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Innovation in banking
From payments to wealth management, the modern bank is expected to securely navigate the increasingly complex information environment while delivering distinctive and streamlined experiences to clients of all types.
Despite enormous efficiency gains as a result of digitalization, the need to securely manage and analyze exploding data volumes while keeping security risks at bay has put significant strain on banking operations teams around the world. And now, in an ever more consolidated banking landscape and the looming threat of disruptive fintechs, reliable core operations are no longer sufficient to drive a competitive edge.
As a result, nimble banks across the spectrum are looking to partner with emergent fintech's to driver operational efficiency, increase organizational security and offer high-value products and services to clients.
Despite enormous efficiency gains as a result of digitalization, the need to securely manage and analyze exploding data volumes while keeping security risks at bay has put significant strain on banking operations teams around the world. And now, in an ever more consolidated banking landscape and the looming threat of disruptive fintechs, reliable core operations are no longer sufficient to drive a competitive edge.
As a result, nimble banks across the spectrum are looking to partner with emergent fintech's to driver operational efficiency, increase organizational security and offer high-value products and services to clients.
Banking technology trends
Digital first client experiences
As financial operations have shifted entirely into the digital domain, banks are significantly ramping up development spend on apps and web experiences, vying for business through differentiated value-add features and experiences.
Open banking & value-add integrations
As US regulators follow the European model in requiring banking data to be made readily available to authorized 3rd parties, banks are increasingly exploring value-added ways to integrate with 3rd party platforms and data providers to drive increased security and operational efficiency, while offering clients enhanced analytics, user experiences and process automation features.
Autonomous omnichannel customer support
The advent of GenAI has driven customer support into the final stages of automation, seamlessly handling full support requests, often without clients realizing they are talking to an AI agent. Realizing the enourmous cost efficiencies and customer experience improvements, banking specific omnichannel agents are being implemented at a staggering rate.
Use Cases
Advanced AI Credit Underwriting
Leverage a wide range of traditional and alternative data (bills, social media, behavioral, etc.) from both 1st and 3rd party sources in combination with advanced AI to more accurately assess an applicant's creditworthiness and price the loan at a near instant speed. With an ever increasing volume of data available in relation to any given loan application, human analysts are no longer able to underwrite at the speed and accuracy of advanced AI models that take the full spectrum of data into account. By integrating AI underwriting models either as a support tool for human analysts (ex. for larger commercial loans) or as fully autonomous underwriters in adherence with dynamic firm risk appetites, banks have been able to dramatically improve the client experience, offer more competitive pricing, expand credit access and free up resources for higher ticket loans. Client experiences are improved by accelerating the time from application to payout, while rates are priced to more accurately reflect the true risk of the applicant. At the same time, a wholistic application analysis can provide credit access to applicants that may not meet traditional requirements, but have otherwise stable financial records all while reducing the time spent by human agents on reviewing smaller ticket loans, allowing them to refocus on high-value applications.
The impact:
Underwriting Efficiency | Reduced Delinquency Rates | Expanded Credit Access | Higher Loan Approval Rates | Reduced Time-to-Payout |
50% - 75%
decrease in manual review time through AI supported application
235%
increase in approvals for protected class consumer loan applicants
80%
of applications auto decisioned (without increased delinquency ratios)
30% - 40%
lower delinquency rates than US average
20%
boost in approval rates without increased delinquency rates
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Advanced Biometric Authentication & KYC
Utilize a variety of advanced biometric verification methods to both accelerate user onboarding experiences and increase security across the organization. As fraudsters and identity thieves increasingly target banks and their customers, next generation authentication methods such as facial recognition, fingerprinting and ID verification not only offered enhanced security but also allow users to have a more streamlined and trusted onboarding and login experience.
