Step-by-Steps to start a Bank career

An admission to bachelor’s program in banking requires good percentage in Class XII. If you are a student from CBSE Board, you would require at least 80% overall to get admitted to a good college.

Besides, the skills expected from students to clear the interview include good communication skills, aptitude for banking, sales, marketing and money matters. If you are an enthusiast who loves trading in stocks, mutual funds, hedge funds and understands the pros and cons of availing personal loans and insurance policies, then it only adds to your career prospects.

It is recommended that you start preparing for CAT (Common Aptitude Test) right from college onwards so that you are ready and fully prepared to clear the entrance tests and get into a top b-school heading towards an excellent career in banking.

Banking programs introduced by various government and private organizations aim at equipping students with concepts, tools and techniques in the banking sector.

For instance, broadly, the bachelor’s degree program in Banking and Insurance offers specialization in the following areas:

•    Environment and Management of Financial Services
•    Micro Economics
•    Effective Banking Communication
•    Quantitative Techniques in Banking
•    Organizational behaviour in Banking organizations
•    Taxation of Financial Services
•    Laws relating to Banking & Insurance
•    Cost Accounting of B&I Services
•    Equity Debt
•    Corporate Laws governing Capital Markets
•    International Business Management in Banking Organizations
•    HRM in Banking Organizations
•    Strategic Planning in Banking organizations

Start Early

Banking is a career that offers opportunities to students from all streams, be it humanities, commerce or science. However, to make a career in banking, you must be good at analysing numbers, that is, your mathematics must be strong enough to interpret and analyse numerical data. You must be prepared for the Banking Entrance Exams and for the interviews that follow these entrance