Insights

After a career spanning over three decades, Sarah Drake recently became chartered in banking through our Professional Experiential Route (PER). She tells us how reflecting on her career has helped her develop new ways of working and opened up new opportunities.

The announcement of the Electronic Trade Documents Bill signals a transformation to digital trade. Ouida Taaffe looks at the likely challenges for trade finance professionals and how developing countries might benefit from digital trade.

As the cost of living crisis sends numerous households into debt, Paul Stallard from our Centre of Digital Banking and Finance considers how banks, fintechs and other lenders should support borrowers – to avoid the catastrophic outcomes of 30 years ago.

Despite your best intentions, it can be difficult to keep up with continuous professional development (CPD) and find something worth doing. Our expert professionals share their top tips on how to approach CPD.

Are you anxious about returning the office? Perhaps you feel overwhelmed with the change in pace and work volume, stressed by the commute or anxious about workplace politics. Nadim Choudhury, our Head of Careers and Employability, shares his tips on how to manage work-related anxiety.

The link between financial wellbeing and mental health is well documented, but are we consigning future generations to a vicious cycle of money troubles and anxiety? And what are the potential knock-on effects of that mental stress? To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, Catherine Winter – our Managing Director of Financial Education and Community Outreach – looks at the relationship between money and mental wellbeing and how financial education can help.

Matthew Goodall has been working in regulated advice for around ten years, but as a financial adviser wanted to know more about pensions and later-life planning for his clients. He tells us about studying the Level 6 Financial Planning in Retirement qualification, how it’s helping his career and why he’s working towards chartered.

As regulatory pressure continues to grow in the trade finance arena, the Certificate in Trade Finance Compliance (CTFC) will give you the knowledge and understanding needed to prevent trade-based financial crime. In this article, we answer five questions that people regularly ask about CTFC, including how to register and the value CTFC will bring to your career.

An experienced wealth manager, studying for a PhD on the impact of robo-advice, Addo Boadum tells us what makes the Certified Fintech Practitioner (CFP) course exceptional and how the learning is helping him in his new role.