ISFB Insight Online
The latest news on skills development in the banking and financial ecosystem in French-speaking Switzerland.
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Understanding Banking to Better Perform One's Own Job
As an ISFB lecturer for the ISFB Private Banking Certificate program, Thibault Weill emphasizes the importance of banking fundamentals for all employees working in or with a bank. Products, markets, risks, customer relations, and industry terminology: these fundamentals provide a framework, facilitate communication, and foster independence.
Nicolas Dervaux: “Risk is not a constraint; it is an indicator of mastery.”
As a lecturer at ISFB for the Certificate in Governance and Risk Management for Board Members, Nicolas Dervaux points out that the board’s role is not limited to making decisions. It must ask the right questions, set the risk appetite, and hold management accountable. In his view, clear governance links strategy, business lines, regulation, and the institution’s long-term sustainability.
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ISFB Insight Print: 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.
Since January 2023, ISFB Insight Online has primarily been an online publication. Articles, interviews, opinion pieces, newsletters, and social media posts keep pace with current events, industry trends, and ideas circulating in the French-speaking Swiss financial community. It’s all about immediacy: delivering information quickly, picking up on signals, sparking reactions, and gauging what captures attention. ISFB Insight Print operates on a different timeline. Print curates, compiles, and slows things down. It gives certain texts greater longevity, more space to certain voices, and greater weight to reflections that deserve to be preserved, reread, and shared. Digital media drives the momentum; print preserves the record. Between these two formats, different timeframes intersect. Some content remains available exclusively online to maintain its direct link to current events and extend the reading experience. Other articles, written by members for members, find their place solely in the print edition. ISFB Insight thus bridges the gap between the rapid circulation of ideas and the more enduring preservation of contributions.
Mathias Baitan, General Manager
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Blockchain, fintech, and crypto-assets: developing new skills to understand the ongoing transformations
Given the rapid evolution of financial technologies, mastering the fundamentals of blockchain, fintech, and crypto-assets is becoming a key priority for professionals in the banking sector. These fields, often perceived as technical, actually reflect broader transformations in business models, infrastructure, and usage patterns.
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Skills for career development in banking and finance
The banking and financial sector in French-speaking Switzerland, particularly in Geneva, is a key pillar of the regional economy. According to the 2025 Banking Barometer published by the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA), the banking workforce has continued to grow. For 2025, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) forecasts a slight recovery in economic growth to 1.3%, driven by solid domestic demand and the recent decline in the Swiss franc—but given the current situation, these forecasts are highly uncertain.
