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banking activities

🔻 Declining ESCO reuse: cross-sector

The broad and continuously growing banking activities and financial products managed by banks ranging from personal banking, corporate banking, investment banking, private banking, up to insurance, foreign exchange trading, commodity trading, trading in equities, futures and options trading.

banking activities — the broad and continuously growing banking activities and financial products managed by banks ranging from personal banking, corporate banking, investment banking, private banking, up to insurance, foreign exchange trading, commodity trading, trading in equities, futures and opti. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 68.39/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. ESCO classifies it as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill within knowledge. It is currently listed by 19 occupations in our catalogue, including Financial managers, Loan officers, back office specialist, and bank account manager.

Category: knowledge › finance, banking and insurance SCI: 68.39/100 Also known as: banking activity

Occupations that require banking activities

Showing top 19 of 19 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

Financial managers 👥 180,000 · 🤖 5.9/10
Loan officers 👥 100,000 · 🤖 7.0/10
back office specialist · 🤖 5.0/10
bank account manager · 🤖 5.0/10
bank manager · 🤖 5.0/10
corporate investment banker · 🤖 5.0/10
financial fraud examiner · 🤖 5.0/10
financial planner · 🤖 5.0/10
investment clerk · 🤖 5.0/10
investment fund management assistant · 🤖 5.0/10
investment manager · 🤖 5.0/10
mortgage broker · 🤖 5.0/10
mortgage loan underwriter · 🤖 5.0/10
real estate investor · 🤖 5.0/10
shipbroker · 🤖 5.0/10
foreign exchange cashier · 🤖 5.8/10
middle office analyst · 🤖 5.8/10
Tellers · 🤖 6.8/10
Brokerage clerks · 🤖 7.9/10

Frequently asked questions

What is banking activities?

The broad and continuously growing banking activities and financial products managed by banks ranging from personal banking, corporate banking, investment banking, private banking, up to insurance, foreign exchange trading, commodity trading, trading in equities, futures and options trading.

What category of skill is banking activities?

ESCO classifies banking activities under the knowledge category, specifically in the finance, banking and insurance subcategory.

Is banking activities an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 68.39/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. Prioritise this skill only when it directly enables paid work today — plan for AI to absorb more of it every year.

Which jobs require banking activities?

In our catalogue, 19 occupations list banking activities as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include Financial managers, Loan officers, back office specialist, bank account manager, bank manager, corporate investment banker.

How transferable is banking activities between industries?

ESCO tags banking activities as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is banking activities the same as banking activity?

Yes — banking activities is also known as banking activity. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn banking activities?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands banking activities and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.