Banking and financial services is a highly competitive and rapidly changing sector in every modern economy and this course prepares you to takle it head on. In recent years, forces such as globalisation, technological change, deregulation and international integration have fundamentally transformed the banking and financial services sector. Banks have responded to growing competitive pressure by diversifying into new activities. Insurance companies and pension funds have also grown rapidly and non-bank institutions such as supermarkets and telecommunications firms now compete directly in financial services markets. A degree in Banking and Finance offers you the opportunity to study the theory and practice of financial services and financial markets, and to analyse the broader role of the financial sector in the national and global economies.

Employability and the Bangor Business School As a multidisciplinary School spanning everything from Accounting and Finance to Business and Management, Bangor Business School offers a variety of programmes to meet any career aspiration. If you are undecided on your career path, the flexibility of our programmes enables you to try out different modules and subject areas to work out what appeals to your personal tastes and ambitions. Extensive links with industry Our staff have extensive links with industry, being at the top of their fields for research, widely published in books and leading journals and even conducting high level consultancy work for leading organisations such as the World Bank and the UK Treasury. This means that no matter what you go on to after graduating, you will leave Bangor with a degree that is current, relevant and in sync with the latest developments in the business and financial industries. This lively academic environment is enriched by a programme of activities designed to encourage students to accelerate their personal development and to cultivate skills that will make them more employable. Graduate Destinations Destination of BBS graduates (most recent data): Employment – 67.0% Employment with study – 14.0% Further study – 7.0% Voluntary work – 1.0% Our recent graduates have gone on to successful careers and further study in some of the following organisations: Halifax Plc Gwynedd Council Moore Large Com Ltd Kingston Smith Association Management Roevin Management Services O2 RBS John Moores University, Liverpool The King's School, Chester Lloyds TSB Magnox Buckles Ltd Debenhams Graduate Management Scheme PBR Financial Services Snowdon Mountain Railway Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd Bangor University Anglesey County Council Frontier Public Relations Britvic Tulip Ltd IP Global Tai Eryri Snowdonia National Park James Cowper LLP Natwest Anglesey Accounting Ltd