{"id":13522,"date":"2019-09-02T08:54:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T08:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=13522"},"modified":"2019-09-02T08:54:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T08:54:15","slug":"4-lessons-financial-institutions-can-learn-from-digital-centric-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/4-lessons-financial-institutions-can-learn-from-digital-centric-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"4 lessons financial institutions can learn from digital-centric companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital-centric companies like Amazon and Uber have raised consumer expectations regarding the experiences companies provide. These expectations are even being placed on financial institutions. Here are 4 lessons the financial industry can learn from digital-centric companies:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Be obsessed with consumer experiences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 younger generations have come to expect companies to be focused on them and their needs. Financial institutions cannot afford to place a priority on their own needs at the expense of those of consumers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Make digital invisible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 financial institutions need to concentrate on minimizing the effort required for consumers to do common tasks like making a payment, transferring money or even applying for a small loan. Digital and analog should also be seamlessly connected.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Worry about what will change, but focus on what won\u2019t<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 in 10 years, people will still need mortgages, small business loans, checking accounts, etc. Financial institutions need to keep those types of activities in mind when implementing ways to make interactions easier.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Make data a driving force<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 financial institutions have a data-heavy relationship with consumers. This should be used to help consumers spend and investment more wisely.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-13522 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='The importance and convenience of digital wallets'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/the-importance-and-convenience-of-digital-wallets\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/b93c4a28-877b-4ba4-9563-5a2b7d892e311-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15274\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15274'>\n\t\t\t\tThe importance and convenience of digital wallets\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Asian financial market benefits greatly from IoT'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/asian-financial-market-benefits-greatly-from-iot\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/asian-financial-market-benefits-greatly-from-iot-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-11858\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-11858'>\n\t\t\t\tAsian financial market benefits greatly from IoT\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Artificial intelligence \u201carms race\u201d likely to heat up in 2018'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/artificial-intelligence-arms-race-likely-to-heat-up-in-2018\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Untitled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8091\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8091'>\n\t\t\t\tArtificial intelligence \u201carms race\u201d likely to heat up in 2018\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital-centric companies like Amazon and Uber have raised consumer expectations regarding the experiences companies provide. These expectations are even being placed on financial institutions. Here are 4 lessons the financial industry can learn from digital-centric companies: Be obsessed with consumer experiences \u2013 younger generations have come to expect companies to be focused on them and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[449,77,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13523,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522\/revisions\/13523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}