Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Banking, Payments & Wealth Management sector impact - 04 August 2021
Globaldata's report on the impact of COVID-19 on the banking & payments sector includes detailed coverage on the sector analysis, the impact of COVID-19, among others.
COVID-19 has spread to more than 198 countries, with a total of more than 194 million confirmed cases. More than 4 million people have died. The number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 34 million and has increased again after a sustained decline. Hospitalization rates were seen in both the US and Israel They fall after vaccination, but the results are different because the delta mutation is predominant. This is probably due to the high vaccination rate overall in Israel.
Impact of COVID-19:
- Between April to August 2021, hiring prospects has gradually increased
- 27% of employees reported a significant growth in the productivity level during the work from home period
- Confidence and activity are improving as markets look post COVID-19 recovery
- Most offices will return to at least 50% capacity in the next six months
- Most respondents continue to work from home full-time
- Lack of social stimuli and unplugging after work are big challenges for remote workers
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Sector insight summary: Banking and Payments
The volume and velocity of channel shift amid the pandemic have focused retail banks on operational agility. Redesigning core infrastructure to be more modular has helped reduce interdependencies between processes, expediting time-to-market and limiting overall complexity and cost. As banks prepare for a zero-interest-rate environment, agile tech platforms will help banks pivot to new business models, such as Bank-as-a-Service (Baas) propositions and various types of B2B data sharing and/or enrichment. These alternative monetization strategies will bring data security and privacy into an even sharper focus.
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