{"id":30314,"date":"2015-11-26T12:11:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T06:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/?p=30314"},"modified":"2016-06-30T10:18:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T04:48:01","slug":"analytics-use-cases-that-are-redefining-bfsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/analytics-use-cases-that-are-redefining-bfsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Analytics Use Cases that are redefining BFSI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Analytics Use Cases that are redefining BFSI<\/strong><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s world, banking institutions have the benefit of redefining their products and services \u2013 with data and analytics. Decisions to redefine banking by driving profit and mitigating risks can be obtained from data. Using Analytics Banks are able to identify and understand consumer behaviour trends and provide better customer service. Analytics is comprised of 4 elements \u2013<\/p>\n

\"2015-11-241. Descriptive Analytics<\/p>\n

The main idea of this element is to identify and state the current situation through performance metrics, e.g. KPIs. Descriptive analytics help us answer the \u201cWhat has happened?\u201d question by executing data mining techniques on raw data<\/p>\n

2. Diagnostic Analytics<\/p>\n

This element attempts to understand the causes behind the current situation, if there is a correlation or causation between variables. For instance, current situation depict that credit card applications have increased. The next step is to ascertain if the credit card applications increased due to marketing investments, poor competitor credit card benefits, amongst others. Diagnostic analytics help us answer \u201cWhy is it happening?\u201d<\/p>\n

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3. Predictive Analytics<\/p>\n

Predictive analytics are based on factors influencing current and past situations. This element helps us have an estimate forecast for banking institutions to know where to place their resources. This element uses nuanced statistical model by identifying major variables, e.g. marketing investments, state of the economy and competitor analysis to help banks decide where to place their money at. Predictive analytics answers the question \u201cWhat could happen?<\/p>\n

4. Prescriptive Analytics<\/p>\n

This element is based on the forecast mentioned above and is used to develop strategies for execution which would yield the best ROI. Prescriptive analytics answer the \u201cWhat should we do?\u201d question for better business engagement.<\/p>\n

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Popular Descriptive & Diagnostic Analytics Use Cases for Customer Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Descriptive analytics studies raw data and are able to derive customer insights. Customer analytics can provide banks with good insights to banking channels to improve branch and online banking efficiency and efficacy. Descriptive & Diagnostic analytics can provide banks with<\/p>\n

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  1. Market Research<\/strong> (Consumer Behavior Insights, Market Basket Analysis, Persona Analysis for nuanced Segmentation & Targeting)<\/li>\n
  2. Service Operations<\/strong> (Improving Service Operations & Complain Handling)<\/li>\n
  3. Sales<\/strong> (Cross Selling & Up-Selling Opportunities, Customized Offerings)<\/li>\n
  4. Marketing<\/strong> (Lead Generation, Sales Promotions, PR)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"2015-11-26\"<\/p>\n

    There are countless number of Analytics use cases<\/a> specific to Digital Marketing as well. For example Banking Institutions can use Google Trends for a better understanding of current situations. Google Trends shows us the impact of a keyword relative to the total search volume across borders. Google Trends help us identify keywords and competitors when netizens search for a particular term. For instance, in October 2015, the term \u2018fixed deposit\u2019 was searched an average of 46,700 times in Malaysia. Additionally, netizens also searched for \u2018Malaysia FD\u2019, Best Deposit Rates\u2019, \u2018FD Calculator\u2019, amongst others. By studying these trends and understanding competitors, banking institutions are able to tactfully derive insights and tailor their product and services with this information.<\/p>\n

    The above points demonstrate the role of analytics in redefining banking business intelligence. Following this, upon identifying these aspects, it is crucial that the execution phase is analytics-driven as well, and it is of equal importance that actionable strategies are deployed for improvement. The reality is that data is a BFSI institution\u2019s most underutilized asset. Banks that pool their data sources to create depth and insights will find themselves on the forefront of new-age digital banking model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a0Analytics Use Cases that are redefining BFSI In today\u2019s world, banking institutions have the benefit of redefining their products and services \u2013 with data and analytics. Decisions to redefine banking by driving profit and mitigating risks can be obtained from data. Using Analytics Banks are able to identify and understand consumer behaviour trends and provide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":4},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}