Digital Banking Transformation: New Customer Wants & Needs

September 29, 2021

By Will Ely

The world is looking forward to a lot of things eventually returning to normal. The return of concerts, sporting events, and international travel will be a welcome relief. But some of the changes we’ve experienced over the past year will be permanent. One of those is the change in the expectations o ...
Pricing in Banking: A Digital Innovation in Pricing Strategy

September 13, 2021

By Stephane Meslet & Will Ely

Banks haven’t always made pricing a priority. While analytically-driven pricing can offer outsized returns in both profitability and risk management, many lenders have been daunted by the need for advanced analytics and sophisticated deployment systems. They may no longer have a choice.  A must-have ...
Data Codes through Eyeglasses

July 6, 2021

By Luba Orlovsky

Imagine you have a magical tool that allows you to build a perfect model of the world – as precise as you wish. A model that can give you all the answers about the future. It can tell you anything! Just ask, “Is it going to rain tonight?” Or even better, “What will the price for oil be tomorrow?” An ...
Girl Jumping on the Bridge Wearing Black Jacket

June 24, 2021

By Stephane Meslet & Will Ely

The best models should lead to the best profits, right? But many banks seem to be missing a step.  Over the last decade, few subjects have garnered as much buzz as Machine Learning (ML). This subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI) conjures images of brilliant quantitative analysts leveraging bleedi ...
Black and Gray Audio Mixer

April 13, 2021

By Stephane Meslet

Annual reports from 2020 are showing increased Cost of Risk across the banking industry, with signs that the challenges are continuing into 2021. While it may be tempting to blame this trend on the pandemic (with the optimistic view that vaccines will solve the problem), the reality may be quite dif ...
Meeting EBA Pricing & Guidelines with Advanced Analytics

March 11, 2021

By Will Ely

As surely as the sun rises, central banking authorities will expand regulations on the retail lending sector. In this edition, we see the European Banking Authority laying out guidelines aimed at reinforcing banks’ portfolios and protecting consumers from loans they are unable to repay. Published i ...