The Institute of Banking Studies continued during this year conducting the Spot Foreign Exchange and Money Markets Dealers Training and Certification Program at the mock dealing room which was established by the Institute to enable the financial and banking sector cadres whose work involves dealing in stock exchange and financial and money markets to train on such operations using the latest training software. The total number of these courses since 2004 till the end of 2008 reached (55) courses attended by (482) trainees . This program is carried out by specialized lecturers from different financial and banking institutions who were trained within the Training of Trainers (TOT) program in cooperation with Lywood David International Ltd. /UK on the training software available in the mock  dealing room .

This program accommodates all the training needs of the trainees and provides them with a simulated environment in which the trainee receives practical training on the operations of the foreign exchange and money markets, in addition to the flexibility of controlling the main parametres of the program , and enabling the trainee to follow - up the main economic indicators changes and their impact on dealing operations.

The program is divided into two parts :

• Windeal for Spot FX
• Windeal for Money Market
• Program Courses Held During 2004-2008