Artificial Intelligence (AI) will present a huge opportunity for banks to transform the customer experience, as per a study done by consultancy firm Accenture. The Accenture Banking Technology Vision 2017 finds that bankers believe AI will revolutionize the way banks gather information and interact with customers, using it to understand the intentions and emotions of customers and enable better interactions.As per the report, 78% of bankers globally, and 87% in India believe that AI will enable simpler user interfaces that will help banks create a more human-like customer experience. In addition, 79 % percent globally, and almost 87% of bankers in India believe that AI will revolutionize the way banks gather information and interact with customers.
Globally, 76% bankers and 83% in India believe that within three years, banks will deploy AI as their primary method for interacting with customers.
Indian banks are embracing digital solutions for interacting with customers; the next step is implementing the enabling power of artificial intelligence (AI), such as identifying consumer preferences and then reacting with insight and emotional intelligence,” said Piyush Singh, managing director and head of Accenture Financial Services group in India “In addition to gaining insights, banks could transform customer experience and improve operational efficiency. However, the challenge will be how quickly banks can implement these new technologies as banks continue to face legacy issues with their existing IT set up. This would require a C-suite-led impetus to embrace new technologies.”
The trends identified in Technology Vision 2017 are:
*AI Is the New UI (Experience Above All)
*Ecosystem Power Plays (Beyond Platforms)
*Workforce Marketplace (Invent Your Future)
*Design for Humans (Inspire New Behaviors)
*The Unchartered (Invent New Industries, Set New Standards)
The “Design for Humans” trend indicates that the key to increasing the quality of customer experience lies in the ability to adapt for unique customer behaviors. While human contact is diminishing in terms of volume, the quality and importance of human touch points will increase. 34% of the bankers surveyed globally and almost similar number in India (33%) said they plan to use a detailed understanding of human behavior to guide new customer experiences. And while nearly nine in 10 bankers (89 percent) said they believe that their customers are satisfied with their bank’s use of personalization, 67% globally and in India claim they struggle to understand their customers’ needs and goals.
Banks are increasing integrating their core functions with digital ecosystem platforms in an effort to manage more broad-based consumer relationships. Nearly all bankers surveyed (98 percent) said they believe that it is ‘somewhat’ or ‘very’ critical to adopt a platform-based business model and engage in ecosystems with digital partners, with one-quarter (25 percent) of global respondents and 40 percent of India respondents saying their organizations are already taking aggressive steps to participate in ecosystems.
Accenture’s Technology Vision is developed annually by the Accenture Labs. For the 2017 report, the research process included gathering input from the Technology Vision External Advisory Board. Alongside, Accenture Research conducted a global online survey of more than 5,400 business and IT executives across 31 countries and 16 industries to capture insights into the adoption of emerging technologies. The banking industry report is based on responses from 579 respondents at banks in 31 countries.
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