The drive for sustainability will force banks to radically change their relationships with many of their key corporate customers. They’ll need to gain a deeper understanding of their customers’ businesses and develop greater insight into the workings of their supply chains. Furthermore,…
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Is it fair to describe the workplace culture at the typical bank today as a competitive disadvantage? That depends on each bank’s particular situation. But Accenture’s cross-industry research, discussed earlier in this blog series, has found that the workplace culture at many…
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It’s an exciting time to be in payments—new technologies and business models are opening up more opportunities and markets. But that excitement is often tempered by concerns that efforts to capture compelling business opportunities may expose the new venture—and the firm—to unnecessary…
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Muscle memory is the enemy of innovation. When it comes to transformations, process optimization is often under-valued by auto and equipment finance organizations as they implement a modern core or move their data and applications to the cloud. Adam Little and I…
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Flat economic growth and rising competition are forcing banks in growth markets to step up investment in digital technologies. They’re eager to improve efficiency, enhance the user experience and create new business opportunities. But many banks are wary of committing themselves to…
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I believe the “human connection” of middle market banks has always set them apart. This focus isn’t just about how banks treat their customers. It’s also about how they treat their employees—and how that translates into a positive employee experience that makes…
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Everyone seems to be climbing aboard the buy now, pay later (BNPL) bandwagon, as I discussed in my last blog, Can banks grab the buy now, pay later opportunity? Customers are enjoying the new option for spreading out their payments, retailers are…
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In this blog series we’ve looked at the findings of Accenture’s research into workplace culture at banks. Workplace culture is a major reason why most banks right now are struggling to attract and retain the talent they need. The situation could be…
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Bank executives once again may need to adapt and adopt a host of new skills if they’re to guide their organizations to become sustainable businesses. Foremost is the ability to combine two critical tasks. Senior leaders need to drive the bank’s…
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The recent nCino nSight 2022 conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, was the first large-scale, in-person event I’ve attended in over two years. Although the presentations at the event were very informative and insightful, (look below for our nSight 2022 key session summary),…
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When Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 science-fiction novel, Snow Crash, he could hardly have foreseen that the phrase would be everywhere by late 2021. With bigtech giants like...
As you read this, the internet is being reshaped. And it’s already transforming banking. We have not witnessed a topic explode quite like the metaverse. While extended reality (XR) technology has been...
Back in 2009, Apple coined the catchy phrase, “there’s an app for that.” Since then, apps (single-use apps, that is) have multiplied exponentially and become part of everyday life for most people. But...
In a post-COVID world we have seen dramatic changes in the way customers pay, from the further shift towards a cashless society to a digital revolution in e-commerce payments. As we look forward, we s...
Digital payments are gaining popularity as cash usage declines around the world. While card payments still dominate in countries where they have a large incumbent advantage, digital products like paym...
The pace of change in payments right now might seem overwhelming. The pandemic has supercharged the trend towards contactless, online and instant payments. Contactless payments, for instance, grew 150...
Every January since 2018, our annual “Top 10 Banking Trends” report has attempted to cut through the noise and reveal the real forces shaping the industry’s future. On top of the bold predictions and ...
At the recent Money 20/20 conference, I spoke with The Fintech Times about which potential disruptors banks and payments players are most concerned about. Accenture surveyed over 200 payments executiv...
Most of the time, major moments of change only become obvious in retrospect. But the COVID-19 pandemic has been a watershed moment for banking visible in real-time. Each new day in 2022 takes us furth...
Buy now, pay later (BNPL). It’s a message that appeals to customers, and it’s a growing trend that’s shaking up the credit industry. Fintechs have been moving aggressively to offer BNPL point-of-sale ...
