PSB, in partnership with five technical universities, has launched a program to train students in IT specialties; The bank has created a single digital space for the training of specialists. PSB President Pyotr Fradkov: “Education. New competencies. What should we do?” Innovative financial technologies forum Finopolis.
The head of the PSB noted that today competition for personnel is increasing in the Russian labor market, especially in the IT sector, employers are competing not only for qualified specialists, but also for talented students and even schoolchildren.
“Our strategy in this competition is to work to create a talent pool and create programs that create ample opportunities for lifelong learning that are accessible to all. “We are implementing a number of training projects not only for qualified specialists,” said Pyotr Fradkov.
He explained that the bank, in partnership with five technical universities, has launched a program to train students in IT specialties and provide them with internships and subsequent employment.
Popular educational programs include the social and educational platform “Commonwealth”. Pyotr Fradkov noted that this platform serves as a single digital space for determining the training and career guidance of a future specialist.
According to him, the development of such platforms will make it possible in the future to create an effective personnel reserve for specific business tasks not only in the financial sector, but also in other sectors of the economy. Universities will be able to obtain information more quickly about the requirements of employers and quickly adapt their educational programs to these requirements, paying more attention to the practical component of the educational process.
PSB emphasized that the strong IT expertise offered by the company at the Finopolis forum exhibition determines the bank’s leading position in digital financial infrastructure.
At the PSB stand, forum visitors will be able to evaluate payment in digital rubles for products on the PSB Market market, as well as work in the VK messenger of a business assistant with integrated artificial intelligence.
During the presentation of these services to the Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, Fradkov noted that PSB, which uses innovative technologies in operational processes, brings banking services for commercial customers to messaging applications. For retail customers, the bank is working on customer journey scenarios for transactions made with digital rubles, and these scenarios form the basis of convenient payments using a new payment instrument.