Continuing Professional Development

"Continuing professional development (CPD) is the means by which members of professional associations maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge and skills and develop the personal qualities required in their professional lives.” PARN (Professional Associations Research Network).

CPD resources can be found by logging into the members' area of our website. Once you've logged in, click on 'CPD Resources' tab located in a drop-down menu of My Member Area. You'll have access to a wide range of resources which includes reference books and articles, to videos and e-learning. Our resources are all designed to support your professional development. 

CPD can take many different forms and varies for each individual; every development plan is as unique as a fingerprint. We've therefore designed our CPD scheme to reflect the many different career paths in banking.

You can find out more from our CPD guide here. 

The following membership categories have to complete the CPD scheme to retain their professional designation.

• Members

• Certificated Members who want to use a professional designation including: Professional Mortgage Advisers who hold the Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (MAPC)

• Associates

• Fellows 

• Retired Members - who want to use their professional designation

• International Members – Our partner institutes support our CPD scheme 

Yes - our scheme runs from 1st January to 31st December for general membership. You can pro-rata your hours if you join the Institute part-way through the year.

As stated in our SPS Guidance we acknowledge and accept CPD that you have completed from other sources including your network or employer. You can find out more on page 9. We also have access to the CPD records for those advisers who were using the Competent Adviser portal and are chosen as part of our 10% sample. There is no need to record the details again on the new system and the work you have completed counts towards your CPD requirement.

We expect all of our members to complete and review their plan annually, apart from the following:

• Retired Members do not need to complete our CPD if they do not wish to use the Chartered Banker designation. They may still use the designatory letters ACBI, MCBI or FCBI if they are eligible. 
• Affiliates and student members.
• Members on maternity, paternity or career break do not need to register CPD for 1 year.
• Members absent due to illness.  Each case is treated with empathy.

Yes. The following categories have specific arrangements:

• CPD Approved Employer Scheme, members who work for a CPD Approved employer only need to show they have completed five hours of Professionalism & Ethics. Professional Mortgage Adviser (PMA) members also need to show they have completed 14 hours of Mortgage related activity. 

Yes and you can also attach certificates and logs that you have completed elsewhere to your own area of our site. If you work for a CPD Approved Employer you only need to record five hours of Professionalism & Ethics activity.

Yes. See My CPD for more examples.

No. The requirement of 35 hours applies to the specific CPD activity undertaken in each calendar year.

You can register your CPD details on our online log in the members' area. Professional Financial Adviser (PFA) members should continue to use their specialist portal.