{"id":2004,"date":"2021-01-11T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=2004"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:45:41","slug":"business-agility-bounce-back-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/insights\/blog\/business-agility-bounce-back-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Agility: Bounce back in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2004\" class=\"elementor elementor-2004\" data-elementor-post-type=\"insights\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc55e0c gg-article-content  gg-standard-article-template gg-simple-text gg-container-small-pt-72 gg-pb-72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc55e0c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee1b85a gg-tablet-view\" data-id=\"ee1b85a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db020f1 gg-display-none-print elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db020f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/building-paris-1249x720-1-768x443.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2024\" alt=\"Building in Paris\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/building-paris-1249x720-1-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/building-paris-1249x720-1-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/building-paris-1249x720-1-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/building-paris-1249x720-1.jpg 1249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-131930d gg-print-pb-4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"131930d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The financial services industry has evolved at an incredible rate in recent years, underpinned by rapid advances in technology.<\/p><p>In fact, our own consumer research into people\u2019s attitudes toward technology revealed that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/insights\/whitepapers\/expleo-uk-consumer-survey-the-green-tech-revolution\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">62% of people<\/a>\u00a0consider easier and faster banking one of the best technological developments of the past decade. And it seems traditional banks are listening, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/801277\/UK-fintech-state-of-the-nation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">56% now putting digital disruption at the heart of their strategy.<\/a><\/p><p>At the same time, rather than going away as traditional banks would have hoped, younger banks like Monzo and Starling have matured into formidable rivals for customers and their cash, putting pressure on the rest of the financial services sector to step outside its comfort zone, innovate rapidly and embrace a fail-fast culture.<\/p><p>As we look past the end of 2020 and into the future, technology is only going to play a bigger role across the banking sector. With that in mind, we\u2019ve outlined the biggest tech-driven trends we can expect to see in 2021 and beyond that financial services need to take note of.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e0cc8 gg-font-v4 gg-custom-dark-purple-color elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41e0cc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Personalisation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067dc7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"067dc7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marketing experts have promoted the benefits of personalisation to attract, and keep, customers. Big data \u2013 and artificial intelligence that helps us process, store, and drive insights from the data \u2013 means that personalisation will be possible on a scale never seen before.<\/p><p>Banks now have information about their customers\u2019 behaviour and social and browsing history. AI enables real-time multi-channel integration of these insights to deliver a personalised one-to-one marketing experience for their customers at the time when the information is most relevant and useful (e.g a car loan or credit card).<\/p><p>That said, sorting through torrents of unstructured data for useful information is no small undertaking. It requires powerful data analytics technology if institutions are to reap rewards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08bbe92 gg-font-v4 gg-custom-dark-purple-color elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08bbe92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RPA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e5b4bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e5b4bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Already, financial firms have quietly introduced machines that think. Moving forward,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/insights\/blog\/are-robots-the-answer-to-your-project-woes\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">robotic process automation (RPA)<\/a>\u00a0will continue to impact financial institutions to help them be more efficient and effective.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ffc2ed gg-display-none-print elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ffc2ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/robot-hand-with-gearwheel-checkbox-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-105102\" alt=\"A robotic hand holds a glowing digital sphere with a gear and checkmark symbol, representing technology, automation, and artificial intelligence against a dark, futuristic background with abstract lines and a world map.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/robot-hand-with-gearwheel-checkbox-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/robot-hand-with-gearwheel-checkbox-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/robot-hand-with-gearwheel-checkbox-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/robot-hand-with-gearwheel-checkbox.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b1acd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b1acd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This includes processes such as customer onboarding, verification, risk assessments, security checks, data analysis and reporting, compliance processes as well as most other repetitive administrative activities. This frees up a bank\u2019s workforce to perform more complex, value add activities.<\/p><p>Importantly, RPA shouldn\u2019t been seen as a risk to jobs, it should be seen as an exciting opportunity to innovate. After all, with basic processes taken care of, people will have more time to focus on creativity in order to drive improvements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2310b4 gg-font-v4 gg-custom-dark-purple-color elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2310b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chatbots<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad021db gg-print-pb-5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad021db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to Gartner, by 2020, chatbots will interact with the customers of 85% of banks and businesses. According to one report, financial chatbots save over four minutes on every interaction, so it\u2019s within a bank\u2019s interest to use them.