Operations

Qualified PMO: administrative support or decisive game changer?

18.07.2023

The qPMO as a versatile game changer. We share the experience gained from using our qualified PMO.

Construction financing: responding to the crisis with customer centricity and efficiency

28.06.2023

Processes for existing business are often neglected, even though they are the most common lending processes in banks.

E2E transformation: breaking down silos for more customer satisfaction, efficiency and entrepreneurship

18.04.2023

What are the key factors for long-term customer focus, efficiency and entrepreneurship in E2E transformation?

Process management – leverage available potential now!

28.03.2023

How can a regional bank with limited resources develop future-proof process management? Are the process management goals currently being achieved?

Intelligent automation of real estate finance: possibilities of RPA and AI

15.12.2022

Document processing using the example of real estate finance.

Derivative pricing and risk management with neural networks

02.11.2022

Currently, the main models used for derivative pricing are based on arithmetical models. Their weakness, however, is their performance. Derivative valuation using machine learning

Request to Pay: automated processing of invoices with SEPA

12.05.2022

What does Request to Pay mean? And how is the savings potential through end-to-end automation with R2P?

Agile requirements prioritization – who comes first?

10.05.2022

Approaches to prioritizing different business requirements for financial service providers’ IT.

Process management—no luxury, but a must-have!

01.04.2020

Results from the zeb survey on process management in medium-sized banks.

From traditional to holistic advisory

22.10.2019

Setting the stage for the largest wealth transfer in history

Transaction platforms: a solution to the NPL rebus?

10.07.2019

The role of marketplaces for illiquid assets as secondary market accelerators in the “new normal” environment.

Agile process management – processes reinvented

09.07.2018

Practicable implementation of agile process management

Optimizing mergers in the banking sector

08.05.2018

Number of credit institutions between 1997 and 2016 Over the last twenty years, the number of banks in Germany has

“The sooner, the better”: a pro-active approach to NPL management

18.04.2017

Call for action (not only) for Italian banks: why and how to address credit quality issues at an early stage

Cutting IT costs in a smart way—our swim aid for CIOs under pressure

15.01.2017

A new approach to IT cost management and cost optimization.

Mining-driven process controlling, or: What does the process look like?

28.08.2016

Analyzing process data based on banks’ current IT infrastructure.

RegTech

27.06.2016

Is RegTech the answer to regulatory efficiency?

MiFID II: Tightened regulations on trade in commodity derivatives

24.06.2016

Reporting on the identification of market-dominating positions From March 2016.

Data—from regulatory burden to strategic asset

10.06.2016

Integrated architectures offer more than one response to regulatory requirements.

Collateral Management 2.0

02.03.2016

From ancillary task to differentiating value contributor.

COO agenda 2020: Trends and need for action in banking from a COO perspective

16.02.2016

Digitalization, regulatory and pressure for rentability are the challenges for every COO, presented and analyzed in the COO agenda 2020.

“Simplify your bank” – levers for increasing profitability and reducing risk

14.01.2016

The wealth management industry is facing multiple challenges. Shrinking fee revenues combined with low or even negative interest rates erode profitabilty

Data Governance Target Operating Model

15.12.2015

During the past few years, the banking industry has fundamentally changed. Fueled by the financial crisis, legislators and regulatory authorities have introduced an abundance

An almost “lost decade”

10.12.2015

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, many financial institutions across Europe have launched major cost-cutting initiatives to stabilize their financial performance, while some

TARGET2-Securities – Integration of European financial markets 2.0

13.07.2015

TARGET2-Securities and SEPA are initiatives launched by the EU in the journey towards an integrated European financial market.

Survey result on digitalization and sustainability: A lot of work ahead in both fields

24.06.2015

Banks are looking for answers to cost pressure and new competition.

How to find a best fitting IT solution for your lending business?

27.04.2015

A practical guide to end-to-end lending system evaluation and selection.

SEPA – A bottomless pit?

09.03.2015

The SEPA credit transfer and SEPA direct debit as well as IBAN and BIC have become an integral part of our everyday life since

IT Support for your lending business

05.03.2015

Many banks find their IT support for lending business insufficient at some point.

Distressed real estate asset management in banking organizations

27.02.2015

Banks are experiencing exponential growth and bank customers are having increasing difficulty paying their debts.