Financial Services

Humanizing Digital Transformation: Webinar

Industry leaders ath Power, Bridjr, Engageware, Intel, JohnRyan, OptiFi and SLD have joined forces to create a new collective: H2D. An acronym for Human to Digital, the new group’s mission is to drive greater transformational value for brands through their areas of expertise, which include humanized engagement, immersive experiences, and marketing optimization. To celebrate the […]

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How to Empower Employees and Create a Culture of Change

The financial services industry has largely begun to undertake the work of transforming their customer experience model from physical branches to their digital experience, to at least some degree. However, to get the most out of these intensive projects, transforming the people who work in banks and how they work is just as critical as

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SLD Wins Best Branch Experience at 2021 BCX Awards

At his first in-person event since the beginning of COVID-19, SLD’s Jean-Pierre Lacroix was happy to be in attendance for the 2021 Bank Customer Experience Summit in Chicago, Illinois. Along with moderating a panel discussion titled “From Transactional to Relational: Gaining New Customers and Keeping Them for Life,” Jean-Pierre also represented SLD at the BCX

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H2D Collective Launches With Aim of Humanizing Digital Transformations

Industry leaders ath Power, Bridjr, Engageware, Intel, JohnRyan, OPTiFi and SLD have joined forces to create a new collective: H2D. An acronym for Human to Digital, the new group’s mission is to drive greater transformational value for brands through their respective areas of expertise, which include humanized engagement, immersive experiences, and marketing optimization. “The H2D

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Physi-Digital: Humanizing Your Bank’s Digital Transformation

Transformation is messy and carries a high degree of failure, with more than 84 percent of digital transformations failing and more than 9 billion dollars going to waste. The pandemic has only increased the risk. The result is a reshuffling of priorities towards online and mobile platforms that are undermining many other transformation needs. What

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SLD Recognized in China for Industrial Bank Branch Design

The 2021 Digital Transformation Ecological Conference recently took place in Xiamen, China. Focused on the theme of “Aggregating New Ecology, Sharing New Security,” the event brought together industry and government leaders to discuss a wide range of topics surrounding digital finance and network security – as well as celebrate some of the best in digital

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MPC21 Digital Commerce Event

MPC21 Virtual will mark the 11th year of the Mobile Payments Conference, an event focused on bringing together fintech, mobile payments and digital technology leaders. Set for August 17-19, 2021, this year’s theme is “Where Digital Commerce & Technology Meet,” and will feature SLD’s Jean-Pierre Lacroix as a guest speaker. THE STATE OF HUMAN-CENTRIC DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION:

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What Facebook’s Threat Report Means for Brands

As we hit the halfway point of 2021, one trend that we have been particularly interested in at SLD is the continued rise of fake news and misinformation. While our recent DeepReal research elevated the conversation around real versus fake, the publishing of Facebook’s State of Influence Operations 2017-2020 Threat Report has helped validate our own findings and further

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DeepReal: Strategies for Banks in the Age of Misinformation

Many of the attitudes and behaviours that have driven decision making for retail brands have been called into question by the pandemic, but there are other forces disrupting the consumer-brand relationship. At SLD, one that we think is critical is the rise of fake news and misinformation, especially on social platforms. We wanted to determine

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Discussing SLD’s DeepReal Study With Jean-Pierre Lacroix

The rising concern about misinformation and fake news is a top concern of people around the world, whether we’re talking about Russian interference with foreign elections or an organic seal on a carton of milk. Skepticism is high and consumers expect it to become even harder to figure out what’s true in the future. Today,

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DeepReal Webinar

From Fake News to Deepfakes, it is no surprise that consumers have become wary of the information they receive – whether it comes from the news, social media, or a brand. To help understand how current market trends are impacting a consumers ability to make confident decisions, and what they expect from brands in an age

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DeepReal Part 2: The Blurring Line Between Fact and Fiction

The inability to tell fact from fiction is being driven by a number of factors and is challenging the way that consumers perceive and engage with brands. To help gain a better understanding of how consumers discern information and make their purchase decisions, SLD conducted a study among 2000 respondents in January, 2021. As part

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What Does Smart Banking Look Like in 2021?

After a tumultuous 2020, the banking industry is transforming itself from being the root of the issue in the last financial crisis (2008) to being part of the solution in this one. Not surprisingly though, different banks are at different stages of transformation. In this article, we look at some of the best practices from

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The Guide to Humanizing Your Brand’s Digital Experience

While COVID-19 has accelerated the move towards digital technology and platforms that allow people to connect, work, shop, learn and play online, these digital experiences are also causing major opportunities (and disruption) for brands. At the forefront of those industries that are facing long-term risk are the ones that rely on branded environments and physical

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How to Ensure Your Digital Experience is Inclusive

Digital experiences and communications, including websites, social media and digital content, play an essential role in influencing shopper decisions, but first it has to reach the right audience. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, online interactions have increased, as has competition for your consumer’s attention. Inclusive communication and marketing design is now more important than

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