banking industry

The global financial crisis of 2008 still reverberates today. Sluggish economic growth, stricter regulatory requirements and rapidly changing consumer behavior are placing unprecedented demands on the banking industry. In recent years, banks – particularly those with substantial retail operations – have relied on the lethargy of their customers to maintain their business. Customer loyalty has been based more on proximity of local branches and convenience of ATM networks than the quality of customer care or products and services priced and tailored to a bank’s best customers. In response to the financial crisis, banks have focused on wringing complexity and costs from their systems – exacerbated by mergers and acquisitions – while dealing with new and tighter regulations. Yet, their traditional “one-size-fits-all” mass-marketing approach to customers has remained constant.

This is a series of 5 papers giving an Industry POV for analytics (Banking, Insurance, Government, Telecommunications, Retail). These papers extends from Smarter Computing Industry papers with a deeper look at analytics.

How security and business continuity can shape the reputation and value of your company.

Learn the reasons why a holistic view of risk in your company is essential in times of financial turbulence - and how many companies are adding value through governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) initiatives. (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2009)

Analytics has moved from the specialty of a dedicated few to a necessity for broad groups of business professionals to do their job. This white paper considers the use of analytics and business intelligence in the banking industry for improving decision making and the benefits of prebuilt analytic applications for achieving this objective across many functions in a banking organization.

Learn what new and innovative techniques and solutions can be used to combat online credit application fraud, and how you can realize a true ROI by reducing losses and increasing operational efficiency within your fraud prevention process.

The banking sector routinely manages massive amounts of data, ranging from financial transactions to customer, operational and regulatory data. All this data means big challenges - but also big opportunities - for the industry. Find out more now!

This white paper explores how the power of an information availability solution can unlock the latent potential of your IT environment and deliver new value for your organization. It includes an Action Worksheet to use in discussions with your IT executives.

A strong customer orientation is an essential element to remain competitive in this environment, and Smarter Commerce, an approach developed by IBM to put the customer at the heart of business models, can help banks be more competitive.

Analyst Report to show the benefits of the new IBM X6 in the banking industry.

BancVue is the leader in branded, community-powered banking products that help local banks and credit unions thrive in the competitive banking industry. BancVue has tripled in size in the seven years since it began to run its business on Sugar.

This paper presents the business case for secure messaging, which extends far beyond compliance issues. In fact, choices about when to implement secure messaging affect every aspect of banking.

A noted consultant recommends that, to be leaders in their industry, financial companies must implement collaboration technologies such as workflow, instant messaging and virtual workspaces. Download this free white paper to learn more about collaboration in financial markets.

To be leaders in their industry, financial companies must implement collaboration technologies such as workflow, instant messaging and virtual workspaces. Download this free white paper, written by a financial industry consultant.

This white paper addresses the application of SMS messaging to the banking industry, and suggests how financial institutions can leverage multimodal messaging architecture to gain a competitive advantage.

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“Big data”– which admittedly means many things to many people – is no longer confined to the realm of technology. Today it is a business imperative and is providing solutions to long-standing business challenges for banking and financial markets companies around the world. Financial services firms are leveraging big data to transform their processes, their organizations and soon, the entire industry.

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In the Application Economy, speed, innovation, and quality, have become table stakes. If you can’t meet your customers’ expectations, they will surely find a competitor who can. Whether your organization is in one of the sectors facing the most intense digital competition (like insurance, banking, telecommunications or retail), or a more traditional industry, how rapidly and successfully you embrace a software-driven digital transformation strategy will likely have a profound effect on your organization’s long term viability. In this Whitepaper, learn how the Application Economy is driving Digital Transformation in companies, and how you can position your organization for success.

In the Application Economy, speed, innovation, and quality, have become table stakes. If you can’t meet your customers’ expectations, they will surely find a competitor who can. Whether your organization is in one of the sectors facing the most intense digital competition (like insurance, banking, telecommunications or retail), or a more traditional industry, how rapidly and successfully you embrace a software-driven digital transformation strategy will likely have a profound effect on your organization’s long term viability. In this Whitepaper, learn how the Application Economy is driving Digital Transformation in companies, and how you can position your organization for success.

This book provides an overview of network security in general, and explains how cybercriminals can use hidden or currently undetectable methods to penetrate protected network systems. Advanced evasion techniques (AETs) bypass current common network security solutions. They can transport any attack or exploit through network security devices and firewalls, next generation firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and even routers doing deep packet inspection. In this book you’ll find out all about AETs, and get useful pointers and advice to help you secure your organization. If you’re working in government, the military, banking, industry, e-commerce or with other critical infrastructures, read this book to find out what you’re up against and how to better protect against advanced evasions.

View this video to find out how banks realise that implementing digital processes will enhance the relationship they have with their customers.

Emid is a leading provider of managed ICT solutions and a pioneer of cloudbased banking systems in Africa. Based in Pretoria, Emid began as part of a major South African retail bank, providing core banking capabilities for other financial providers, and was acquired in 2015 by EOH, the largest technology service provider in Africa. Today, Emid provides managed services including networking, infrastructure, and IT support for businesses across industry sectors, as well as offering its C4 cloud-hosted, core-banking omni-channel platform.