ISFB Insight Online
The latest news on skills development in the banking and financial ecosystem in French-speaking Switzerland.
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Christophe Nicod: “Customers, sustainability, technology: Skills are evolving on multiple fronts”
In this post, Christophe Nicod, Head of Continuing Education at ISFB, discusses three trends that are reshaping the skills required in finance careers.
From Adoption to Embedding Generative AI in the Workplace: A Dialogue Between Educational Sciences and Psychology – Chapter 1
Generative AI has made its way into the workplace before organizations have had time to establish guidelines for its use. In this article, Joseph Baud-Grasset and Stéphane Bonzon share their perspectives to distinguish between adoption and appropriation, and to emphasize that the professional use of AI requires discernment, collective learning, and responsibility.
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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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Discussion with Stéphane Bonzon, Psychologist at ISFB: what counseling psychology can do for your career
ISFB Interviews What Career Counseling Psychology Can Do for Your Career You are a career counselor at the ISFB. What does your job entail? The scope of practice for career counselors is broad. The people they work with come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and the issues they address go beyond the narrow scope of choosing a first career. A constant in our practice is that we don’t offer any ready-made solutions, but rather help the person seeking guidance to develop their own. It’s about helping them help themselves. The goal is empowerment...
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 ...
Banking professions put to the test of digital skills
Digitalization has transformed the banking landscape, accelerating automation and redefining job roles. While Switzerland is facing a growing shortage of IT professionals, the real challenge for banks goes beyond simply recruiting IT experts.
ISFB unveils initial perceptions of AI's impact on the job market (Allnews, 04/25/25)
Press Review The ISFB Unveils Initial Findings on the Impact of AI …
Preparing for a recruitment interview
Careers - Recruitment How can you best prepare for a job interview in the banking and finance sector in French-speaking Switzerland? {post_date} Congratulations! Getting a first interview is a great step. It means your resume has impressed the recruiters, who don’t waste time meeting with candidates who aren’t a good fit for the position. You may have secured this interview by applying through a job board, via the ISFB or a recruitment firm, or through your professional network. In any case, it’s a good sign. It...
