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...
Variable recurring payment (VRP) is the latest development in UK Open Banking. It offers an innovative way to initiate ...
One of the most remarkable things about payments right now is how easy they are to miss. Not that long ago, moving ...
Money is on the move. Transactions that once took days now happen in seconds as new technology kickstarts ...
This thought leadership piece looks at Instant Payments in the Middle East – how this innovative trend being ...
Our latest Payments Pulse study is full of many fascinating insights. One of the most interesting details from this ...
Life in the Middle Ages in Europe was hard. The majority of people’s time was spent on the basics: hauling water from ...
Digital technologies have conditioned us to crave immediacy. We get packages delivered in an hour. We binge-watch ...
Instant, on-the-go services have become part of daily life for consumers around the globe. It is now possible to ...
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...