AIB Commercial Lending Diploma^◊

This curriculum is well suited to new commercial lenders, and those individuals in lending support positions and management trainees. The curriculum addresses broad banking comprehension, financial accounting, commercial lending and credit analysis, product knowledge -— both credit and deposit products for small businesses — legal and regulatory issues, and a number of other topics that support the overall business relationship.

Required Courses

You must complete the following courses. You can download the PDF of requirements here.

• AIB Principles of Banking
• AIB Analyzing Financial Statements
• AIB Commercial Lending ^◊
• Credit Products for Small Businesses
• Dealing Effectively with Co-workers
• Deposit Products for Small Businesses
• AIB Ethical Issues for Bankers
• AIB General Accounting
• AIB Law and Banking Principles
• Managing Time at Work
• Presentation Skills
• Relationship Selling to Small Business Customers
• Servicing and Growing Small Business Relationships

The AIB Commercial Lending Diploma meets the pre-certification education requirements for the Certified Lending Business Banking designation from ICB.

^◊ Students who have completed AIB Commercial Lending in the classroom, online, or by correspondence, may complete the additional requirements for the AIB Commercial Lending Diploma.  For students who have not yet taken Commercial Lending, ABA will have new lending content for this Diploma rolling out in the Fall of 2012.

Questions? Please contact Jason Radlinger for more information.