Paradigm, a leading provider of mortgage, protection, and compliance services, has today (13th February 2025) announced the addition of a new Mortgage test module to its CPD Academy’s Test Zone.
The brand new mortgage product and advice test is aimed at helping all advisory firm staff to demonstrate their knowledge in this area, with a wide range of resources and training materials available to support study within Paradigm’s CPD Academy. These include activity-based learning such as Paradigm’s mortgage webinars and Lender Insight videos.
The CPD Test Zone is part of Paradigm’s CPD Academy and provides video learning, followed by multiple choice questions and case studies, to assist advisers by putting their learning into practice.
There are now 18 tests available in the Test Zone, covering a range of topics including: Anti-Bribery and Whistleblowing, Anti-Money Laundering, Certification, Complaints Handling, Conflicts of Interest, Consumer Duty, Mortgage Fraud, Protection and General Insurance Product Knowledge and Vulnerable Clients.
Paradigm’s full CPD Academy also provides firms with free access to a wide range of CPD activities and training materials, details of specific CPD-focused events and an extensive literature library.
For more information on the Paradigm CPD Academy and the CPD Test Zone, please visit: www.paradigm.co.uk/CPD
Christine Newell, Mortgages Technical Director at Paradigm, commented:
“At Paradigm, we have always focussed on intermediary education and helping to deliver the best possible customer outcomes. Since we launched the CPD Test Zone as part of our CPD Academy in 2020, member firms and their staff have taken tens of thousands of tests with over 24,000 having been successfully passed. These tests form a key part of our firms’ training and competence programmes and we remain committed to ensuring the tests available are as up to date as possible, and cover a wide range of topics.
“The mortgage product area test is a great new addition and sits alongside our other product area tests which cover both protection and general insurance, and come with a range of online training support and resources to help achieve a successful outcome. It is suitable for all staff within an intermediary business, not just advisers, and covers topical mortgage content. We believe there will be much to be gained from working through this and taking the test to demonstrate competence in this area and to ensure ongoing professional development.”
