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§Study guide: Finance training

This page brings together the most important aspects of the module so you can revise before exams and use it as a reference in your apprenticeship.

You must be able to do this

  • 01Explain the history of the financial sector and why it is heavily regulated
  • 02Prepare and conduct a customer meeting
  • 03Calculate available amount and perform a credit assessment
  • 04Navigate the bank's central IT systems
  • 05Apply rules on good advisory practice, confidentiality and anti-money laundering

Central concepts

ConceptShort explanation
EngagementEverything a customer holds with the bank
Credit assessmentAssessment of whether the customer can repay a loan
Disposable amountWhat the customer has left after fixed expenses
Confidentiality obligationDuty to write a log
Know your customerKnowing the customer's identity and the money's origin

To your internship

Ask your counselor if you can attend a customer meeting in each of the areas you might specialize in. Write down afterwards what the advisor did well – it is the fastest way to learn the trade.

The skilled finance employee is not the one who knows the most, but the one the customers trust most.