The analysis and comparison of banking systems are the basis for understanding the evolution of management skills.

As known, the Italian banking system is currently undergoing a period of profound change. European directives have determined the recognition of the entrepreneurship of the banking business and the simultaneous loosening of formal and administrative constraints of Banca d'Italia with the consequent opening of the market to the competition of foreign banks.

It shows how the different context of the Italian banking system has led to a considerable delay in the management of personnel skills. Through the understanding of the solutions developed by Dutch "cousins", the elaboration of a strategy of management skills can be a valid support for a European market characterized by increasing competition.

Banking Systems Comparison: the differential development

The limit of the Italian banking system was the nature of the protected system. This initial stiffness, which stemmed from objective reasons to ensure the stability, the external efficiency and functional effectiveness of banks, has bound, over time, the development of the banking business.

The Dutch banking system has, however, developed in the sign of the liberalization of capital transactions and deregulation of national markets with the consequent increase in competition, already in the seventies and eighties; anticipating, in part, European directives.

About the Author: Ingrid Gacci, born in Italy from Dutch mother and Italian father has pursued an active career in the financial and banking sector since beginning of the 90's. She gained a lot of international experience in the fields of Finance (Accounting & Operations) and Compliance (AML & Risk Management) both in Italy as in The Netherlands, where she is currently living. A full time MBA at CUOA next to a university dissertation in Florence over banking systems in Europe complete her studies. Since 2007 Head Manager of Intesa Sanpaolo Bank in Amsterdam where in she later set up the AML and Compliance department at the branch office. Among others she was responsible for directing and streamlining the existing differences between the parent company guidelines and the local regulations. Now she still has control over the activities in compliance for creating a strong compliance culture within the company. Ingrid Gacci has several books to her name, including "Valutazione e controllo" ("Assessment and Monitoring") a practical approach for structuring of AML and Compliance within the banking system in the context integrity, ethics and culture.