International Training Center for Bankers (ITCB), or Bankárképző is a Budapest-based banking academy and consultancy. ITCB was founded in 1988 by
Centre de Formation de la Profession Bancaire
', the French banking academy and the post-Socialist commercial banks in Hungary to promote the know-how transfer of economics, finance and commercial banking in the first years of Hungary’s successful economic transition to a

market economy A market economy is an economic system in which the decisions regarding investment, production and distribution to the consumers are guided by the price signals created by the forces of supply and demand, where all suppliers and consumers ...

. After the restructuring and early

privatization Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...

, ITCB has remained Hungary’s market-leader banking consulting, training and research company. As Hungary was a regional champion in liberalizing, privatizing and opening her banking and financial markets, ITCB's trainers and consultants have played important roles in the dissemination of this know-how in Central Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet republics. International Training Centre for Bankers is part of the Certification & Accreditation System for Financial Services Sector Education and Training is a transnational project, started in October 2006, being developed in the framework of the

Leonardo da Vinci Programme The Leonardo da Vinci programme is a European Commission funding programme focused on the teaching and training needs of those involved in vocational education and training (VET). The programme is part of the European Commission's Lifelong Learni ...

, which is supported by the

European Banking Federation The European Banking Federation is a trade association representing national banking associations in countries of the European Union and the European Free Trade Association. It represents over 3500 banks and about 2.6 million employees. It was ...

and co-ordinated by the European Banking and Financial Services Training Association.

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International Training Centre for Bankers

Centre de Formation de la Profession Bancaire

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