<\/p><p>Customers of financial institutions have come to rely on the 24\/7 service these conversational interfaces provide, as the possibility of an instant response and quick complaint resolution improves the experience of personal banking significantly. Conversational interfaces also provide an easy and economical way for organisations in the financial sector to receive customer feedback.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8a2e38 gg-font-v4 gg-custom-dark-purple-color elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8a2e38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blockchain<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2f1f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c2f1f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Blockchain will continue to disrupt financial institutions, beyond just ensuring data security.<\/p><p>Cases across the globe are already proving the value of blockchain in a wide variety of banking and investment applications, such as solving challenges faced by investment banks, to helping customers make safer payment transactions.<\/p><p>Industry-wide adoption of blockchain is unlikely to occur until we reach a tipping point, however \u2013 when that time arises, the regulators will need to determine best practice and how to oversee its use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4437bc gg-font-v4 gg-custom-dark-purple-color elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4437bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biometrics \u2013 especially around mobile payments<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a0ae78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a0ae78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMobile payment innovations could do away with traditional wallets entirely as global consumers become less reliant on cash. Google, Apple, Tencent, and Alibaba already have their own payment platforms and continue to roll out new features such as biometric access control, inducing fingerprint, and face recognition, which is likely to become the preferred route of access over the next decade.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3a8d12 gg-display-none-print elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f3a8d12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mobile-payment-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2025\" alt=\"Mobile payment\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mobile-payment-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mobile-payment-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mobile-payment-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mobile-payment-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e738ea1 gg-font-v4 gg-custom-dark-purple-color elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e738ea1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Greater collaboration between fintechs and traditional banks<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8294eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8294eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While many financial institutions are continuing to adopt new technology to enhance operations and improve customer service,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/insights\/blog\/fintechs-working-with-banks-a-guide-to-overcoming-the-pitfalls\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fintechs<\/a>\u00a0provide exciting avenues for ongoing innovation. Already, financial institutions have realised they must learn how to use fintech to their competitive advantage, and this is only going to continue in the years ahead.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2121a gg-font-v4 gg-custom-dark-purple-color elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d2121a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tech-first is the only approach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a76d5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a76d5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A tech-first approach is now the only approach. How banks leverage RPA, Blockchain, Chatbots and Biometrics will determine their ability to tackle cyber risk and compete with highly scalable alternative banking providers, who are reducing the lending cycle down from a few weeks to a few hours.<\/p><p>Businesses are digitising their customer journeys and scaling-up transformation. They\u2019re finding more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/services\/transformation-consultancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">agile ways of working<\/a>, boosting productivity, building key skills of the future in-house and modernising with targeted investment in technology, data, testing, assurance and information.<\/p><p>If innovative technology is implemented incorrectly, then there can be a severe, negative impact not only in terms of working ability but a knock-on effect in the form of consumer trust. Something no business can afford to lose\u2026especially at this time.<\/p><p>This can all be avoided by embedding\u00a0continuous quality\u00a0to help drive digitalisation and innovation. Combined, they achieve excellence in execution and help to deliver greater cost-efficiency, by identifying and mitigating business risk at every step.<\/p><p>At Expleo,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/case-studies\/world-leading-bank-embracing-agile\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">we\u2019re experts at shaping agile cultures<\/a>\u00a0across entire organisations, and at fully-equipping teams for the path ahead, embedding quality right down into your own DNA too. We help identify and mitigate business risk in technology-led transformations, using standardised methodology, industrialised automation solutions, global delivery and deep domain knowledge. With Expleo as a trusted partner, businesses can embed continuous quality to drive digitalisation and innovation.<\/p><p>By\u00a0<strong>Angus Panton, Head of Banking and Financial Services, UK at Expleo<\/strong>, a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The financial services industry has evolved at an incredible rate in recent years, underpinned by rapid advances in technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":2024,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"topic":[144,145,151],"insights-single-templates":[316],"industry-taxonomy":[265],"content-type":[23],"country":[141],"service":[216,54,59,48,68,209,208,77,60,83],"class_list":["post-2004","insights","type-insights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-business-transformation","topic-digital-transformation","topic-quality-assurance-and-software-development","insights-single-templates-old-template","industry-taxonomy-aall-industries","content-type-blog","country-global","service-digital-transformation","service-software-quality-assurance","service-application-transformation-assurance","service-big-data-analytics-ai-and-advanced-algorithms","service-business-agility-and-lean","service-product-process-engineering","service-quality-testing","service-cybersecurity","service-tech-enabled-business-processes","service-transformation-consultancy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Expleo | Business Agility: Bounce back in 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The financial services industry has evolved at an incredible rate in recent years, underpinned by rapid advances in technology. 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