Lets prepare for IBP exams !

Things you should have before beginning !

Make sure you have got your self registered for the exams !

Get IBP books and reference books (as many as you can get)
To get the books, first checkout the syllabus here >>> http://www.ibp.org.pk/isqsyllabus1.aspx
Once you know which books you need, check the prices from here >>> http://www.ibp.org.pk/isq_books.aspx
For practice check out the past papers of IBP here >>> http://www.ibp.org.pk/previuos_exams.aspx

For a thorough study, first read the books and then solve the papers,
and for those who like selective study, first go through the past papers of IBP (Institue of Bankers Pakistan) and find their answers from the reference books.

If you have queries, you can discuss it on our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/ibp.ex with other IBP  (Institue of Bankers Pakistan) examinees.
There are various relevant books available in soft form on this blog. Get benefit from them.
You would also find solved papers and past papers of IBP on this blog.

Good Luck !

All these Giants ! Collared by IT guys !

All these big corporations are now heavily dependent on their IT
departments ! And offcourse their IT people have made them sure that
they are the best, but the management can only realize untill there is
a security breach by some hacker!

I am surprised that how vulnerable we are in the era of IT where there
are no checks by the regulators that how organizations are managing
their IT security and there are very few standards available in our
country!

We are now introducing branch-less banking through internet banking and mobile banking and all these avenues are no doubt very useful, but alongwith their huge business potential they bring in some risks which should be dealt pro-actively.

I hope SBP would have prepared some rules for that, but  we have to think about it before the hackers get them ! Whole organizations now depends upon these IT departments and especially in case of banks which are now going towards centralization through implementation of new Banking Softwares. This centralization increases the operational risk in case there is some security breach !

Just a point to ponder !