The Point: 2004 | The Point is a thought leadership publication that focuses on subjects of strategic significance to financial services executives worldwide. Each issue is based on studies, research and/or analysis of how to achieve high performance by Accenture's global Financial Services executives. | | | - The Point: Claiming the Future
Innovative emerging technologies based on radio frequency identification, wireless networks and ubiquitous sensors have already begun altering the way in which business is conducted.
- The Point: Higher Ambitions
Insurers that also evidenced the other four traits easily outperformed competitors in total return to shareholders (TRS), according to Accenture.
- The Point: Making a Statement: Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act
US legislation known as the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, or Check 21, requires banks to digitize the whole check-handling process. Approached correctly, Accenture believes that Check 21 can be used to drive high performance in banking.
- The Point: Making It Pay
Financial organizations were swayed by the early promise of pricey e-procurement systems, then left to wonder why the promised savings failed to materialize. Realize the vision of outsourcing and e-procurement with Accenture.
- The Point: Mastering Bank Mechanics
For the majority of banks around the world, the Basel II Capital Accord represents the need to implement more stringent credit-risk standards. But lurking in the shadows is the mandate for banks to address institution-wide operational risk management.
- The Point: New Tool of the Bank Trade
Accenture developed the Value Lever Benchmark (VLB), a diagnostic tool that provides banks with a quick, accurate and individualized roadmap to high performance. The VLB tool benchmarks analytical information on a bank's financial and operational performance.
- The Point: Power of Many
In financial services, high performance through IT outsourcing means solving two challenges.
- The Point: The Natural Path
High-performance financial institutions are those that can generate increasing revenues to raise shareholder value steadily over the long term. Aiming to achieve top performance levels, many financial institutions are turning their attention from cost reduction to boosting organic growth.
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