Forming the Future of Finance

Innovating & Participating in Financial Services
Capco is a global business and technology consultancy dedicated solely to the financial services industry. We deliver innovative solutions in banking, capital markets, insurance, wealth and investment management and finance, risk and compliance. As the pressures of regulation, cost reduction, and customer expectation grow, we design, build and operate technology for specific operations and entire organizations.
We collaborate closely with our clients, equipping them to better meet the challenges of today, while preparing them to exploit tomorrow’s opportunities. Through our hands-on consulting resources, we go beyond strategy. We provide the necessary technology architecture and implementation that well positions our clients to transform and to achieve operational excellence, manage IT complexity, better understand, predict and control risk and develop practical and productive responses to regulation.
Our industry-wide participation is ongoing, through the respected Capco Institute and Journal. With its academic and practitioner insights, the Institute continues to address challenging issues and to evolve innovation and capability, in an environment of ever-increasing competition and change. From the vision that our deep industry involvement provides, through to successful delivery, we remain proud that, with our clients, we are forming the future of finance.
 

Agile Not Fragile

The importance of strong project management in Agile projects.Some critics still state that agile is disorderly and does not require planning and documentation. What is the reality?

The ‘Customer’ Conundrum

Obsessed with the bottom line? Consumed by operational costs brought on by a myriad of regulations? Obsessed with the customer? Which of these is the odd one out?

Advice Twice as Nice

How the digital environment can deliver advice that builds financial experiences. Banks need to use design-thinking skills to not just deliver key information but to evoke financial experiences.

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Capco Institute

Journal 39: Cass-Capco Institute Paper Series on Risk

Innovate or adapt? Strategies for the next wave of digital banking. Innovation remains a buzzword in banking. But how realistic are genuinely innovative strategies? In more cautious times since the financial crisis, isn’t it wiser to adapt in an incremental way to new regulation, competition, and customer requirements? We believe both innovation and adaptation are required.

Published by Prof. Damiano Brigo, Editor and Dr. Peter Leukert, Head of the Capco Institute     April 14, 2014

Capco Blog

Branch Banking: Change the mindset from ‘Survive’ to ‘Thrive’

In a world dominated by iPhones, Androids, Tablets and need for speed, do bank branches still matter?

It goes without saying that the branch experience has changed drastically over the past century and even more so with significant advances in technology in just the last decade. With walk-in traffic electing to embrace home and mobile banking options, several leading banks are directing their focus and attention on investments that improve the digital experience to complement, not compete with, emerging consumer preferences. Despite the recent trends, we still see opportunity for branches to thrive alongside these non-traditional banking channels in the near-term and long-term.

In this blog series, we will provide perspective formed while working with leading financial institutions on retooling their branch functions and applications to better serve customers. Join us for this series and learn how to recalibrate the discouraging mindset with lessons from leaders.

Published by Lane Martin     April 21, 2014

Newsroom

Capco Named to 2014 Best Workplaces in Canada List

New York and Toronto – April 17, 2014 – Capco, the global business and technology consultancy dedicated solely to the financial services industry, today announced it has been ranked as one of Canada’s best workplaces by The Great Place to Work® Institute Canada. The annual list, published in The Globe and Mail, was compiled based on the results of a rigorous examination of the firm’s culture, HR policies and procedures and employee survey.

New York, NY, April 17, 2014
Journal 38: Zicklin-Capco Institute Paper Series in Applied Finance

What trends have dominated the banking industry since April? You do not have to look too far to see that opinion is sharply divided. On the one hand we have witnessed the return to healthy profits with many pundits arguing that banking has turned the corner and that we are seeing the first signs of sustained recovery since 2008. On the other, there are those pointing out that in spite of resurgent balance sheets, we are still in the middle of a fundamental transformation of the sector, where complex regulation is expanding with little or no end in sight; productivity remains below benchmarks set by leaders in other industries; and where investors remain skeptical – although some optimism is returning. All these themes are the subject this Journal issue given the lively debate about the future of the industry, we aim to uncover the real issues and the prominent solutions available to financial markets participants.

Published by Editor - Damiano Brigo, Head of the Mathematical Finance Research Group, Imperial College, London     October 07, 2013
The Cass-Capco Conference is the must-attend event for risk executives in 2014

From Cybercrime to CCPs, financial risk continues to make the headlines. With just over two weeks to go, we’re delighted to announce additional high-profile speakers who help confirm the Cass-Capco Risk Conference as the must-attend event for risk executives in 2014.

Published by Peter Springett     April 17, 2014
Capco Appoints Phil Walton as Global Client Partner

New York, NY – April 9, 2014 – Capco, the global business and technology consultancy dedicated solely to the financial services industry, today announced that Phil Walton has joined Capco as a Global Client Partner in the banking practice and is part for the Global Financial Institutions segment of FIS.

New York, NY, April 08, 2014