Cornerstone Performance Solutions (CPS) is a private higher education provider established in 1999 and based at 39 Grove Street, Randburg, Gauteng. It specialises exclusively in banking, insurance, investment and leadership education for South Africa's financial services sector, describing itself as 'a sector specialist the industry helped shape,' with programmes built directly from workplace roles rather than general theory. CPS is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (registration number 2007/HE07/003), holds Council on Higher Education (CHE) accreditation for its higher certificate qualifications, and Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) accreditation for its occupational qualifications, with associated SAQA registration. The institution also states B-BBEE Level 1 status. Programmes are delivered through blended/online, workplace-integrated cohort learning via its CPSLearn platform, and CPS reports having trained over 10,000 financial services professionals over 25 years.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Higher Certificate in Banking (HCIB) — NQF 5, 120 credits, 12 months, CHE-accredited
- Higher Certificate in Banking: Business Banking (HCIB-BB) — NQF 5, 120 credits, 12 months, CHE-accredited
- Advanced Certificate in Leadership (ACL6) — NQF 6, 120 credits, 12 months, CHE-accredited
- National Certificate: Agile Banking Professional (ABP) — NQF 5, 122 credits, SAQA ID 20186, QCTO-accredited
- Business Banking Practitioner (occupational qualification) — NQF 6, SAQA ID 120117, QCTO-accredited
- Investment Advisor (occupational qualification) — NQF 6, SAQA ID 105021, QCTO-accredited
- Long-Term Insurance Advisor (LTIA) (occupational qualification) — NQF 5, SAQA ID 105022, QCTO-accredited
- Insurance Agent: Insurance Underwriter (occupational qualification) — NQF 5, SAQA ID 117329, QCTO-accredited
- Organisational Risk Practitioner (occupational qualification) — NQF 6, 125 credits, SAQA ID 94222, QCTO-accredited
- Insurance Claims Administrator (occupational qualification) — NQF 4, SAQA ID 99668, QCTO-accredited
- Digital Innovation: Transformation (credit-bearing skills programme) — NQF 6, 30 credits, QCTO-aligned
- Digital Innovation: Accelerator (credit-bearing skills programme) — NQF 7, 40 credits, QCTO-aligned
- Foundations of Value Selling (non-credit short programme)
- Relationship Management for Affluent Market Bankers (non-credit short programme)
- Relationship Management for BCC Market Bankers (non-credit short programme)
- Relationship Management for SME Bankers (non-credit short programme)
- Relationship Management for Private Bankers (non-credit short programme)
- Portfolio Management for Portfolio Managers (non-credit short programme)
- Thrive Track Workplace Development Programme (non-credit short programme)
- Principles of Sustainable Investments (non-credit short programme)
- Branch Manager Development Programme (non-credit short programme)
- Sales and Client Experience: Call Centre (non-credit short programme)
- Sales and Client Experience: Branch (non-credit short programme)
- Sales: Outbound Call Centre (non-credit short programme)
- Business Banking Foundation Programme (non-credit short programme)