Navigating Corporate Banking: Essentials and Insights

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Introduction Guide for Financial Services Enthusiasts - Corporate Lending, Corporate Clients and Risk Management

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Created byAna Lucas

Last updated 12/2025

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What you'll learn

Learn about Corporate Banking, Banking Products and Services and the Risks Associated
Learn about Lending Products, Loan Applications, Financial Statements, Approving Lending Deals, Negotiating Loan Agreements and Monitoring of Lending Risks
Learn essential Concepts: Cash Pooling, Financial Ratios, Money Laundering, KYC, Client Due Diligence, Risk Mitigation, Incident Management and Control Testing
Understand the Skills needed to Acquire and Maintain Corporate Clients Relationships: Analysing the Corporates' Business, Prepare Meetings, Build Trust
Understand what are Financial and Non-Financial Risks in a Corporate Bank and Why they Matter
Understand how Banking is changing: what new Jobs and Business Strategies are emerging because of Climate Change, Climate risks, and other Economic Challenges
Learn What Bank Interviewers look for in Candidates for Banking Positions: What Questions they will likely Ask
What Tasks are done inside the Bank on a daily basis and what Skills and Knowledge is needed in the three Main Departments
Learn how Knowing the Clients Business (KYC), the Assessment of Financial Statements and of Creditworthiness of Borrowers is done in Corporate Lending
Learn what Career paths are possible in these Banking Departments and what You need to be a solid performer
Understand why the Cooperation between These Core Departments is Essential to Protect the Bank and its Customers

Course content

6 sections • 37 lectures • 5h 20m total length

Introduction - Learning points of the course6:20
Master corporate banking basics by learning relationship building, client needs assessment, lending processes, and risk management, plus KYC, credit analysis, and interview skills.
What is Corporate Banking: Brief history and importance to the Economy7:27
Explore the history, evolution, and role of corporate banking in financing startups, multinationals, and governments, including responsible, regulated practices and the debate over fossil fuels financing, versus retail banking.
Due Diligence, Know Your Client (KYC) and Integrity in Corporate Banking9:48
Understand the importance of know your client (KYC) and anti-money laundering in corporate banking, including identity verification, customer due diligence, and ongoing monitoring.
Current Challenges for Corporate Banks13:10
Navigate the current challenges facing corporate banks, including rising interest rates, regulatory and cyber risks, and ESG shifts, while uncovering new opportunities in risk management and digital fintech partnerships.
AI Adoption in the Financial Sector0:24
Corporate Clients, Corporate Lending and Risk Management at the Banks' core6:18
Navigate the heart of corporate banking by aligning corporate clients, corporate lending, and risk management through collaborative deal making, client onboarding, and cross-department teamwork.

Lending Products and Off-Balance Sheet Products11:04
Explore lending products in corporate banking, including term loans, bullet loans, revolving facilities, asset-based lending, and trade finance, plus off-balance sheet instruments like letters of credit.
Syndicated Loans and Other Sophisticated Corporate Finance Products2:35
Explore syndicated loans and bond issues as large-scale financing tools, led by lead arrangers, with dedicated bank teams handling due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
Important Concepts in Corporate Lending6:27
Explore how interest rates and credit margins reflect a borrower's credit worthiness, and how match funding and sustainable finance shape corporate lending decisions.
Cash Management Products14:21
Learn how cash management products solidify corporate banking relationships by handling day-to-day payments, collections, and treasury through current accounts, electronic banking, and cash pooling.
Test your knowledge of Banking Products

