Financial Services: The Adaptable Enterprise

In times of disruption, the ability to adapt is more critical than ever before. As organisations continue to evolve, they must invest in the capabilities that will allow them to pivot with changing market and customer demands. Financial Services organisations, in particular, must build their adaptive muscle to navigate an increasingly digital landscape, with new partners and changing industry regulations.

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Banking on growth: Closing the financing gap for SMEs

As the backbone of our economy, SMEs are also the key to lifting the nation out of economic decline. Providing businesses with access to credit and other financial support will be crucial to helping manage their recovery. In this webinar, our panelists will discuss how the emergence of fintechs, improved access to and usage of data with open banking, comprehensive credit reporting as well as government support can provide SMEs a lifeline and help rebuild Australia’s economy in the post-COVID era.

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Webinar

Banking on growth: Closing the financing gap for SMEs

As the backbone of our economy, SMEs are also the key to lifting the nation out of economic decline. Providing businesses with access to credit and other financial support will be crucial to helping manage their recovery. In this webinar, our panelists will discuss how the emergence of fintechs, improved access to and usage of data with open banking, comprehensive credit reporting as well as government support can provide SMEs a lifeline and help rebuild Australia’s economy in the post-COVID era.

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Adaptive enterprises will possess the ability to:

ThoughtWorks has been operating in Australia since 1999, with offices in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Our established Financial Services practice helps Banks, Insurance companies and the broader Fintech ecosystem to solve their most complex business problems.

We connect strategy and execution; applying our global insight to identify custom solutions that strengthen our clients’ core technology and software delivery processes, and create seamless digital experiences for their customers and employees.

We have partnered with these leading Australian financial clients in supporting their journey to become digital leaders:

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Designing a payment experience that gives power back to customers

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Staying Nimble, delivering transformative fintech at speed

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B-Social - The mobile app and debit MasterCard® that make money as social as your life

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In this webinar, we speak to executives from all sides of the equation to hear first-hand their perspectives on what it’s like to work with culturally different partners, and some ways to overcome common challenges and move to a model that enables a better outcome for all the parties including the end customers.

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