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European Foundation

Certificate in Banking

Gives you the fundamental knowledge, skills and competences that ensures you receive the best foundation for success in your career in banking & financial services.

European Foundation Certificate in Banking

Gives you the fundamental knowledge, skills and competences that ensures you receive the best foundation for success in your career in banking & financial services.

EBTN Accredited EFCB is a professional qualification confirming fundamental knowledge and skills of bank employees with some banking experience but without any formal professional banking education and new employees who start their careers in a bank. This qualification

  • increases the mobility, the resilience and the comparability of qualifications of the financial services professionals in Europe
  • sets up requirements for a mutually recognised banking qualification in Europe
  • raises the standards of customer service by banks and financial institutions

 

EBTN Accredited EFCB

As a result of EBTN’s renewed Accreditation system, through collaboration with sectoral stakeholders from the national markets, from 2023 EFCB has been transformed into a new updated European qualification with a new name: EBTN Accredited EFCB. It is a professional qualification confirming fundamental knowledge and skills of those who work in a bank for a short period and those who start their careers in a bank and would like to progress at a good pace.

Additionally, the Learning Outcomes of qualification are updated every three years. The last update was completed in March 2021. Download the revised learning outcomes of the E European Foundation Certificate in Banking (EFCB) qualification. Click here to download

 

Benefits of EBTN Accredited EFCB

According to a publication on international qualifications issued by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) the certificate is ‘an early example of a unique certification leading to uniform qualifications in the broad financial services sector’.

 

Target group

The target group of the Triple E EFCB qualification are bank employees with some banking experience but without any formal professional banking education and new employees who start their careers in a bank.

 

Accreditation for institutions providing EBTN Accredited EFCB

Click here Triple_E_EFCB_Application_Form to download the Triple E EFCB application form. You can also find here the EFCB_Brochure and the Learning Outcomes