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wo teams from Colyton Grammar School in Devon have come top in our Student Investor Challenge competition, beating 9,369 teams from schools around the country. This is the first time that a school has had two teams in the final and taken the top two spots! The winning team from the school – RIJJED – is the youngest ever team to win the overall competition.

Today (2 May) we confirmed that on 15 April we finalised an accreditation agreement with the Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA). Find out what this means.

The Finance & Leasing Association’s (FLA) Specialist Automotive Finance (SAF) programme has been relaunched in partnership with The London Institute of Banking & Finance, with an improved range of training options for dealership staff that will further increase the professionalism, skills and knowledge in this sector.

This week (8-12 April) the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission is holding its annual spring meeting in Beijing. To coincide, in collaboration with the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCPIT) Training Centre, we have published a report on the importance of education in international trade finance.

Today, 28 March, we launched the Centre for Digital Banking and Finance to help meet the digital banking skills gap. The centre brings together a network of subject matter experts and practitioners with years of experience in digital transformation to offer courses and qualifications for the UK and international finance sector.

ICC United Kingdom and The London Institute of Banking & Finance are pleased to announce their exclusive partnership for 2019, with the aim of endorsing skills pathways in trade finance education. Promoting specific trade finance skills is becoming increasingly important in protecting the future of trade finance, as more focus is needed to enhance the workforce that will ultimately be involved in the move towards paperless trade – a critical transformation period.

IFS Malta president Kenneth Micallef has been elected Fellow in recognition of his achievements and support to the institute.