Tom Spencer

AUGUST 30, 2024

Open banking is transforming the financial industry , promising greater transparency, competition, and innovation. The European Union, which looks set to introduce updated rules about digital payments and financial services within the next two years, is at the leading edge of regulating open banking. What is Open Banking?

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Banking Financial Data Industry 88

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 16, 2024

Despite many current applications being small-scale pilot projects, the promise of Gen AI to revolutionise banking operations and enhance customer experiences is becoming clear. This helps banks to quickly identify profitable investment opportunities and risks so as to maximise investment returns and minimize losses.

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Banking Financial Operations Data 78

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Today we launch a killer combo that every consulting wanna be needs in their repertoire – our online Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – combining forces to rule over the consulting interview jungle! Starting today you can get BOTH for the price of the Consulting Case Bank.

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Banking Case Interview Consulting Interviews 113

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Smart, always-connected devices and anytime/anywhere interactions are now givens, particularly among millennials, who expect such conveniences in banking and financial services. Organizations have always collected data on customers, suppliers, products, and services. Digital is reconfiguring the world.

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Banking Data Financial Media 119

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Learning how consulting firms operate can help you better understand what you would do as an analyst. Your business just launched a new product and needs to market it. Market trends have changed, and you want to make sure the product will reach the correct target customer. How do Consulting Firms Work? Consulting Firm Structure.

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Operations Consulting Boston Consulting Group Industry 88

Tom Spencer

JUNE 16, 2018

Before we dive into why AI is the solution for the banking sector, let’s first explore what big tech companies have in common, how many of them have grown successfully, and what banks can learn. Usage of AI in the Banking Sector. Table 1: AI applications across Canadian and US banks (Source: Financial Post, Techemergence).

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Banking Financial Transportation Data 84

Tom Spencer

MAY 8, 2016

This post provides you with a high level comparison of management consulting and investment banking. Investment banks help companies raise money for various purposes including investment, acquisitions, and provision of working capital. People in the “sales and trading” division buy and sell financial products. Nature of the job.

Banking 60

Banking Consulting Comparison Finance 60

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

They seized this opportunity to establish a firm that would help firms gain clarity about their business models, products, and clients and then advise them by creating long term strategies. The firm offers consulting services including strategy, operations, risk management, organizational transformation, and leadership development.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

The Business of Banking. Banks are intermediaries for capital and hold the risk when supply and demand is not perfectly balanced. Commercial Banking. A bank, on the other hand, can diversify this credit risk and reduce the average cost of vetting each loan by lending to many borrowers. Investment Banking.

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Banking Industry Balance Sheet Retail 12

Harvard Business

JULY 28, 2016

Across Africa, banking is being redesigned. Technology has emerged as a competitive weapon in driving operational excellence and superior service quality. While the banks compete among themselves, they face existential threats from amalgam of entities, not necessarily possessing bank licenses.

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Banking Industry Telecommunications Productivity 70

Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

In the digital age, businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to gain a competitive edge and streamline their operations. From enhancing customer experiences to optimizing decision-making processes, AI is reshaping the way businesses operate and opening up new possibilities for growth.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Just over 10 years ago, French bank BNP Paribas froze U.S. There was a run on British bank Northern Rock. Over the next year, many banks fell. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. We expect investment banks to embark on an even more fundamental makeover during the next decade. The New Face of Investment Banks.

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Banking Balance Sheet Financial Finance 73

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2016

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

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Banking Film Strategy Strategy& 132

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The consumer banking industry is notoriously difficult to enter, not least because most customers rarely switch banks. In some countries, people change spouses more often than they change banks. It has now become the largest bank in the country. These areas were underserved by the traditional banks.

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Banking Industry Insurance Insurance 70

BCG

MAY 9, 2016

BCG’s Retail-Banking Excellence benchmarking study (REBEX) profiles the operational and digital practices and performance of 20 of the world’s leading retail banks, a group of 40 institutions chosen for their size and the strength of their capabilities. We refer to these banks as the “premier league.”

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Operations Retail Banking Benchmarking 40

Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

For example, one driver suggested new products like Gogurts and fun string cheese that parents could get delivered early and pop into their kids’ lunches before school. In the huddle, employees asked Jungkiu if they could open and close the same times as the mall’s operating hours (rather than the typical branch operating hours).

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Leadership PricewaterhouseCoopers Banking Examples 182

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

My perspective and approach to misconduct risk are influenced by my work as a bank supervisor, and by my background and training as an economist. In my view, bank supervision must include attention to the culture at financial firms, not just to their financial safety and soundness. The economics of corporate culture. Externalities.

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Culture Company Financial Banking 135

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Questions like this involving issues like politics, human rights, or equality often present themselves sooner or later for any business operating in global markets. First, consider short-term profits and sanctions, and the cautionary tale of French bank BNP Paribas. The compass that was guiding the bank was a financial one.

