Banking Giant UBS Wants All New Employees to Have AI Skills

AI skills are now the price of a UBS job

For two years the AI story in banking has been a headcount story. How many graduates a bank takes, and how many it quietly stops taking. UBS has changed the question. It is no longer asking how many juniors it needs. It is asking what a junior has to be. The change covers anyone applying […] This story continues at The Next Web

Banking giant UBS wants all new employees to have AI skills

UBS says all new recruits for its 2027 intake must be AI-proficient – but it will also support them with AI training once employed.

UBS demands new junior bankers show AI proficiency

UBS is demanding that prospective junior investment bankers show proficiency in AI as a hiring requirement, in a sign of how the technology is reshaping graduate recruitment at some of Europe’s biggest lenders. The Swiss group is requiring prospective graduates and interns joining its global banking and markets divisions in 2027 to demonstrate how they […]

At UBS, AI skills are now a condition for landing a job

Swiss banking giant UBS is making AI skills a required qualification from 2027 for graduates and interns in Global Banking and Markets, with applicants having to show in interviews how they use AI to improve outcomes and efficiency. Santander is already looking for advanced AI users too, while Morgan Stanley predicts more than 200,000 banking jobs in Europe will disappear within five years. The article At UBS, AI skills are now a condition for l…