The impact:
Improved Client Experience | KYC / AML Processing Efficiency | Fraud Reduction | Accelerated Onboarding |
95%
reduction in verification time
10,000%
faster onboarding experience for new consumer banking clients
50%
reduction in onboarding costs for SMB commercial banking
53%
faster AML/KYC processing time for consumer banking loan applications
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Contextual Credit Onboarding
Streamline historically arduous loan application processes for SMBs by implementing a dynamic and contextual onboarding flow that leverages 1st and 3rd-party data to make the loan application process quick and simple while enhancing data validity. This not only materially improves the client experience throughout the process, but also ensures an accelerated time-to-payout, materially driving conversion rates. Driven by novel genAI applications, a full AI application concierge can additionally drive client value add throughout the process while freeing up resources to focus on the underwriting analysis.
The impact:
Improved Client Experience | Underwriting Efficiency | Reduced Time-to-Payout | Increased Conversion Rates | Accelerated Onboarding |
3x
increase in conversion rate from start of application to payout
90%
reduction in loan officer time spent on each application
2-3 min
average response time for new loan application requests 24/7
1-4 days
average end-to-end loan application time
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AI Collections Automation
AI-powered collections automation enables banks to streamline their debt recovery processes by utilizing intelligent workflows and predictive analytics. This technology prioritizes cases based on recovery potential, allowing staff to focus on high-value activities while personalizing communication strategies for better engagement with customers. Additionally, advanced machine learning models help predict delinquency and forecast customer financial behavior, facilitating proactive interventions. By automating routine tasks and providing a comprehensive view of customer data, banks can enhance operational efficiency and improve recovery rates significantly.
The impact:
Improved Client Experience | Collections Efficiency | Reduced OpEx | Increased Collections Rate |
15%
More cash collected
6x
Higher engagement conversion rates
91%
increase in debtor engagement on early stage delinquency outreach campaigns
66%
less useless chasing of accounts
5x
More accounts managed per agen
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Client testimonials:
Emmanuel Lagarrigue
Chief Innovation Officer and Member of the Executive Committee
Schneider Electric
"Innovation is about people, this is why we work with SOSA - this is a secret ingredient, the people. It's about taking small bets, on many different ventures along the way, some of them will change the world."
Renata Freesz Pinto
Innovation Project Manager
Klabin
"Klabin's dedication to sustainable innovation has been enhanced through our collaboration with SOSA and CNI. Our projects exemplify our commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation. By partnering with SOSA, we've identified the optimal partners for our initiatives."
Mitchell Weinstock
Partner
HP
“We came to Israel and used SOSA as a source to bring some very innovative companies, in a very innovative format so our teams would have something exciting to look at and listen to. I think we were very successful finding 5 great companies.”
Joel Agard
Head of Innovation
Zurich Insurance
“We at Zurich Insurance Group have been working with SOSA since 2016. Through working together, we have been able to leverage SOSA’s extensive startup network and Insurtech expertise to help identify Insurtech solutions and startups as well as form collaborations with some of those startups.”
Phil Hsia
President, Global Travel Insurance
Tokio Marine HCC
“I have been through many innovation programs in my career including with a leading design agency, a strategy consulting firm, an executive education programs at leading universities, and others. I found the SOSA to be the best."
Daljitt Barn
Global Head of Cyber Risk & Head of Innovtion Lab, London
Tokio Marine
"Partnering with SOSA helped us accelerate our open innovation activities in Israel in no time, knowing that SOSA analysts cover the Israeli tech ecosystem and have the knowledge to provide us with a highly curated deal flow of advanced technologies."
Dr. Luca Marighetti
Former Group Head Tech Transformation
Swiss Re
“SOSA truly understands our innovation requirements and knows how to deliver solutions, no matter how complex the challenge or how quickly we need it. We have someone we can speak with at SOSA at all times.”
Sasson Darwish
Former Managing Director, Global Investment Banking
RBC Capital Markets
“We have been extremely impressed by the companies we've met through SOSA, and many of them have been considered for a POC stage to become part of the RBC vendor universe."
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