The financial crisis created a gulf between the expectations of bank investors and end-of-year returns. It has also made it more difficult for global banks to respond quickly and effectively to the new, rapidly-shifting landscape. 

Recent market and regulatory changes have broken the link between size and success that banks have traditionally relied upon – we explore this in more detail in these two articles Banks: Aiming For Agility Not Scale & Has banking become too big to respond? In our view, speed to response, not size of operations will be the key to achieving sustainable and consistent results in the post-financial-crisis world. 

At KPMG, we work closely with our clients to plan – and then implement – a new, more efficient business model that can help them unlock tangible and intangible benefits. We do that by reducing costs, deploying resources with flexibility to higher value-added activities, realising tax benefits, and ensuring that the company’s structure is fully aligned with its business strategy. 

Our advisory team combines strategy, technology and management consulting expertise in a number of areas:

• Business acquisitions and disposals
• Creating an excellent customer experience
• Technology
• Operational transformation
• Digital and Innovation
• Balance sheet optimisation
• HR Transformation
• Tax reporting and strategy
• Finance Transformation

Get in touch with our key partners to find out how we can help.

For insights on how banks can drive agility for business model change, please view our on-demand webcast exploring the importance of agility in banking.