How a regional bank standardized training for 1,000 employees — without growing its budget

Full standardization across 14 branches, audit-ready reporting, and 15+ courses in two years.

Banking — 9 countries1,000 employees in the project scope14 branches · Costa Rica operation

1,000

employees reached simultaneously

branches standardized

15+

courses in 2 years

increase in training budget

The challenge

Rapid national growth outpaced the bank's classroom-based training model. It needed a more functional training methodology that could reach a wider base of employees faster, cut costs, and keep pace with the changing demands of the market — without simply spending more.

The solution

The bank made eLearning a core component of its training strategy, with courses built on SHIFT's authoring platform and delivered through a learning management platform implemented by the same team. The combination gave training leadership per-course, per-department, and per-branch visibility of every employee's progress.

Implementation

Over the first two years of the program, the bank developed and deployed more than 15 courses covering Compliance, General Induction, Social Responsibility, Risk, and Sales. Interactive formats — games and scenario-based exercises — were used to keep engagement high.

The results

1,000 at onceEmployees reached simultaneously across all 14 branches — full standardization.

Same budgetWider reach in less time with no increase in training spend.

Lower mass-training costsSignificant reductions from eliminated travel and transfers.

Lower absenteeismInteractive games and scenarios kept participation up.

Audit-ready reportingPer-department and per-branch data for feedback, technical areas, and any audit.

15+ courses in 2 yearsCompliance, induction, CSR, risk, and sales.

In their words

“Combining the courses with the learning platform has made it easy to follow up on every course and monitor each employee's progress by department and branch.”

— Head of Training — regional bank

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