This eCourse consists of two modules. Module 1 focuses on cash management products and services, outlining their importance for customers and banks, and the costs and benefits of using these products and services. The various products that facilitate the paying in or receipt of funds are described in detail, as are the different types of account that businesses hold. There is also detailed coverage of sweeping and pooling arrangements and how these can be used to manage liquidity and optimize interest costs/earnings. The module concludes by examining cash management product risks such as money laundering, know your customer, fraud, and operational risk.

Module 2 focuses on risk management products that can be used to mitigate price risks relating to foreign exchange, interest rate, and commodity exposures. An explanation is provided of the causes and consequences of these risks and the ways in which they can be addressed by businesses themselves and through the use of risk management products. This is followed by detailed coverage of the main types of risk management products such as forwards, futures, swaps, and options. Finally, the module examines the risks that can arise with these products and how these risks can be managed.

On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Recognize the attractions and drawbacks of cash management products and services from both the corporate customer’s and the bank’s perspective
- Identify the various products that can be used to fund corporate customer accounts
- Recognize the different types of account that corporate customers may open and the operation of sweeping and pooling arrangements in relation to these accounts
- Identify the key risks associated with the provision of cash management products and services to corporate customers and how these risks can be managed
- Identify the different types of market price risk that corporates must manage
- Recognize the features of the various risk management products provided by banks to their corporate customers and how these products can be used to manage interest rate and other price risks
- Identify the key risks associated with the provision of risk management products to corporate customers and how these risks can be managed

Module 1: Corporate Banking Products - Cash Management
Topic 1: Basics of Cash Management
Topic 2: Cash Management Products
Topic 3: Account Management
Topic 4: Product Risks

Module 2: Corporate Banking Products - Risk Management
Topic 1: Price Risk for Corporate Customers
Topic 2: Risk Management Products
Topic 3: Managing Product Risks