So far in this blog series, I’ve talked about how COVID-19 is amplifying banks’ need for innovation and the key ...
Equipment finance organizations face interesting times. Not only are we seeing the speed of digital change accelerate ...
In my last post, I talked about how the pandemic has pushed banks’ digital transformation efforts to historic heights, ...
This year, banks have needed to innovate at unprecedented speed and scale to navigate the choppy waters of the COVID-19 ...
While I predicted unstable weather with a high probability of storms in my forecast for 2020, I could have not foreseen ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has made digital transformation more relevant and urgent than before for everyone from ...
When our researchers were in the field for our annual Technology Vision survey, COVID-19 was not yet a global pandemic. ...
Late 19th century American farmers, threatened by industrialisation, had to use new tools and techniques to innovate ...
The United Nations’ set of principles to help change the way the world uses and manages water, opens with a profound ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings are essential for banks and the companies they fund. But too often these sustainability assessments are opaque and inconsistent. Now, regulations t...
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...
