Chartered Banker
The Chartered Banker Institute is a global professional education body for bankers, based in the UK. Established by Royal Charter, they are a not-for-profit educational charity with a mission to enhance and sustain socially purposeful, responsible, professional banking in the public interest. They do this by developing and supporting bankers’ education and professional development throughout their careers, in particular in the areas of:
- Core banking skills, including credit and lending, and risk management
- Professional ethics, culture and conduct
- Digital finance
- Green and sustainable finance, aligned with the UN Principles for Responsible Banking and UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Bank management and leadership
They are the largest UK professional body for bankers, with more than 35,000 members – individual banking professionals who make an ongoing commitment to developing their customer-focused ethical professionalism.
Their Mission
They are a not-for-profit education body founded in 1875. Their mission is the same today as when they were founded:
To serve the public interest by enhancing and sustaining the highest standards of customer-focused, ethical professionalism in banking.
They have two key aims:
- Enhance and sustain professional standards in banking
- Enhance the quality and provision of banking education
Their Values
The Chartered Banker Institute follows four core values that are the fundamental beliefs of the organisation and dictate their behaviour and actions towards each other and the public. These values are:
- Integrity: They act with integrity and are responsible for their actions. They are honest and inspiring and do the right thing for their members, the banking profession and the public;
- Innovation: They encourage creativity and new ways of thinking;
- Collaboration: They proactively engage and cooperate with others to improve and enhance their decision making and their services;
- Excellence: They do what we say they will, they set high standards and strive for quality in everything they do
