Banking’s Best Annual Reports

A bland annual report is a massive missed opportunity for a bank or credit union marketing team. From highlighting customer stories to showing off new products and displaying community work, creative annual reports are a great marketing showcase.

HERE are 24 of Banking’s Best Annual Reports.

Data Modernization in Banking - A New Urgency

Financial institutions have come to the realization that legacy mainframe databases are ill-equipped to meet the demands of digital banking, personalization, and real-time analytics. As a result, more banks and credit unions are actively pursuing data modernization initiatives. The goal for these changes is faster access to data, scalability and seamless integration across the organization, all of which form the foundation for digital banking transformation.

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Where Banks & Credit Unions Are Missing the Mark with Mobile Banking

Consumers expect more out of mobile apps than a glorified debit card and checkbook register. Their raised expectations uncover gaps in the quality of major financial institutions' apps in comparison with fintech apps, new research reveals.

Even the best of the best among the mobile banking apps of large financial institutions are doing only “C level” work compared to where they need to be. They are especially lagging in the digital money management functions that have made fintech and neobank apps so popular, according to a major consumer study by Insider Intelligence.

Get the details from The Financial Brand HERE. 

Kenya Looks to FinTech, Credit Union Convergence to Advance Growth

Credit unions have served as a financial backbone to millions of households in Africa for decades, with some 39,000 organizations across the continent providing small installment loans and credit lines. Now, the industry is embracing technology to accelerate growth and bring about expanded financial inclusion.

The savings and credit cooperative organization (SACCO) sector in Africa is aggressively stepping up its digitalization efforts to not only drive financial inclusion to the last mile, but ensure that underserved consumers have access to financial services that had been previously unavailable to them or hard to obtain.

The Kenyan FinTech Kwara, founded in 2018 by Cynthia Wandia and David Hwan, was developed to help the unbanked and underbanked build wealth in a frictionless way. Kwara also strives to assist credit unions in East Africa transition to digital platforms.

Read the full story on PAYMENTS. com - click HERE.

Will Bankers ever go back to the office again?

COVID-19 forced banks and credit unions to improvise for remote work and then they settled into technology and tools to see their operations through the pandemic. But having had a taste of working from home, many employees like the idea and could defect to rivals who will at least partially accommodate this new expectation.
 

Find out more HERE   

On-line Course - Key Elements in Managing Operational Risk

Inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or external events are the key “risk drivers” in operational risk. These “risk drivers” are exceptionally wide-ranging and cover virtually every element of the operations in all forms of business and other organizations.

This on-line training course sets out a step-by-step approach in how to manage your operational risks, covering the fundamental steps required to identify, manage, and mitigate operational risks.

We cover key aspects of operational risk management including critical issues such as risk analysis, risk appetite, probability, impact, risk mitigation process, and prioritization.

Additionally we are also going to give you a great 10% course discount. Just use Coupon Code CITADEL10 when you register.

Sign up HERE for this course TODAY! 

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The Most Important Digital Channels in Banking Today

From The Financial Brand

“What do banks and credit unions think are the most important digital channels? The answers vary: from mobile and email to social and online video.”

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