Client Acquisition - Strategy, Organizing Client Meetings, Cold Calling10:22
Explore how relationship managers acquire and maintain corporate client relationships through strategic targeting, cold calling, and delivering industry-informed value to win first meetings.
Client Maintenance - Building and Maintaining Long Term Client Relationships6:06
Maintain long-term, profitable client relationships by staying close, asking questions, cross-sell relevant products, and coordinating with lending, risk, and service teams to resolve issues and prevent competition.
Communication and Negotiation with Clients and other Stakeholders3:56
Develop sector expertise and empathetic, well-prepared communication to negotiate with clients and internal stakeholders, using industry knowledge, understanding client challenges, and practical experience.
Emerging topic: Climate Risks and Sustainability5:52
Discover how relationship managers engage with corporate clients on ESG and climate goals, assess sustainability risks, and leverage green finance products like green loans, bonds, and sustainability-linked loans.
Compliance Considerations in Corporate Clients - Entertainment and Gifts16:27
Uphold strict boundaries on gifts and entertainment, governed by compliance rules and pre-approval procedures. Build trust with clients through transparent, arm's-length interactions that protect the bank's reputation and emphasize integrity.
KPIs in Relationship Management7:53
Explore how corporate banking relies on KPIs to evaluate relationship managers, including net income after costs under the RAROC framework, hurdle rates, cross-selling, client satisfaction, and new ESG considerations.
Skills You Need to Have - Is this the Job for You?5:03
Identify core skills for corporate banking relationship managers, including relationship management, communication, negotiation, financial analysis, sector expertise, product knowledge, sales and marketing skills, collaboration, and climate risk awareness.
Career Paths in the Corporate Clients Department10:26
Explore career paths in the corporate clients department, from relationship managers to business development, product managers, and analysts, with structured finance and SPV expertise supporting complex deals.
Potential Questions During a Job Interview1:32
Discover potential questions during a job interview in corporate banking, complete a short assignment to test key concepts, and reflect on department roles.
Test Your knowledge - Corporate Clients Department

Main Tasks in Corporate Lending10:15
Discover how corporate lending assesses credit worthiness, structures loans, scrutinizes agreements, and manages risk through close collaboration with relationship managers and risk teams.
A major Undertaking: Financial analysis and Assessing Credit Worthiness13:27
Assess credit worthiness by analyzing borrower's needs, business context, and risks to craft a credit pack for risk management and board approval, avoiding sole reliance on financial statements or collateral.
Financial Ratios (a Tool to help Qualifying the Creditworthiness of Borrowers)7:29
Explore financial ratios assessing creditworthiness by analyzing profitability, liquidity, solvency, and efficiency from balance sheets and income statements. Learn how cash, collateral, and covenants shape loan protection and lending risk.
Credit Approval Process, Loan Agreements, Loan Administration and Monitoring10:04
Assess the credit approval process by gathering client information, analyzing financial statements, projecting results, and defining loan structure, covenants, collateral, and monitoring amid climate risks.
Skills you need to Have: Is this the Job for You?6:30
Develop and apply financial analysis, risk awareness, regulatory compliance, and sustainability analytical skills to assess borrower credit worthiness, manage covenants and collateral, and prepare compliant loan agreements and credit proposals.
KPIs in Corporate Lending13:24
Set key performance indicators for corporate lending, focusing on loan origination, portfolio size, and profitability. Include cross-sell targets, fee income, processing quality, and provisioning to strengthen relationships and risk management.
Career Paths in Corporate Lending6:14
Navigate career paths in corporate lending from credit analysts and loan officers to sustainability and esg lending specialists, learning the loan process from origination to repayment and climate risk analysis.
Potential Questions during a Job Interview0:34
Prepare for a corporate banking job interview by anticipating potential questions and applying essential insights from navigating corporate banking.
Test your Knowledge - Corporate Lending
First Discovery Meeting – Corporate Lending

