Financial Services

This article was co-written by Iman Watson, senior solutions architect, and Kailey Hughes, lead development representative. As we mostly are working remotely these days, securing your space when you’re not in the safeguards of the office walls are critical. Perficient places a high value on data security and has several processes and tools in place […]

Organizations that love data-driven decision-making suffer from the same challenge. How do we earn trust from consumers to get the right data about them, all in an effort to serve them better? This classic problem of “if I knew more, I could do more” is most easily solvable by the following axiom: “With the correct […]

What’s the right amount of time a customer should wait to hear back from a financial services institution? Most people would agree that 5-7 business days is unacceptable. I recently came across the message below from a nationwide mortgage lender and servicer and was shocked to see this response: Customer service isn’t new in financial […]

COVID-19 has undoubtedly affected financial services trends in 2020 and will continue to do so into 2021. Since the pandemic began, financial services organizations have been responding to the crisis with continuity plans to address everything from bankruptcies to people losing their jobs and ability to pay their bills on time. Now more than ever […]

Perficient is excited to announce our partnership with Exterro.  Exterro is a leading software platform focusing on an area known as Legal GRC (Legal Governance, Risk, and Compliance).  Exterro’s software is developed “by lawyers, for lawyers” and is a fully SaaS & a secure cloud native product that helps clients using older e-discovery tools to […]

Customer Engagement & Experience This is a topic on everyone’s top 10 trend list for 2021. Historically, the customer engagement and experience in many financial institutions have tended to be very product- or service-focused and can be very dysfunctional across channels. Customers want to have an overall engagement with their financial institution around products and […]

It is time to reimagine the traditional banking business model and optimize it for the digital age. Financial institutions that want to remain ahead of their competition must adopt new business processes and implement fresh digital strategies and technologies. By optimizing these digital efforts, companies will increase sales and provide value to their customers. Below […]

Previously, I described the benefits of personalization and outlined the changes a company should make to successfully implement a personalization program. Today, I will outline what companies should be doing right now to prepare. While many financial institutions are conceptually “on board” and heavily investing in various facets of customer intelligence, the “Netflix” of banking […]

My previous blog analyzed customer intelligence and the benefits it provides. This blog will show the benefits of personalization and outline what’s required to implement a personalization program. Financial services companies that have implemented personalization report positive results, including: 60% increase in revenue per customer 81% increase in customer retention 87% increase in customer engagement […]

My last blog dove into the customer data management challenges financial companies might encounter when starting the personalization journey. Today, I’ll address customer intelligence and the benefits it provides. Personalization requires a solid data management and analysis foundation, and financial services companies are starting to leverage customer intelligence platforms to collect, analyze, and contextualize vast […]

“Having a Balance With a Bank Doesn’t Make You a Customer.” Our financial services team recently spoke with the great Jim Marous, the co-publisher of The Financial Brand and the publisher of the Digital Banking Report. We were prepping for our webinar, “Digital Strategy Lessons Financial Institutions Can Learn From Top Brands in Other Industries,” […]

Previously, I discussed personalization’s future in financial services. Today, I will dive into the customer data management challenges financial companies might encounter when starting their personalization journey. Data management in any financial services firm is complex. It needs to address integrating identifiers across available touchpoints and devices, customer preferences and interests, data sources that include […]