Originally Posted by Unregistered

The main pros of joining a bank is some stability in terms of salary & benefits.

I doubt structured training really matters much. They just teach you a few basic selling points and basic admin procedures, you are not expected to do any in depth strategising or portfolio management anyway.

As for becoming a private banker, this is just a fantasy for 99.9% of the people out there. The chances of joining as a bancassurance sales agent in retail banking moving up to private banking is so rare that it wouldnt count as a "pro".