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Current challenges and strategies in dealing with non-performing loans

09/01/2025

Effectively managing rising default rates in the lending business

A look back at the banking industry’s year 2024

19/12/2024

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ESG and Austrians banks – the pressure is rising

04/12/2024

Austria’s regional banks are facing the challenge of asserting themselves in a changing market environment. This can, however, also be an opportunity. The integration of ESG criteria offers banks a unique chance not only to transform their business models, but to tap into new sources of income.

European Asset Management Study 2024: remaining cautious despite market growth

03/12/2024

Global AUM growth regained speed and the market grew by around 9%. Despite this upswing, however, market growth alone is no reason to sound the all-clear!

Planning tomorrow’s real estate investments today – part 2: products and services

02/12/2024

The period of growth in the global real estate market has come to an abrupt end. Opportunities to diversify real estate portfolios: products and services of the zeb.solution framework.

Digital assets TOM: how financial institutions embed digital assets in their line organizations

26/11/2024

How can financial institutions upscale their digital asset business model to serve the mass market?

Impact of geopolitical risks on the Swiss financial center and its business models

25/11/2024

The recently published study “Impact of geopolitical risks on the Swiss financial center and its business models” by the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) and zeb/zeb.business schoolis the first to carry out a data-driven analysis of the impact of geopolitical changes on the financial center.

Decarbonization pathways for financial institutions: overcoming challenges with practical solutions

07/11/2024

What are the main obstacles financial institutions will face in defining a target trajectory in practice? Practical solutions for dealing with these challenges.

Optimization in lending business using the risk relevance threshold

31/10/2024

The risk relevance threshold offers a valuable opportunity to simplify processes and at the same time ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

T+1 soon to apply in the EU, too?! Exploring the (market) impact of a shortened settlement cycle

30/10/2024

Settlement cycles in securities business are about to undergo a profound change. Strong indications suggest that the European Union will shorten the settlement cycle for securities transactions to T+1, thereby aiming to further reduce settlement risks and align with international standards.

MiFID III? Navigating through the upcoming regulatory changes on the capital markets

24/10/2024

Despite being in force since 2018, many institutions still struggle to fully comply with MiFID II and MiFIR regulations. Recent supervisory actions conducted at EU level have highlighted significant areas for improvement …

Staff reductions in times of skills shortages

22/10/2024

The shortage of skilled workers has become an omnipresent issue for board members and HR managers in the financial services industry – and that’s a good thing!

Interest rate turnaround 2.0 and the role of banks in the biodiversity crisis

17/10/2024

Every quarter, zeb.market.flash provides an overview of the performance of the world’s largest banks (measured by market capitalisation). This issue (#50 – October 2024) deals in detail with our special topic “Biodiversity crisis: an underestimated challenge”.

Wealth management and the new generation’s securities business

15/10/2024

What’s special about the investment behavior among Gen Z? Which success factors should wealth managers consider in this context? In this interview, Mr. Thienel, Director Product Core Banking, Universal Banking, at Finastra, answers these and many more questions about wealth management and the securities business of the new generation.

Pension buyouts as a strategic option for banks and insurers: an interview with VEDRA Pensions

26/09/2024

Pension buyouts: effects and risks

ESG Study 2024: Europe’s banks under the microscope

25/09/2024

In cooperation with the Liechtenstein Bankers Association, zeb asked 36 European financial institutions, including large, state/cantonal and domestic-oriented banks, to self-assess their ESG status quo. The outlook for the institutions surveyed is sobering: the majority still face significant challenges on their path to sustainable transformation.

Sustainable transformation at VR Bank Rhein-Neckar: an interview with Christin Stock

23/09/2024

We had the great pleasure of conducting an interview with Christin Stock, who used to be a consultant at zeb. Now she works at VR Bank Rhein-Neckar as Head of Corporate Development and Sustainability.

Tackling the shortage of skilled workers – is more really always better?

05/09/2024

Quality over quantity: the decisive difference in recruiting

What is financial education, and where does it begin? Interview with Finstep

04/09/2024

In an interview with Christian Binder, the founder of Finstep, we talked about the current state of financial education in Germany. The fintech company’s app features animated short videos that tackle questions like “How do I finance my education?” and “How do I get my first apartment?” while engaging young people with gamification approaches.

There is no digital transformation without a digital mindset: interview with ONESTOPTRANSFORMATION

02/09/2024

How can banks successfully implement transformation? Interview with Julian Knorr, CEO of ONESTOPTRANSFORMATION AG, provides comprehensive insights into the multifaceted nature of digital transformation and elaborates how a digital mindset underpins technological innovation, process optimization and new business models.

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