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Trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to IT issues is a challenging task. Emerging technology forces in the financial services industry are already impacting business. The convergence of these forces does present challenges; however, it also provides a window of opportunity for financial institutions to elevate business performance and gain a […]

Technology has challenged the financial services industry and will continue to play a vital role in supporting business growth and change.  With change comes new challenges for financial institutions.  Mobile, social and analytics strategies give the promise of improved customer service, reduced costs, effective marketing and banking innovation.  However, these strategies require a trusted view of their data – something […]

Believe it or not, an astounding 19 percent of Americans over the age of 18 now own a tablet of some sort. This is double the number Forrester noted in 2011. It’s true that tech penetration is lower among adults over 47, but not by much. This demographic is now at 14 percent ownership, which is […]

2013 has been touted by many Payment Pundits (including us right here on the Perficient FS blog) as “The Year of Mobile”.   While many articles and posts have been written about what mobile banking should be, I wanted to take a moment to caution what it might become. We all know the feeling of checking […]

Green Dot Corporation is on a mission to reinvent personal banking for the masses. Its market leading brand of prepaid debit cards and prepaid reload services are available to consumers at more than 60,000 retail locations nationwide and online.  In early 2012, Green Dot made a move in the mobile space by purchasing Loopt, a location-based mobile […]

2012 has come to a close and it’s the start of a new year. On a personal level many of us may have established New Year’s Resolutions. From career goals and fitness goals to saving more money or kicking bad habits – we all want to start the year off right. Executive leaders in financial services and […]

The past year was very busy for the Perficient Financial Services team, and our blog reflects the time and hard work our group has put into sharing our business and technical knowledge. Throughout a year of banking technology innovation, increased regulatory pressure, and a renewed focus on growth and customer engagement, we’ve worked to keep […]

Yesterday I sat down with Mike Panzarella, our director of financial services, on the subject of “lessons learned” in financial services technology innovation.  2012 was definitely a year for strategic transformation for both financial institutions and non-banking service providers. We saw traditional banks and non-banks that provide financial services bring new technologies to market in […]

Trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to IT issues is a challenging task. Emerging technology forces in the financial services industry are already impacting business. The convergence of these forces does present challenges; however, it also provides a window of opportunity for financial institutions to elevate business performance and gain a […]

As with any IT initiative, it is very important for an organization to align business and technology needs when choosing to invest in data analytics and big data processing.  We are seeing an increase in big data use cases in financial services around customer data to explore new markets, enable product development, enhance cross-sell capabilities, […]

My name is Abbey Smalley, and I’m a Lead User Experience and Visual Designer for Perficient’s XD team. I have had the opportunity to work with financial institutions on various projects. In my work, I find similar user experience needs often rise to the top. Whether you’ve decided it’s time to create a mobile experience […]

Bank Marketing Buzzword of the Year – Big Data One of the hottest terms in IT circles during the past 2 years has been “big data”.  While many pundits will tell you that big data is all about processing data that has a combination of Volume, Velocity and Variety for everything from log file management […]