CII Certificate in Financial Services

What is the purpose of this Certificate?

There are two routes available to achieve this qualification:

The General route, which develops understanding of the financial services industry in general including regulation and ethics, customer needs solutions and products. This route may be suitable for those working in advisory support roles and techncial support roles.

The Life and Pensions route focuses on understanding of customer service, customer needs, solutions and products and is useful for back office staff working in life, pensions and long-term savings.

If you are a CII member you can use the designation Cert CII (FS) after achieving the general route, or Cert CII (Life and Pensions) after completing the Life and Pensions route.

What do I need to do to achieve this Certificate?

To achieve the CII Certificate in Financial Services, there are two routes to completion, each requiring the following units to be passed :

CII Certificate in Financial Services

CF1 UK financial services, regulation and ethics

R01 Financial services, regulation and ethics

LP1 Life and pensions customer operations

LP2 Financial services products and solutions

LP3 Life and pensions principles and practices