The trend

Strong pressures

Times remain challenging for financial institutions.

They need to boost profitability and rebuild their balance sheets. Investing in IT solutions can save them money and allow them to return more quickly to profit. Banks and insurance companies are under pressure with increasingly intrusive regulations across the world, unforgiving media scrutiny and tighter risk discipline.

Cloud and silver lining

Opportunities have come to light with the rise of Cloud computing. Applications are now more affordable. Unified Communications solutions can improve systems and rationalise processes.

Forward thinking organisations will not miss out on the advantages of flexibility and speed that these new technologies can deliver.

Bluefish helps clients find the next generation solutions that will deliver value.

Common challenges

Combine compliance and customers’ expectations

‘Financial services spending with IT vendors will grow 4.5% in 2011.’Ovum research and advisory group, 2010

Financial institutions must make clever use of technology to bring sophisticated services and quality experience to customers over a wider range of devices.
Whether on computers, tablets or mobile phones of all sizes and shapes, customers expect a personalised, real-time, interactive experience.

New regulations and the extra burden they place on back offices keep technology choices firmly at the heart of financial institutions business strategies.

Only the right technology solutions will enable financial institutions to achieve compliance and competitive differentiation, boost the speed to market and respond to their clients’ expectations.

Solutions

Align Technology and Strategy

Bluefish helps financial institutions to transform their business and adapt to the new demands of their increasingly technology-savvy customers.

Cloud based services are particularly in demand as they make applications more affordable and contribute to a more efficient data management.

Unified Communications

Unified Communications technologies are of interest to banks and insurance companies. Through UC, they deliver tailored and differentiated customer experiences in line with the highest of expectations.

Bluefish helps financial institutions to ensure that technology decisions align with business strategy. Through thought leadership and technical excellence, we support organisations when they rethink their processes and offerings.

Support for change programmes

In addition, Bluefish can provide key technical and project management skills to support change programmes.
Bluefish also has extensive experience of outsourcing non-core IT functions to expert teams who can best deal with them.