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Investment Banking
5 Trends Shaping the Future of Investment Banking Today
Reading time: 6 minutes
What made the difference between success and failure in the last year? 2020 changed everything. Finance was no different. Dealmaking in 2020 split into two parts: the first half cratered at $971bn, with a 6.6% year-on-year decline by value while deal count was down 15.5%. Contrast that with the second half of the year, with...
Banking
Transforming the Lending Experience with Salesforce
Reading time: 4 minutes
Historically, loan origination workflow was paper focused and labor intensive. Measuring the efficiency and quality of work was difficult to achieve. The height of piles or folders on desks helped you know whether or not your employees were overwhelmed or had capacity. It was seemingly impossible to understand where bottlenecks existed in the system and...
Insurance
How Legal & General America Built a Foundation for Digital Experiences at Scale
Reading time: 4 minutes
Legal & General is one of the world’s leading multinational financial services companies — and has been since 1836. Headquartered in London, the firm is the ninth-largest global insurer, with more than $1.5 trillion in total assets under management. Legal & General America (LGA), their U.S. division, has provided life insurance and other financial services...
Banking
Leveraging Salesforce for Community Bank Mergers and Acquisitions
Reading time: 3 minutes
Bank mergers and acquisitions are a big undertaking for financial institutions. They take months to years of planning and coordination that requires significant resourcing dedication that could potentially slow down other transformation initiatives. There is an expected dramatic uptick in merger and acquisition activity in the American community banking sector, according to a recent report...
Financial Services
3 Ways to Increase Financial Services Cloud Adoption with Change Management
Reading time: 3 minutes
The secret ingredient to a successful financial services cloud implementation? It’s a critical success factor that is independent of the tools and technology being implemented: organizational change management. When you implement a new system like Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, your team needs more support. Even though it’s likely making your team’s life significantly easier —...
Wealth
Your Wealth Onboarding Process Could Be Better. Here’s How.
Reading time: 3 minutes
Wealth firms and independent advisors have invested heavily in systems & process design to improve their client onboarding processes. Even with that effort, the average time to onboard a new high-net-worth client is 41 days. In that time period, your new clients aren’t merely waiting. They are frequently asked to provide the same information multiple...
Financial Services
5 Tips to Improve Financial Advisor Productivity
Reading time: 3 minutes
Advisors expect a personalized approach to help them feel connected and sure that their clients will transition to their new firm with minimal hassle and disruption to their portfolio. Onboarding journeys can start with a welcome note and take the advisor on a one-to-one guided tour based on live data, which pushes them into desired...
Banking
Growing Deposits with Salesforce Tools
Reading time: 3 minutes
I hear from clients all the time that their focus is growing their business, but when I ask how, they often say, “Acquiring new customers.” Acquisition can absolutely grow your business, no doubt about it. But if you’re not paying attention to those customers after they open an account, then you’re just refilling a leaky...
Financial Services
How CAP COM Uses FSC and nCino to Stay Community-Focused
Reading time: 3 minutes
CAP COM, an Albany, NY-based credit union, knows that a credit union isn’t really about the money — it’s about what you do with it. Their affordable financial services are locally owned by members, focusing on a community-led approach. As they themselves say, they’re people advocates who are there to “help you fulfill your dreams.”...
Financial Services
5 Ways to Improve Your Wealth Advisor Onboarding Process
Reading time: 4 minutes
The average financial advisor in the United States is more than 50 years old; only 5% are under the age of 30. With more than half of advisors spending as much time planning their own retirement as they plan for their clients’ retirement, the table is set for a massive disruption in existing advisor/client relationships. ...