Ebook: Cash flow financial modeling 101 for legacy commercial banking: ELI5 tutorial

Fundamentals of modeling cash flows of old-style commercial banks for financial modelers lacking FIG background.

Commercial banking as a business is very specific. It’s different from standard manufacturing, or merchandising, or services. Thus if you’re a modeler with background in modeling mainly manufacturing companies, and banking model is your next project, you need to learn the specifics of banking before diving in. This tutorial article will help you do just that.

This tutorial article provides you with the fundamentals of operating modeling for banking in line with good modeling practices. You will learn how to build a correct fully integrated commercial banking model meeting basic regulatory requirements.

The model you’ll arrive to in the end will be a simple yet capable tool for capturing key interrelations in the commercial bank’s cash flow analysis. You’ll be able to build on it in any way you want, like valuation, FP&A, and more, as your project involves.