DIPLOMA IN BANKING

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 154, 30 June 1926, Page 15

DIPLOMA IN BANKING

The annual report of the New Zealand Bank Officers' Guild contains the following:—"lt i 3 noted with pleasure that at the last University examinations twelve members of the guild were successful in completing the course for tho diploma in banking. Included in that number was a lady (Miss Dorothea N. Wild, of the Nati~-"al Bank of New Zealand, Christcllurou,. . . . To date 28 bank officers have gained the diploma. At the last diploma examinations 122 bank officers gained passes in various subjects. It is noted with pleasure the liberal treatment being shown by the banks towards those members of their staffs who study for the diploma. As ths result of personal representations made by the guild delegation when visiting Australia, another bank agreed to pay coaching and examination fees, and to-grant a cash bonus, and still another decided to pay twenty guineas to successful candidates. There are now five banks paying students' fees and granting bonuses. Furthermore, special opportunities are being given by the banks to those officers who are making themselves more efficient.''