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Government Financial Banking Operations 132

Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

McKinsey is still well-networked in the region, and doing substantial work in sectors including: banking, industrials, telecoms, energy, real estate, construction, health care, and diversified conglomerates. If you have an MBA and are interested in actuarial work, EY’s Middle East operation is a great place to get your foot in the door.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

They include new enterprises such as Orbian , Prime Revenue , C2FO , Taulia , and Ariba as well as new operations launched by traditional financial service firms such as Citi Group, HSBC, BNP Paribas, and Deutsche Bank. Operations in a Connected World. the supplier gets $9,959 of the $10,000). Insight Center.

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Transportation Finance Financial Banking 130

Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2019

Well, asset managers aim to understand client investment objectives and invest client funds in a variety of financial products and asset classes. Retail asset managers will offer a variety of products including mutual funds, index funds and specialized pools. Operating Margins. What does this mean exactly? Asset Management Fees.

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Industry Real Estate Management Retail 113

Harvard Business

MARCH 6, 2017

Let’s start by examining the potential effects of this on an industry that touches all of our lives – banking. The banking industry is filled with shared resources. Instead, the technology itself would do the heavy lifting of uniting the interests and business processes of the member banks.

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Banking Accenture Industry Productivity 136

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

Companies born before the internet took hold have an enormous challenge: improving their online products and services at the warp speed of their online competitors. Virtual financial services firms such as Wealthfront and Betterment are siphoning investments from established banks through a great mobile app and a website.

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Company Software Productivity Engineering 124

Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2018

They had to work in sequence, meaning they had to streamline the operation first — before they could launch their new growth effort. The underlying trouble had been McDonald’s working from an inside-out perspective: what fit with its current infrastructure and operations.

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Productivity Sales Operations Groups 70

Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

” “ He owns a big share of the company, and of course he wants to increase the production volume to raise the profitability and expand.” Operating margin: earnings per sales, which indicates the entrepreneur’s ability to earn revenue. ” “ He is looking for a company to buy. Risk-taking.

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Data Real Estate Finance Financial 132

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

“Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything,” wrote Paul Krugman more than 20 years ago. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. During much of this time, it has been shareholders, not workers, who have reaped the benefits of higher productivity.

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Energy Agile Productivity Talent 136

Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 13, 2022

Why you need a COO or Operations Manager. Either their operations have grown quite a bit or they are in the midst of growing. Many founders and CEOs ask us this question: Do I need an operations manager? But there are a few questions: Why is it necessary to hire an operations person? We answer with a resounding yes.

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Operations Management Methodologies Report 52

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, digital currency has been a growing trend and a growing area of interest for consultants, businesses, fintech investors, central banks, and governments. Digital currency vs electronic banking. Another difference is that electronic banking involves interacting with the banking system.

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Banking Financial Government Retail 120

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

For example, to determine whether someone should be locked out of an online bank account, some banks’ cybersecurity systems are starting to use artificially intelligent technology to compare how a person normally types or uses their computer mouse. Such practices need to become standard operating procedure across all industries.

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System Information Technology Information Technology Accenture 104

Management Consulted

MAY 28, 2017

What makes Bulger Partners even more unique among consulting firms is the fact that the firm houses Strategy Consulting and Investment Banking arms under the same roof, and even has a small PE fund. Chris sold his prior firm to Bank of America for $1B, and found that he missed advising tech companies.

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Software Strategy Strategy Strategy& 165

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2016

Self-cannibalization occurs when a company chooses to proactively replace one product or process with another that is potentially worth less. Forward-looking incumbents recognize the need to cannibalize their own products, rather than leaving it to other startups, who are more than happy to take on the challenge.

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Productivity Company Recruitment Recruiting 70

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Apple’s and Amazon’s product lines are showcase examples of how to build a business ecosystem. In short, it means that companies are expanding beyond their traditional core products in order to increase opportunities for cross-selling and to boost customer ownership. Not likely.

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Telecommunications B2B Travel Banking 88

Harvard Business

JANUARY 18, 2018

Recently, the CEO of Deutsche Bank predicted that half of its 97,000 employees could be replaced by robots. ” And for those in manufacturing or production companies, the future may arrive even sooner. ” The point of technology, she argues, is to boost productivity, not cut the workforce. Insight Center.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& McKinsey 136

Tom Spencer

MARCH 24, 2023

On March 10th, Silicon Valley Bank went bankrupt. Federal regulators had to take over operations to avoid economic disaster. Due to the Federal Reserve’s determination to curb inflation it has consistently hiked interest rates for the last 12 months, an outcome that SVB and many other banks failed to anticipate.

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Banking Industry Financial Real Estate 97

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

How do banks switch customer relationships from branch offices to mobile phone screens? For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. sweetvenom/Getty Images. Insight center.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Company 73

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

When Bernstein hid a set of production lines from managers’ view, the performance of employees on those lines increased by 10% to 15%. In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. Every high performer needs both.

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Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 136