Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is a private, non-profit German business school. It was founded in 1957 as “Bankakademie” (Bank Academy), a training institute for the employees of German banks. Frankfurt School of Finance & Management holds a “Triple Accreditation”, the highest academic level of recognition in the business field, with only four German business schools having this level of international recognition. The school has also been accredited by the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) and by the FIBAA. Its programs are ranked among the best in the world in the business field by Financial Times, QS World Universities Rankings and Eduniversal.