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WORLD RETAIL BANKING REPORT 2024

Intelligent banks do more with less: Take an efficiency leap with frictionless, personalized banking

In 2024, retail banks worldwide face a volatile and uncertain landscape: navigating this complex terrain will be challenging and require intelligent solutions to help maintain profitability while delivering superior customer experience.

Findings in the World Retail Banking Report 2024, the 20th anniversary edition – which reflect the views of 250 senior banking executives, 1,500 banking employees, and 4,500 retail banking customers – include the following:

  • Despite significant business challenges and the need for cost discipline, banks will continue to invest in digital transformation, focusing strongly on AI and generative AI.
  • As AI applications multiply, scalable benefits will require balancing customer experience enhancements and optimizing operational efficiency.
  • Most retail banks have significant work ahead of them in developing their technology and data estate to realize the full value of their intelligent transformation.
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Key Highlights

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Key features of generative AI copilot that unlock untapped workforce potential

Generative AI introduces the copilot era, enhancing workforce efficiency by seamlessly collaborating with human operators and offering insights, recommendations, and adaptive assistance. The bank employees we surveyed identified the following critical copilot elements that could increase their productivity.

As banking agents struggle with daily tasks, customer engagement dips

Only 9% of a bank’s customer onboarding team time is allocated to customer interaction, and a substantial portion of that time concerns addressing process-related questions. Contact center employees dedicate 82% of their time with customers to operational and support tasks, instead of focusing more productively on customer needs and sales.

Most banks lack readiness for generative AI-led intelligent banking

Banks face several impediments in adopting enterprise-wide AI due to legacy systems and incompatible processes. Most banks are unprepared for intelligent banking driven by generative AI, lacking business, technology, and data readiness.

Banks are lagging in developing KPIs to gauge generative AI performance

Assessing the impact of generative AI is crucial for banks across numerous aspects of strategy and performance. Understanding impact helps evaluate AI systems and ensures they align with the bank’s objectives and benchmarks. Despite its importance, many banks are lagging in implementing effective KPIs for monitoring generative AI impact.

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Meet our experts

Nilesh Vaidya

Nilesh Vaidya

Global Head of Banking and Capital Markets practice

Ashvin Parmar

Ashvin Parmar

Vice President, Portfolio Head, Financial Services Insights & Data

Carlos Salta

Carlos Salta

Expert in Digital Banking, Digital Transformation

Nathan Summers

Nathan Summers

Expert in Digital Transformation for Automotives

Stephen Dury

Stephen Dury

Global Retail Banking Lead

Olivier Legrois

Olivier Legrois

Director of Banking Practice

Elias Ghanem

Elias Ghanem

Vice President and Global Head, Capgemini Research Institute For Financial Services

Vivek Singh

Vivek Singh

Head of Banking and Capital Markets, Capgemini Research Institute for FS

Executive Steering Committee

Pierre Ruhlmann

Pierre Ruhlmann

COO, Retail Banking

BNP Paribas

Sweta Mehra

Sweta Mehra

MD, Everyday Banking

ANZ

Arun Mehta

Arun Mehta

Head of Data Analytics and AI

First Abu Dhabi Bank

Steven Cooper

Steven Cooper

CEO

Aldermore Bank

Vincent Kolijn

Vincent Kolijn

Head of Strategy and Transformation, Retail Bank

Rabobank

Rafael Cavalcanti

Rafael Cavalcanti

Head of Data, Analytics, and AI

Banco Bradesco

Frederic Tardy

Frederic Tardy

General Manager, FSI

Microsoft

Greg Jacobi

Greg Jacobi

VP & GM, Banking and Lending

Salesforce

Cormac Flanagan

Cormac Flanagan

Global Head of Product Management

Temenos

Gurbhej Dhillon

Gurbhej Dhillon

CTO

Flutterwave

Shane Cassidy

Shane Cassidy

Executive Vice President, Financial Services; Insurance Business Unit Leader, Capgemini Financial Services

Samantha Chow

Samantha Chow

Global Head, Life Insurance, Annuities, and Benefits Leader, Capgemini Financial Services

Kiran Boosam

Kiran Boosam

Vice President, Financial Services; Global Insurance Industry Strategy and Portfolio Leader, Capgemini Financial Services

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Elias Ghanem

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