taking the Coding (Python, SQL) in Finance Certificate program are not eligible for the FinBA certificate/designation.

Please visit the FinBA program summary page

Please visit the program summary page

No. All our courses are taught from scratch. We assume students have no prior finance knowledge or financial services experience.

Students who attend our full program come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds - ranging from, for example, Bachelor's in History to MSc in Mathematical Finance from the University of Oxford. A number of our students have PhDs. From a work experience perspective, new University graduates as well as experienced professionals (in finance and other industries) have successfully completed the program.

Yes. All the courses in our training programs are taught from scratch.

We don't require incoming delegates to be advanced Excel users. What you really need is being able to use formulas (e.g. = A3 + D3, which will compute the sum of the contents of cells A3 and D3) and in built functions (e.g. SUM, which is a function used to calculate the sum of the contents of the cells specified in the function).

No. You are welcome to join us even if you have never written a line of code.

To start the enrolment process, click the "START LEARNING" or "APPLY NOW" button.
(You can enrol in either the full (FinBA) program or the Coding (Python, SQL) in Finance program. Students cannot enrol in both programs at the same time.)

The programs run for 8 weeks. There's an additional 2 weeks for students to complete the Python project.

Generally speaking, students can expect to spend 6+ hours on the program each week.

Yes. There are live teaching sessions for all courses within our training programs. These sessions will be held once a week starting at 7pm London, UK time, on a weekday agreed with you. The live classes, which end no later than 8.30pm, are used primarily to address any questions from students on topics in program materials (recorded videos, slides, Excel workbooks, SQL code, Python code, etc). We also discuss new topics - additional to those mentioned in the curriculum - during the live sessions.

The live teaching classes take place online. We no longer use physical classrooms. Our programs can now be attended fully online from anywhere you are located.

Access is granted on the start date of your training. The start date will be discussed and agreed with you.

No. All students get permanent, lifelong access to program materials. As the materials are constantly being updated and expanded, students enjoy these on-going benefits from continued access to the materials.

The Coding (Python, SQL) in Finance Certificate program does not include: 1) 1-on-1 CV/resume review by a professional financial industry recruiter, 2) opportunity to earn the FinBA qualification, and 3) introduction to recruiters for job search assistance.

All 3 are part of the full (FinBA) program. All the contents of the Coding (Python, SQL) in Finance Certificate program are also included in the FinBA program.

Specific details for each program can be found in the following links:

1. FinBA program

2. Coding (Python, SQL) in Finance program

Yes. We have had Quantitative Analysts, Project Managers, Analysts, Consultants and QA professionals attend our program. The program is designed solely to equip students with some of the most useful, and in-demand skills and knowledge for a variety of roles in a bank or other financial organisation. Acquiring these skills will most likely be beneficial to your career regardless of your current role. A Director from a Tier 1 Investment Bank recently completed the full FinBA program!

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We do not offer refunds since all students immediately get full access to the complete program materials (videos, slides, Python codes, files etc) once the course starts.