Insights on Financial Services
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Embedded finance: The choices and trade-offs for US banks
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No risk, no reward. Banks can design an embedded-finance offering based on their size, distribution footprint, customer base, and product portfolio.
Report
Global Banking Annual Review 2023: The Great Banking Transition
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Banking profits are up, thanks to rising interest rates, but financial institutions globally need to reinvent themselves in the face of major structural and macroeconomic shifts.
Collection
Global Insurance Report 2023
The insurance protection gap looms over both P&C and life insurance.
Podcast
A question of identity: Talking with Socure’s Johnny Ayers
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The founder and CEO of digital identity verification and fraud prevention platform Socure describes the challenges and opportunities of AML, KYC, and identity fraud prevention.
Article
Navigating unknowns: Auto insurance questions in a new mobility era
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Technology disruptions are reshaping mobility solutions. Will mobility insurance see a meteoric transformation?
Article
Scaling gen AI in banking: Choosing the best operating model
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Generative AI is transforming financial services, offering opportunities for efficiency and innovation. As banks race to deploy gen AI, the right operating model can help unlock its potential.
Article
Winning in corporate deposits through transaction banking
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Banks can consider seven steps to help them retain and strengthen deposits as interest rates stay elevated and corporate clients seek better deals.
Podcast
McKinsey insurance leadership on 2024 trends and innovations
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As insurance executives plan for the new year, what’s top of mind? What areas are ripe for innovation? McKinsey Senior Partners Jörg Mußhoff and Fritz Nauck discuss these and other topics.
Podcast
Thinking like a digital company: An interview with Kevin Strain
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Sun Life president and CEO Kevin Strain is joining forces with insurtechs and breaking down barriers between IT and business to help the 150-year-old company better fulfill its purpose.
Article
Modernizing corporate-loan operations
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Inefficiencies and costly errors continue to plague syndicated-loan operations. Banks that invest in a modern operating model can win customers in this growing market.
Blog Post
Banking matters in 2024 – a live take from the WEF
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In Davos, leaders prepare for a new geopolitical reality
Talking Banking Matters
Leaders in Payments is an original podcast series from McKinsey’s Global Banking Practice, featuring conversations with...
Banking & Securities matters
Short takes on critical topics for leaders in banking, securities and beyond.
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Short takes on vital topics for insurance leaders.
Featured publications
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Scaling gen AI in banking: Choosing the best operating model
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Generative AI is transforming financial services, offering opportunities for efficiency and innovation. As banks race to deploy...
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Capturing the full value of generative AI in banking
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Setting up generative AI pilots is easy; scaling them to capture material value is hard. A recipe for success is emerging.
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Been there, doing that: How corporate and investment banks are tackling gen AI
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Wholesale banks have vast expertise in traditional AI. It’s a sound investment that is paying off again as generative AI...
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Tokenization: A digital-asset déjà vu
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Tokenization adoption was poised for success six years ago, but progress was limited. Renewed interest might feel like déjà...
Interview
Opening doors for women leaders: An interview with Caroline Feeney
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As executive vice president and CEO of US businesses at Prudential, Caroline Feeney has found success by staying true to herself...