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Insights on Financial Services

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A global view of financial life during COVID-19

– As the pandemic spreads across the globe, financial decision-maker behavior and sentiment continues to shift.
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Reimagining customer service to manage delinquencies after COVID-19
– Building the right long-term capabilities to help consumers in financial distress and successfully mitigate and manage delinquencies takes time. All institutions with future receivables must act now.
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Top ten myths of technology modernization in insurance
– Many insurers have experienced unsuccessful tech modernization efforts. To reverse this trend, insurers need to first become aware of common misconceptions—and then address them head-on.
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What insurers can learn from China’s continuing COVID-19 recovery
– A recent McKinsey survey of Chinese agents offers insights into how COVID-19 has affected the Chinese insurance industry and what insurers can do moving forward.
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How insurance can prepare for the next distribution model
– As the COVID-19 crisis evolves, it will continue to affect insurance distribution around the world. Insurers can prepare by building a strategy focused on near- and long-term implications.
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Reshaping retail banking for the next normal
– Retail banks have a prominent role to play in guiding the world toward economic recovery, while preserving the health of their organizations.
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The state of North American retail wealth management
– Nothing will pay more dividends in the long run than serving as trusted advisors and guiding clients through the months ahead. Financial advice has never been more important.
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Banking imperatives for managing climate risk
– More than regulatory pressure is driving banks to manage climate risk. Financing a green agenda is also a commercial imperative—but specialized skills are needed to protect balance sheets.
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How healthy is the Asian financial system?
– Will the impact of COVID-19 lead to a financial crisis in Asia? A look at the complex dynamics at play could help policy makers and corporations prepare for that possibility.

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Next-gen technology transformation in financial services
– A road map for technology innovation, tech productivity, and platform modernization.
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Digital disruption in insurance: Cutting through the noise
Digital insurance in 2018: Driving real impact with digital and analytics. Highlights from articles this year show the progress... that has been made in reinventing the insurance landscape—and suggest more disruption to come.

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Reaching the next normal of insurance core technology
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– Banks need to do more in four important areas of data culture to build the risk-related data-control capabilities they will need... in the coming decade.
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– Here’s how African banks can manage the impact of COVID-19—and prepare for recovery.
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– An ongoing look at how the attitudes of financial decision makers in Chile are evolving during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The next normal in consumer: Implications for Consumer Goods M&A
– Lessons from the global financial crisis teach us that consumer goods companies should consider an active approach to M&A,... adapted to the current context, to emerge stronger in the next normal.
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The value of value creation
– Long-term value creation can—and should—take into account the interests of all stakeholders.
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How the COVID-19 crisis may affect electronic payments in Africa
– Beyond securing the health and safety of Africa’s people, governments and their partners must find a way back to growth and restore... businesses and incomes. Africa’s payments industry has a key role.
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Asia wealth management post-COVID-19: Adapting and thriving in an uncertain world
– Asia’s wealth managers—new entrants and incumbents alike—must reinvent themselves as agile and flexible organizations in order... to succeed for the long term once the pandemic is past.
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The investigator-centered approach to financial crime: Doing what matters
– The investigator-centered approach to fighting financial crime fosters collaboration among banks, law-enforcement agencies, and... regulators for greater effectiveness, efficiency, and social impact.
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Tracking US small and medium-sized business sentiment during COVID-19
– US small businesses continue to report uncertainty about the future as the coronavirus pandemic continues, although overall sentiment... appears to be plateauing in recent weeks.
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No going back: New imperatives for European banking
– Now is the time for Europe’s banking leaders to reimagine how their institutions operate and their role in society.
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