The Core Business of Banks: Managing Risk5:23
Explore how banks manage risk through risk identification, risk assessment, risk mitigation, and risk monitoring, covering financial risks, non-financial risks, and sustainability or climate risks in corporate banking.
Financial Risks13:48
Identify financial risks from market volatility and learn how banks manage interest rate, liquidity, credit, foreign exchange, market, counterparty, and funding risk, with employees as the first line of defense.
Non-Financial Risk (Cybersecurity, Operations, Reputational Risk)15:31
Delve into non-financial risk in banking, examining cybersecurity, operational risk from fraud and system failures, and the governance, regulatory, and reputational impacts on banks.
Three Lines of Defense, Risk Monitoring, Internal Controls19:53
Explore the three lines of defense in corporate banking, from front-line risk identification to independent risk management and internal audit, with risk monitoring, key risk indicators, and internal controls.
Control Testing10:20
Learn how control testing validates internal controls in banking, including backups, reconciliations, approvals, and physical controls tied to risk indicators to detect and prevent material misstatements.
Climate Risks are Financial Risks: How Banking is being transformed18:44
Climate risks translate into credit risk for borrowers and broader financial risk for banks, driven by physical events and transition to a low-carbon economy, under ESG and Paris Agreement pressures.
Skills you Need to Have - Is this the Job for You?8:13
Develop analytical, problem-solving, and neutrality skills to analyze borrowers' financial statements, assess credit risk, and coordinate bank-wide solutions. Balance risk with business needs through attention to detail and cross-department collaboration.
Career Paths in Risk Management6:48
Explore the full spectrum of risk management careers, from risk analysts in financial, non-financial, operational, credit, and market risk to chief risk officer leadership.
Potential Questions during a Job Interview0:38

Requirements

Basic knowledge of how a Bank works within its several departments
Basic knowledge of Financial Statements of companies

Description

The great thing about working at a Corporate Bank is that Banks actually build things; they make things possible in the economy. They make things happen. And the possibility of having a part in it, of actually contributing to building what the world needs - this is the most passionate thing about working for a Corporate Bank.

But to do this, many skills and knowledge need to be had. I want to teach those skills and that knowledge to all those that are interested in Banking, including those actively seeking a job in one.

During the course I provide an overview of what goes on inside a Corporate Bank, how things work in order for Banks to be able to make things happen. I will give a summary of the crucial topics anyone needs to know when planning a career in a Corporate Bank. I will go through the major knowledge topics in relation to each department, so that after taking the course students can have a pretty solid conversation with an interviewer, or a banking manager in the areas of interest. To do this, we will go through the major banking products, reveal how client acquisition works, what are the criteria used to analyze and approve corporate loans, what are the major risks to take into account and how all of it is interconnected.

The course not only prepares candidates for interviews to the related job positions at a Corporate Bank, but also helps with real knowledge of the positions in case anyone aspires to a promotion within a Bank or to a career in other financial institutions that deals with corporate relationships or in corporates themselves - in a department that deals with their Banks for example.

Unlike other courses aimed just at negotiation and preparation for job interviews, this course teaches you what Corporate Bankers in these positions actually need to know and what keeps them busy day by day. Many crucial risk considerations are analyzed too, from credit risk, to financial markets risks, and last but not least the impact of Climate Change and the ever evolving ESG and sustainability risks areas for Banks - including what new Jobs are being created in Banking to deal with these issues.

I have worked and been engaged with hiring corporate bankers for these departments in a Corporate Bank for over two decades - and I will now share the real thing with you: what really goes on inside the Bank and what you must know to get in and be a solid banking performer.

Who this course is for:

Anyone already working at a Bank and aspiring at a job in Corporate Clients and Lending or Risk Management
Junior colleagues or professionals in Finance and Bank departments that want to excel at their jobs and enhance their career
Employees at Centres of Excellence of Banks and Financial Institutions aiming for a broad Banking understanding
Insurance, Asset Managers, Accountants and other finance professionals who want to explore a career in Banking
Recent or about-to-be-graduates who want to apply for a job in Banking and Finance
Employees of Finance Departments at Corporations and Businesses responsible for the relationship with Corporate Banks
Anyone interested in Banking and Finance that wants to know how it all works in the inside
Those who want to learn/understand better Credit Risk, non Financial Risks, Anti Money Laundering and Climate Risks from a Bank's perspective

Navigating Corporate Banking: Essentials and Insights

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Course content

Introduction6 lectures • 43min

Corporate Banking Products4 lectures • 34min

Corporate Clients - Acquisition and Relationship Management9 lectures • 1hr 8min

Corporate Lending9 lectures • 1hr 8min

Risk Management - across all areas of the Bank9 lectures • 1hr 39min

Summary of the Course and Final Remarks1 lecture • 8min

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