This series of blogs looks at the future of banking in Growth Markets in a post-COVID-19 world. We saw in the previous blogs that every bank can be mapped on our DMI-CRI matrix, with each falling into one of three segments: Disrupt for Growth Digitise for Efficiency and Agility Restructure to Survive In this blog,…
In my previous post in this series on the journey to cloud, I looked at the guiding principles that can help your organisation navigate its route. With those in place, the next step is to select your cloud service providers. I’ve made that the focus of this latest post. When adopting cloud, it’s important to…
In the post-COVID world, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and larger corporates have much to gain from increased connectivity and straight-through access to supply chains and ecosystems. Banks have a unique opportunity to step up and support their corporate clients’ (especially treasurers’) increasingly complex needs through Open Banking and application programming interfaces (APIs). Corporate client…
Financial services (FS) firms in the Middle East face a range of well-documented challenges. Some match those facing their peers elsewhere, while others (like the floundering oil price, a troubled real estate market and VAT changes) are more relevant to this region. In responding to this challenging and changing landscape, it’s time that all players…
In my previous blog post, I drew on Accenture’s own cloud journey to examine the elements that make up an appropriate and effective cloud strategy. In this latest post, I shift the focus to the next stage: defining the guiding principles. Picture the scenario. Your organisation has decided to migrate to cloud to realise the…
Lately it seems like every conversation I have with middle market banks turns into a discussion about cloud. Leaders are increasingly worried about being left behind, and rightfully so. The hype is real. This market’s interest in cloud stems from what’s happening across banking. A full 95% of banks have adopted some form of public…
