The Graduate School of Banking (ESBanque) is launching a call for participation for the Francophone Chapter of the Finance Prize: Ethics & Trust, the theme of which this year is “for a sustainable future”.

The Finance: Ethics & Trust Prize is a competition that encourages awareness of ethical aspects in financial activities. It is organized every two years by the Observatoire de la Finance, based in Switzerland. The Francophone Chapter is organized for the second time this year by ESBanque.
“The process of raising awareness of ethics in banking establishments is an important issue for L'École supérieure de la banque. It is this observation that has led us to develop dedicated training courses, and to participate actively in this Prize, which has met with great success for 15 years among young professionals and researchers. says Eric Depond, Managing Director of L'Ecole Supérieure de la Banque.

Application before April 9, 2021

The French-speaking Chapter of the competition is aimed at all banking professionals and all researchers aged under 35, nationals of French-speaking countries. They are invited to submit texts of 5,000 words maximum, in French, not yet published, and relating to trust and ethics in finance. These texts must include analyzes or proposals, rigorous arguments, innovative theses and clear conclusions.

Candidates can respond to this call for applications directly from the website www.esbanque.fr and send their contribution before April 9, 2021.
A jury of 10 French-speaking financial ethics professionals will select the best writings of the French-speaking Chapter. These winners will compete for the Global Prize organized at the end of 2021, and will thus be able to share a reward of an amount equivalent to €17,000 awarded by the Observatoire de la Finance.

Training dedicated to ESBanque

ESBanque offers several training courses dedicated to ethics in the banking and financial sector. Among these, the brand new Operational Expertise against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Certificate launched in September 2020. Banking and financial institutions must indeed increase the skills of their employees, particularly in view of the upcoming assessment. of France by the FATF (international organization that evaluates the mechanisms for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism).

About The Graduate School of Banking
The Ecole Supérieure de la Banque supports companies in the banking, insurance and finance sectors in the training and certification of their employees, at each stage of their career: professional integration of young employees (work-study program), then development of skills at the different stages of the career path (acquisition of fundamentals, improvement, development of expertise, etc.). The Graduate School of Banking thus offers a wide range of degree and regulatory training courses and tailor-made solutions, face-to-face and/or remotely (e-learning, virtual classes, MOOCs, etc.). Present in 25 countries, the Graduate School of Banking relies on 250 employees and 2,800 stakeholders.