Education
The 2nd edition of the Transaction Banking Summer School has already started
Academic knowledge and specialist skills to transfer knowledge and create innovative skills. Intesa Sanpaolo and Cetif put forward the second edition of the Summer School Transaction Banking for International Growth.
An innovative path of sharing know-how dedicated to the professional orientation of young and future managers. A training experience that provides knowledge and skills to deal with the digitalization and internationalization of companies
The "training" impacts of digitization
In the last decade, companies have pushed with great force on digitization as a lever to position and compete on international markets.
The massive use of new devices and new digital channels has contributed to significantly transforming the world of business and commerce, making it converge towards increasingly digital and specialized services.
This has allowed the affirmation of new business models, based on the offer of integrated products and services with high added value, an offer based on greater personalization and the expansion of collaboration opportunities inside and outside the supply chains. productive, also thanks to the fact that new technologies allow the exchange of data and information in real time between a very large number of companies.
Thanks to these developments, it is easier to create new business opportunities that require proximity to the customer, specialization, consultancy and trained professionals
Skills gap, the gap between present skills and required skills
In this complex and articulated digital context, skills gaps emerge that companies must try to fill, through targeted and specialized training of their people.
Specialist skills and academic knowledge: the mix to bridge the skills gap
For this reason, the Intesa Sanpaolo Group with the IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division makes its specialized skills available to its customers and supports them in their approach to international trade with an offer of specific know-how and Transaction Banking services.
The Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore with Cetif - Research Center on Innovation Technologies and Financial Services - has long been alongside Banks and Insurance Companies to promote knowledge and research on the dynamics of strategic and organizational change in the sector.
The collaboration Intesa Sanpaolo-Cetif
Together, the Bank and the University have decided to collaborate to integrate their skills and create programs and courses of Higher Education, aimed at developing the issues of transaction banking applied to the processes of international development and digital transformation of companies.
Digital Corporate & Transaction Banking Academy
As part of this broad partnership, the Digital Corporate & Transaction Banking Academy program was launched last year, a set of specialized courses intended mainly for client companies, corporate and SMEs, of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, aimed at accompanying them in the strategic repositioning of skills.
The Summer School Transaction Banking for International Growth
To further enhance the bank-university-business interaction, Intesa Sanpaolo and Cetif have also created the Summer School Transaction Banking for International Growth, now in its second edition this year.
Objectives and career areas
The Summer School aims to provide specialist guidance to young profiles interested in entering the world of work in the areas of Trade Finance and Cash Management, Marketing and Commercial, Digital, Cybersecurity and HR.
Who is it for?
It is aimed at new graduates and undergraduates of three-year and master's degrees, mainly from the economic, mathematical-statistical, legal, linguistic faculties as well as professionals of companies belonging to the network of the Digital Corporate & Transaction Banking Academy.
Educational program and Faculty
The educational program of the Summer School offers 86 hours of blended training, divided into 4 modules that include a panel of digital skills, tools, techniques and specialized services typical of transaction banking.
The Faculty – has brought together professors from the University and professionals from the Bank who integrate to propose formats that first explore the issue and then consolidate it with the analysis of practical business cases - ensures multidisciplinarity and multiple visions. In addition, internationally renowned scholars and professionals’ specialists in the sector bring insights and testimonies on topics of particular interest.
Scholarships
Intesa Sanpaolo, again within the focus on supporting the study, provides 8 scholarships for partial coverage of participation costs, which will be awarded to the most deserving participants.
Experience on the field
The program includes an internship that will allow young talents to experiment and consolidate the knowledge acquired in close contact with the dynamics of work.
The certification
At the end of the course, participants will take a final test to obtain the learning certification issued by Cetif-Università Cattolica.
When and how to apply
1 month online, 4 modules between June 27 and July 22, 2022.
To register, you must send an admission application to: cetif.academy@unicatt.it by June 15.
We think the Summer School offers students a good opportunity to acquire tools and knowledge to innovate and compete in the global market and create personal and business value. We believe that the delicate moment we are experiencing requires long-term visions capable of directly or indirectly supporting the recovery of the country system.
This is why we invest in the development of the technical and financial skills of company management or future managers; for this reason we invest in the new generations, helping them in their choices and supporting their studies and therefore we offer professional guidance tools necessary to tackle the changes.
Last updated 19 September 2023
