When banks move past the status quo and adopt an “everything is possible” attitude, they have the power to do truly ...
The Efma*-Accenture Banking Innovation Awards are set to return on November 18th for a virtual celebration of banking’s ...
In my previous post, I highlighted a few of the incredible innovations we saw during the Efma*-Accenture Banking ...
The Efma*-Accenture Banking Innovation Awards have been a catalyst for innovation in banking since their inception in ...
The Efma*-Accenture Banking Innovation Awards are always a highlight of the year for me—and 2021 promises to be one of ...
Of all the award categories in the Banking Innovation Awards run jointly by Accenture and Efma*, the prize for “Best ...
It’s now seven years since Accenture first teamed up with Efma* to sponsor the Banking Innovation Awards. And they just ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
