Requirements + Fees

All fees are non-refundable¹ and considered collected upon receipt. Fees may be paid by bank check, personal check, or credit card².

When application (and fee) is received, eligibility will be reviewed by GSBLSU Management. Upon approval, the applicant will be notified and the chosen form of curriculum will be sent. From the date of curriculum delivery, the applicant has up to 270 days (nine months) to make request (via email – using Exam Reservation link) to sit for the exam (consisting of 150 multiple-choice questions – administered electronically). In the case of a failed attempt (grade of <60%), the applicant must wait 90 days before requesting a re-take. Initial and subsequent (re-take) exam fees are $100.

Upon successful completion of the exam and payment of designation recording and charter printing fees, as well as first-year dues, the applicant will be granted use of the ChBP® designation and will be termed a ChBP® Charterholder.

The designation will renew annually with

Submission of annual dues ($150)
Resubmission of Professional Conduct Statement (PCS), and
Submission and review of required continuing education (CE) credits

Please see the Rechartering Process page for a list of eligible CE-credit activities.

¹Except in the instance of a rejected application, in which case $250 of app fee will be non-refundable
²Credit card information shall not be held in file by the Graduate School of Banking at LSU

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