This is the official courseware for the accredited BIAN Foundation training. It is intended for professionals that aim to pass the BIAN Banking Architecture Foundation certification, via the online exam.
The BIAN Banking Architecture Foundation exam leads to the official BIAN Foundation certification by the Banking Industry Architecture Network. It is carried out by Van Haren Learning Solutions.
The BIAN Foundation Certification exam tests the training participant’s knowledge of the BIAN Reference Architecture for the Financial Industry. This includes the BIAN standard, aimed at interoperability in the Open Finance economy. By successfully passing the BIAN Foundation Exam, participants will achieve the BIAN Foundation level certification which assures they have been audited and have successfully mastered the required BIAN Foundation level.
The foundation level includes their ability to describe the added value BIAN wants to provide to the financial industry and its service providers. It includes the knowledge and understanding of the design principles and elements of BIAN’s Reference Architecture for the Financial Industry. It includes insight in the ways this Architecture can be used to reduce integration cost and maximize interoperability and improve the manageability of the entperise. It includes an understanding of the relationships between BIAN and other standards.
The BIAN certification exam is intended for professionals in the financial services industry such as: business and application architects on enterprise and solution level as well as consultants and service providers that operate in the financial services industry.
Key Benefits of the BIAN foundation certification
• It enables professionals to leverage the benefits of BIAN.
• It increases the knowledge and general skills of professionals regarding financial services and enables the creation of more transparent ICT systems.
• It provides professionals and their organizations with a competitive advantage.
• It is a hallmark for the professionalism of banking professionals and banking architects.
Number of questions: 60
Duration(minute) of exam: 60 min.
Pass Mark –: 70%
Open/Closed book: closed
Language: English
Paper based & online availability: online availability