How In-House Training Can Benefit Your Firm

Citadel Advantage Training provides tailored training solutions delivered at a location of your choice. Using the combination of the experience of our conference and course trainers and the specific needs of your organisation, we can deliver a cost effective training solution in a format which best meets your organisational goals.

By using our In-House training, you will benefit from the expertise and knowledge that is associated with Citadel Advantage gained over many years of hands-on in--the-field experience.

Whether it is one-to-one coaching or group training for a small team or an entire department, Citadel Advantage In-House Training will provide you with a development programme to meet your business objectives.

Citadel Advantage offers a wide and comprehensive range of professional courses and training for commercial and central banks in the three core areas of operational risk management,, payment systems and operations/back office management.

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International Payments Training Course – Johannesburg – 22 & 23 May 2014

Probably the least understood aspect of modern banking practice is that which relates to international payments. Yet this practice is as old as history itself.

The course has been specially designed to provide a comprehensive foundation for understanding payments in a global context, covering the key principles, concepts, infrastructures, practices, issues, and current developments in the world of international payments and international trade.

This course will be of especial interest to payments professionals who wish to expand their knowledge base and advancing their careers into the global payments arena.

Join us in Johannesburg, South Africa on 22 & 23 May 2014 for a 2-day intensive course on International Payments.

Places are limited so you need to act NOW!

What You Will Learn

• Foreign exchange & currency principles 
• High-value global payments 
• Retail International Payments 
• Alternative Payment Arrangements & Systems (Correspondent Banking, Hawala) 
• Purpose & role of SWIFT, 
• Purpose & role of CLS 
• International Payments & the Law 
• International Standards, Conventions & Principles 
• Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 
• Anti-Money Laundering 
• Global Clearing & Settlement 
• Liquidity & Treasury management 
• International trade facilitation 
• How International Trade is financed 
• Risk management, and 
• Legal & Regulatory issues.

Which organizations should attend?

• Commercial Banks 
• Central Banks 
• Investment Banks 
• Bank Regulators 
• Asset management firms’ representatives 
• Pension funds 
• Hedge funds 
• Leasing companies 
• Insurance companies 
• Fund managers 
• Other financial institutions

Who should attend the Course?

This is an intensive 2-day primer for payments professionals on International Payments. This course has been tailored for payment professionals, either in commerce or banking who need to gain a closer understanding of International Payments.

For more details about our Johannesburg International Payments training course please visit our BLOG

For a full brochure e-Mail us at courses@citadeladvantage.com with INTPAY-JHB in the subject line or REQUEST BROCHURE on-line.

To Register for this course: e-mail us at courses@citadeladvantage.com requesting a registration form or REGISTER ON-LINE

The Benefits of In-House Training

Citadel Advantage Training provides tailored training solutions delivered at a location of your choice. Using the combination of the experience of our conference and course trainers and the specific needs of your organisation, we can deliver a cost effective training solution in a format which best meets your organisational goals.

By using our In-House training, you will benefit from the expertise and knowledge that is associated with Citadel Advantage gained over many years of hands-on in--the-field experience. Whether it is one-to-one coaching or group training for a small team or an entire department, Citadel Advantage In-House Training will provide you with a development programme to meet your business objectives.

Citadel Advantage offers a wide and comprehensive range of professional courses and training for commercial and central banks in the three core areas of operational risk management,, payment systems and operations/back office management.

Examine our wide range of course offerings at http://www.citadeladvantage.com/catalog.htm

Benefits of In-house Training include:

A tailored solution to fit around your organisational needs

• Our product offering ranges from our off the shelf conferences or courses to creating a a specific training solution to meet your organisations exact needs. 

Experienced trainers with in-depth knowledge

• Our small team of trainers are professionals who are not only experts in their field but also have extensive in-depth business-specific knowledge, with exceptional ability to communicate this to participants.
• Our trainers have a long standing track record of delivering outstanding training programs in the UK, USA, Europe, Africa, China, Dubai, Singapore, & Hong Kong

Better working practices and improved internal communications

• When training at a team level, your staff achieve more than just training on the course subject area.
• In-house training allows the team to interact in a positive way with co-workers at a peer level as well as management providing added organisational benefits.

Reduced costs

• Save money on costs associated with expensive air- travel to training venues, hotel accommodation, meals and time out of the office.

In-depth evaluation

• Extensive feedback package following the training, with contributions from the facilitator as well as the participants.

To discuss your organisations training needs please contact Mr. Richard Barr

• by telephone:

    Asia Pacific: +852 8175 7916
    Europe: +44 20 7193 5913
    North America: +1 408 627 7607

• or by e-mail: at richard@citadeladvantage.com

• or on-line:  CLICK HERE to indicate your interests and we will get back to you.

International Trade Finance Workshop in Athens

Earlier this month CITADEL ADVANTAGE was pleased to present, in conjunction with INTERFIMA, a 2-day International Trade Finance program in downtown Athens. The program was presented by Citadel Advantage's Richard Barr.

Below are photos of delegates from the banking and corporate industry that participated in the workshop