Analytics in Banking

This is for discussion and sharing of views on trends, practices and views in analytics in banking and financial industry

Zandra Moore Chief Executive Officer at Panintelligence

5 Best Practices for Better Fintech BI Reports

In the fight to remain competitive, Business Intelligence (BI) is crucial for fintechs. Why? To name just a handful of examples; the actionable insight derived from BI analysis enables fintechs to better understand customers’ needs, detect suspicious activity (including cybersecurity issues), identify ways to increase margins, and supports more pe...

29 November 2022 /cloud

Helen Walters CMO at Distinction

How can fintechs continue to deliver personalised experiences once cookies are gone forever?

Fintechs rely on data and testing to build standout customer experiences that disrupt the market by challenging the status quo. But with the impending removal of cookies, how can they mitigate the risk of losing valuable data insights? Google has officially released their timeline for the complete removal of third-party cookies in their Chrome brow...

28 November 2022 /regulation /retail

Zandra Moore Chief Executive Officer at Panintelligence

Why every Fintech should think about data from the beginning

Fintech is a lucrative sector right now, and it’s expected to grow to $31.5 trillion by 2026. No wonder startups want to get in on the action. However, it’s also one of the most challenging niches to get into. Endless regulations, competitive markets, risky new technologies, and economic challenges are just some of the things that can derail even ...

21 November 2022 /cloud

Sergio Barbosa CIO of Global Kinetic, and CEO of FutureBank. at Global Kinetic and FutureBank

Unlocking the power of hyper-personalisation to build more relevant banks

Real-time data and AI have made it possible to deliver curated content, services and products designed for individual customers, but many banks are unable or unwilling to embrace the opportunity offered by hyper-personalisation. There is no doubt that hyper-personalisation is effective. A Deloitte report on the topic points out that Amazon and Net...

09 September 2022 /payments /sustainable

Retired Member 

The Interrelationship between Data Governance and Data Quality

Introduction Data is the new buzzword. And Data Quality is on every conversation chart of organizations who are struggling with a humongous amount of data and are at a loss on how to manage it. While organizations generate and have access to tons of data, both internally and externally, few have truly managed to understand how to leverage the data ...

05 September 2022

Johnny Steele Head of Banking, UK & Ireland at SAS

A WEALTH OF DATA: WHAT WILL CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN CHALLENGER AND TRADITIONAL BANKS?

It’s well-known that the pandemic accelerated digital adoption in many sectors, including financial services – but our research reveals just how quickly banks rose to the challenge. As many as 93 per cent of traditional banks, and 87 per cent of challengers, rolled out new technologies so quickly they are now five years ahead in terms of digitalis...

24 August 2022 /cloud /devops

Paul Fermor 

Foundations for continuously improving customer experience

Like many industries pursuing innovation, banking and financial services often gravitate to hot topics such as decentralised and sustainable finance, super apps, or some aspect of the metaverse. While new technologies and initiatives do have the potential to transform the landscape of the industry, sometimes customers’ day-to-day requirements end ...

11 August 2022 /retail

Victor Kupcis Enterprise Sales Executive Data Analytics - CEE at Google Cloud

Create your data-driven economic value – don't let complexity lead you to complications

It's amazing how you can have a lot of information but gain no insight... #dataanalytics should be about bringing people and data together so they can innovate. What do I mean? The DRIP* syndrome is often encountered when a business tracks a lot of KPIs and so in theory they have a lot of data on the operations of the business, but in practice,

22 July 2022 /cloud /devops

Peter Plochan Principal Risk Advisor at SAS

Improving Climate Risk Forecasting

Covid, the war in Ukraine and inflation have created an unprecedented, uncertain and volatile environment that firms now need to navigate. However, one of the biggest challenges has yet to fully materialise, but already requires their focused attention today – Climate Change. A growing threat With the arrival of the latest IPCC reports, it is clea...

24 May 2022 /cloud

Joan McGowan Banking Industry Expert at SAS

Banking as a Service (BaaS): Opening new revenue opportunities for banks

What's BaaS? A flock of sheep or another annoying but potent banking acronym? BaaS is a way to modernize and grow the banking industry. It is about an open financial services ecosystem and the API orchestration for customer attention by banks and nonbanks. But the industry has yet to land on an authoritative definition of what it is, so I cobbled ...

18 October 2021 /retail /cloud