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Digital Banking Maturity Study EMEA
Are EMEA’s banks prepared for the new world of banking?
Comprehensive digital maturity study of 248 financial institutions across 38 countries reveals significant gaps – and opportunities.
A mixture of changing consumer preferences, competition from FinTech start-ups, and regulations like the European Union’s revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) have been forcing banks in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) to develop their digital capabilities. But not all of them have taken it on board to the same degree. Yet if you ask the banks themselves, nearly each one would consider itself a leader when it comes to digital. So what is the reality?
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- Key findings
- By the numbers
- About the study
- How does your bank or FinTech measure up to your competition?
- Get in touch
Until now, what has been lacking is objective data about how each bank is positioned with respect to its digital offerings, comparing apples to apples by taking into account the full spectrum of products and functionalities, mapped against consumer preferences in each market. That’s where the Deloitte EMEA Digital Banking Maturity project comes in, uncovering a number of surprising findings and serving as a digital playbook for any financial institution looking to come out as a winner in the post-PSD2 new world of banking.
Key findings
- Digital champions are those financial institutions which offer a wide range of functionalities relevant for customers and a compelling User Experience (UX)
- EMEA markets can be broadly divided into 4 groups: digital champions, digital smart followers, digital adopters, and digital latecomers
- Environmental pressure from customer preferences (expectations regarding services) and competitive pressure (digital “arms race” ignited by banks which decide to leverage digital channels as key competitive advantage) is responsible for creating EMEA’s digital champions
- PSD2 and FinTechs will increase the market pressure, especially in those markets where customer expectations for digital services are already high and incumbents are unable to meet demand
- Tomorrow’s digital banking champions will be determined by financial institutions’ readiness to offer Open Banking and Beyond Banking services, transforming themselves from a digitized traditional bank into a platform hosting both proprietary and third-party services
Deloitte EMEA Digital Banking Maturity by the numbers
- 238 banks
- 10 FinTechs
- 38 countries in 38 countries in EMEA
- 136 mystery shoppers opening real accounts
- 826 functionalities evaluated
- 8,000+ customers surveyed
- 6 customer journey steps
- 3 digital channels
- 197,000+ data points
About the study
Deloitte member firms across EMEA joined efforts to conduct the most comprehensive and objective assessment of financial institutions’ digital maturity in order to separate the true digital champions from the smart followers, adopters, and digital latecomers.
What makes a digital champion? To answer this, we measured financial institutions’ performance across four critical areas:
- Functionality review of each of the 248 financial institutions across 38 countries. A team of 136 “mystery shoppers” opened current accounts and evaluated each bank’s internet and mobile banking channels to map their offering against 826 functionalities.
- Customer survey of more than 8,000 clients of banks to understand customer needs and preferences, and to be able to map each bank’s functionality against consumer expectation.
- User experience (UX) evaluation of mobile banking by customers according to the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) framework to supplement the above.
- To provide a snapshot of the results and identify trends in digital banking maturity, the EMEA country-level trends compare the five (5) largest banks by asset size of each country. The full study has comprehensive data on 238 banks and 10 FinTechs mapped against customer expectations derived from over 8,000 banking customers surveyed
How does your bank or FinTech measure up to your competition?
The full country and competitor data behind the EMEA Digital Banking Maturity study should be the starting point to any bank’s strategy planning for the post-PSD2 world of open banking.
To discuss the in-depth findings for your particular financial institution in more detail, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.