Academe, bankers pursue treasury certification scheme

The Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) recently renewed a long-standing partnership with the Ateneo Graduate School of Business Center for Continuing Education through the Ateneo-BAP Institute of Banking for the administration of the enhanced BAP Treasury Certification Program (TCP).

This year, BAP also marks another milestone as it forged a new partnership with a leading business and executive education institution in the region, the Asian Institute of Management (AIM)-School of Executive Education and Lifelong Learning.

The BAP Open Market Committee (OMC), said that “the BAP initiative to enhance and revamp the TCP aims to upskill and reskill bankers and develop a new generation of highly analytical, technical, and ethical financial market professionals,” BAP OMC chairman Paul Raymond Favila said.

Certification quality elevated

“The objective of the program redesign is to elevate the TCP to global best practices and international standards while ensuring the quality, professionalism, and integrity of treasury professionals in the interbank market,” Favila added.

“A special team of banking industry experts worked closely with the BAP OMC to update the TCP curriculum that will enhance the baseline knowledge and developmental needs of financial markets and bank treasury professionals,” BAP OMC TCP and Treasury Education Subcommittee chairman, Felipe Martin F. Timbol, said.

Beginning in 2025, bank treasury personnel may obtain their Certified Treasury Professional license from any of the two premier institutions of higher learning.