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L N I S T I T U T O E F BANKING AND FINANCE Training Matters!
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Problem Bank Management, Micropayment
Gateway, Basel Current Challenges & New
Developments, Cyber Security, Advanced MS Excel,
Economic Policy Response of Covid 19, Artificial
Intelligence in Financial Markets, ECM & BPM,
Cloud & Digital Financial Services, etc. It is
pertinent to mention that a few F2F trainings were
converted into VILT like Corporate Dressing, Sukuk
Restructuring, NLP, etc. One important development
was the first webinar by NIBAF Karachi in
December 2020 on Mental Health.
As mentioned above, despite restoration of F2F
trainings in October 2020, NIBAF continued to
offer Virtual Instructor Led Trainings (VILTs) during
Oct-Dec 2020 quarter. VILT sessions are now an
essential component of trainings. However, the
present infrastructure and slower recognition of
virtual training instruments led to lower
appreciation while comparing with F2F training
modules. As data indicates, average training
ratings fell down marginally during Oct-Dec 2020
compared with last quarter. In addition, the
participation in providing feedback on the
trainings decreased during current quarter. While
Jul-Sep 2020 quarter was mostly on Work From
Home (WFH), current quarter witnessed a return to
back to office environment. Resultantly, the
nominations on planned trainings dropped
significantly. After enforcement of 50% WFH
instruction, we foresee better nominations in
remaining half of FY21.

NIBAF-Peshawar Campus

NIBAF Peshawar offered a rich blend of trainings Given the regulatory significance of cash handling
during the quarter, utilizing both F2F and virtual for bankers and special awareness in cash dealing
modes of delivery, on varied topics including needed in the wake of COVID-19, a special
Compliance-based programs, General Banking program on Currency Management Strategy &
Operations, Development finance trainings as well Currency Handling Measures was conducted for
as Islamic banking programs. commercial banks on October 15, 2020. The
session was very well received by the industry and

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