ISFB Insight
The latest news on skills development in the banking and financial ecosystem in French-speaking Switzerland.
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Launch of ISFB Insight magazine, dedicated to developing banking and financial skills in French-speaking Switzerland
ISFB Insight is now published quarterly in print. This new magazine features the most-read articles from the ISFB website and serves as a dedicated platform for skills development within the banking and financial ecosystem of French-speaking Switzerland.
Peter Asfaha: Understanding Banking from the Inside
Designed for students and recent graduates who want to gain a better understanding of careers in banking and finance, the ISFB Summer School offers an intensive immersion in the realities of the Swiss financial center. Led by practicing professionals and featuring case studies and direct interaction with industry experts, it helps bridge the gap between academic knowledge and the sector’s expectations. A few months after the 2025 summer session, Peter Asfaha reflects on this experience, the insights he gained from it, and how it is now shaping his career path.
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ISFB Insight: The magazine for skills development in the banking and financial ecosystem of French-speaking Switzerland
The quarterly print publication features analyses, interviews, and opinion pieces on trends in the banking and finance industries.
The quarterly publication is distributed free of charge to ISFB member institutions, which may make it available to their staff, clients, or partners—particularly in their reception areas, lounges, waiting rooms, or reception areas.
Individuals can also receive the magazine as part of their ISFB Hub membership.
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Well-trained executives for a solid future: interview with Nicolas Krügel, CEO of BCGE
Continuing Education Well-trained managers for a strong future:...
Guillaume de Boccard presents the ISFB Compliance Officer Certificate: training at the heart of banking regulatory issues
Continuing Education Guillaume de Boccard presents the ISFB Compliance Officer Certificate...
What do we know about continuing education? An update from our psychologist Stéphane Bonzon
Career Development What Do We Know About Continuing Education? {post_date} When it comes to skills development, one of the major challenges today is learning to manage the flow of knowledge rather than managing a stock of knowledge that is bound to become obsolete. Learning must be a lifelong process. Sometimes, newly acquired knowledge is already obsolete before it is even used for the first time, and there is sometimes no choice but to apply skills before they are fully refined. Metacompetence, understood as the ability to assess the stage of development of one’s skills and...
Employability and career - the importance of an integrated approach
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AI and finance: moving beyond the false human versus machine debate
ISFB Insight {post_terms,type:category,parents:yes,separator: | ,link:yes} IA et finance: dépasser le faux débat humain contre machine {post_date} Ces derniers mois, plusieurs nouvelles plateformes et usages de l’intelligence artificielle ont largement fait parler d’eux. Souvent spectaculaires, parfois provocateurs, ils interrogent sur l’avenir du travail, sur la place de l’humain face aux systèmes automatisés, et sur les risques de substitution ou de perte d’emploi. Ces débats, très médiatisés, tendent toutefois à simplifier excessivement les enjeux, en les réduisant à une opposition entre l’humain et la machine. Dans un précédent article publié sur ISFB Insight, nous proposions ...
Security, pragmatism and data governance: interview with Olivier Roth, speaker at the GFI ISFB x SPHERE Seminar
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Interview with Julien Divernois: understanding, structuring and adding value to data with the ISFB Data Management Certificate
Continuing Education
Interview with Julien Divernois: Understanding, Structuring, and Promoting …
6 key steps for finding a job
Carrière - Recrutement 6 étapes clés pour une recherche d'emploi {post_date} Trouver un emploi correspondant à ses aspirations et compétences ne se résume pas à envoyer un grand nombre de candidatures. Une recherche d’emploi efficace repose sur une méthodologie rigoureuse et une bonne connaissance de soi et du marché. Voici six étapes essentielles pour optimiser ses chances de succès. 1. Déterminer ses buts et ses facteurs de motivation Avant d’initier toute démarche, il est primordial de définir clairement ses objectifs professionnels. Posez-vous les bonnes questions : Quel type de poste recherchez-vous ? Dans ...
