{"id":26386,"date":"2022-11-25T09:39:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T09:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/retail-banking-defend-market-share-on-the-digital-battlefield\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T13:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:19:46","slug":"retail-banking-defend-market-share-on-the-digital-battlefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/retail-banking-defend-market-share-on-the-digital-battlefield\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail banking: Defend market share on the digital battlefield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The banking sector is facing profound changes. Disruptions to the retail banking value chain could be dangerous for the industry, accompanied by strict regulations from financial supervisory authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the retail banking business evolves, new and fast-growing FinTech players are entering the battlefield. The threat of these emerging FinTech companies is the impact they will have on customer expectations towards banking services and the banking customer journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banks have begun to operate like tech companies, with advanced data capabilities and an agile operating model, deploying a cutting-edge tech stack in their fight against new FinTech companies. This effort is all about gaining a competitive advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another threat is declined efficiency. In developed markets, like in the US and Western Europe, increasing costs are making certain areas of daily banking more and more unprofitable. This is an emergency for retail banking, forcing them to create better cost efficiency and to broaden their product portfolio towards new business areas that promise higher margins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Europe, North America, and parts of Asia, retail banks are looking to deploy new technology that boosts their digital-first business model and utilizes cloud-based platforms to streamline their business operations. All of this is in service of moving to a significantly lower cost curve. Retail banks widely regard this as crucial, as there is only little margin left in today\u00b4s highly competitive banking landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, simplifying and upgrading the banking customer journey is of critical importance, as they are demanding more digital offerings. By employing a digital platform that supports the daily banking business, accompanied with unique business communication capabilities, retail banks will be able to deliver exceptional customer experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of the ongoing consolidation of branch networks as a relevant lever to reduce costs, retail banks must optimize the customer experience through digitization, personalization, and automation, such as in the areas of customer acquisition, onboarding processes, loans management, customer care, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To run daily banking and financial services more efficiently, retail banks should consider the significant benefits of a cloud-based platform for business communication needs. Clear competitive advantages like optimized cost efficiency, flexible scalability, and high availability are delivered by Retarus\u2019 unique single cloud-platform for fax, email, and SMS messaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n