Banking companies across Europe are gradually moving from traditional banking techniques to digital banking in order to enhance customer experience and stay competitive in the market. Although European banks are facing the heat from increasing political volatility, new regulations, and persistent questions about the technological transformation of banking, the sector is expected to mark a positive growth in the next few years. Experts at Infiniti have identified some of the most attractive banking industry trends that will dominate the agenda of European banking executives and will transform the industry in the years to come.
Bankers across Europe believe that technology and process innovation will transform the retail banking landscape in the next three to five years. Are you prepared for this change? RFP to know how our banking industry analysis can help you stay updated with the opportunities and challenges in the market and formulate effective strategies to stay competitive in the market.
European banking industry trends
Digitalization of corporate banking
As the continued dissatisfaction of national and multinational companies relating to service dissatisfaction becomes impossible to ignore, corporate banks are finally making the leap to go digital. The back-office operations such as cash management have already been digitalized and are expected to extend through middle office (which involves the creation of new banking products) and front office (relationship managers will get hands-on experience in using digital tools) operations this year.
Growth of Fintech and RegTech
Last year, Fintech and RegTech spending continued to proliferate in EMEA’S emerging markets. With new firms entering the competitive environment, such banking industry trends will continue to persist. Banking industry trends such as increasing spending on FinTech and RegTech is intrinsically linked with improving levels of financial inclusiveness.
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Open banking standards
Banking industry trends like open banking has taken the more advanced economies of EMEA by storm. In open banking retail/corporate customers are in control of sharing their financial assets and personal data with third-party providers of their choice. To enable this, banks open-up and share their infrastructure (including data and functionality) and documentation (code) with third parties, usually through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). An open banking standard prescribes the steps which banking sector companies must take. In Europe, several top banking corporations are making a collaborative effort to create an open API standard.
Technological innovations to promote financial inclusion
One of the most prominent banking industry trends this year will be to connect and reconnect customers to the financial system. While advancements have been made to bridge the gap between people having access to banking services and those who do not, progress needs to move at a faster pace. This requires the collaborative efforts of national governments, financial service providers, telcos, and other technology vendors.
Acceleration of platformification
Bundling together multiple services into one online platform is known as platformification. Banking industry trends aim at providing an efficient, automated, and integrated customer experience. This consequently drives improved financial and operational performance.
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