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Professional Certification

Banking & Capital Markets
Built on Practice

Watson & Wells Solutions offers two professional certification programmes in Commercial Lending and OTC Derivatives — developed and delivered by industry practitioners.

Through Simulations · Through Cases · Through Practice

40hCCLP™ Programme
50hCODP™ Programme
15Total Modules
100%Hands-on Assessment
About the Institute

Where Finance Theory Meets Institutional Practice

Watson & Wells Solutions is a specialist training institute offering two professional certification programmes — the CCLP™ in Commercial Lending and the CODP™ in OTC Derivatives — designed to give finance professionals and MBA graduates a practical career advantage.

Our curriculum is built around working recreations of production-grade core banking and treasury risk management systems. Participants navigate the exact screens, live dashboards, and software workflows used daily by global institutions — developing the system-level capability that employers in commercial banking and capital markets look for.

Developed and delivered entirely by industry veterans with decades of front-office experience, both programmes combine live simulations, structured case studies, and instructor-led sessions to produce professionals who are ready to contribute from day one.

CBS — Core Banking SystemTRM.3 — Treasury & Risk ManagementIndustry PractitionersHands-on Assessment
Industry ContextProgrammes aligned to the workflows of global banking institutions

Two Certification Programmes

Each programme is built front-to-back on a working recreation of the system used in real banking environments. Click either track to view the full outline.

PROGRAMME ONE · CBS · CORE BANKING SYSTEM

Commercial
Lending

Certified Commercial Lending Professional — CCLP™

Learn the complete US commercial lending lifecycle on a Core Banking System — the same system used by commercial banks. Master origination, credit analysis, loan booking, and servicing across all major product types. Gain the domain knowledge to succeed as a business analyst or credit professional from day one.

  • Lines of Credit & Term Loans
  • Commercial Real Estate Lending
  • Equipment Finance
  • Trade Finance
  • Syndicated Lending
  • Covenant Monitoring & Loan Servicing
40Hours
7Modules
8Simulators
View CCLP™ Full Outline
PROGRAMME TWO · TRM.3 · TREASURY & RISK MANAGEMENT

OTC
Derivatives

Certified OTC Derivatives Professional — CODP™

Book and manage OTC derivatives across all major asset classes on TRM.3 — an industry-standard treasury and risk management platform. Cover the full trade lifecycle from booking through confirmation, clearing, margin, and settlement. Build the domain understanding that derivatives operations and business analyst roles demand.

  • Interest Rate Swaps & FRAs
  • Credit Default Swaps
  • FX Derivatives
  • Commodity Derivatives
  • Repo & Securities Lending
  • Trade Lifecycle — Clearing, Margin & Settlement
50Hours
8Modules
13Products
View CODP™ Full Outline

Who These Programmes Are For

Designed for professionals who need to apply what they learn — on a real system, from day one.

01
Finance & MBA Graduates

Building practical system-level skills before their first role in commercial banking or capital markets

02
Junior Credit & Derivatives Professionals

Closing the gap between academic knowledge and the system fluency employers expect

03
Banking Technology Professionals

CBS and TRM.3 professionals who need to understand the business workflows behind the systems they support

04
Business Analysts

Professionals moving into BA roles requiring deep domain knowledge of lending or derivatives operations

Start Building Practical Banking Skills

Apply to the next CCLP™ or CODP™ cohort, or download the full programme outline to review every module and assessment before you commit.

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