The ultimate guide to banking in the cloud
The disruptions of the past two and a half years have dispelled the notion that cloud migration is a distant proposition. Instead, the cloud is the 21st century foundation for 21st century banking. Ba...
The world of banking is big—too big for one person to cover alone, especially with today’s digitally-fueled pace of ...
When banks move past the status quo and adopt an “everything is possible” attitude, they have the power to do truly ...
How is operations perceived within your bank? As a back-end function ripe for continual cost reductions? Or as an ...
The other day, when I went into my local bank branch to speak with my advisor, I was struck by the immensity of the ...
Every January since 2018, our annual “Top 10 Banking Trends” report has attempted to cut through the noise and reveal ...
The Efma*-Accenture Banking Innovation Awards are set to return on November 18th for a virtual celebration of banking’s ...
Sibos 2021, one of the world’s largest financial services conferences, was once again all digital this year. Held from ...
The first mobile banking application hit the Canadian market over ten years ago. Since then, advancements have included ...
This thought leadership piece looks at Instant Payments in the Middle East – how this innovative trend being ...
So far in this blog series we’ve talked about how an outside-in approach to banking can help Australian banks convert ...
The disruptions of the past two and a half years have dispelled the notion that cloud migration is a distant proposition. Instead, the cloud is the 21st century foundation for 21st century banking. Ba...
The world of commercial banking faces uncertainty today. As a result, it is difficult to make confident decisions about the medium-to-long term. However, Accenture believes commercial banks have an op...
ISO 20022 is probably the biggest payments change of the last 30 years—if not more. It’s also no longer news. The industry has known for years that it’s coming. In fact, some institutions began thei...
The pace of change is not slowing down. Customers’ expectations have radically changed, and they expect much more from their banking products and services than ever before. To maintain relevance, bank...
You can divide the history of money into five epochs, with each creating a new paradigm for the exchange of value. We are about to enter the next one—and it might just mean that the idea of money will...
Our first metaverse post attracted a lot of attention and prompted the Ultimate Guide to Banking in the Metaverse. These posts discussed the first step in moving to the metaverse: educating your teams...
It’s fantastic that banks are taking the lead in the fight against climate change. Over 50 banks from across the world have pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. And many more are set to...
Bankers must be weary of all the talk about disruption; in the past 15 years they’ve had to survive both the economic and reputational fall-out of the Great Recession, digitize their business and star...
Great brands aim to make an impact on the world. They use purpose to drive action. And according to a recent Accenture Song study on North American banking customers, “brand purpose” is no longer a ni...
For the past five years, banks have transformed by, in part, focusing on bank-to-bank mergers. However, the surge in banking M&A will shift from traditional acquisitions as banks clamor for disrup...