Accenture Partners with Backbase for Banking Customer Experience Solution
Accenture and Backbase, a provider of customer experience management technology solutions, have entered into an alliance agreement in financial services to enable banking clients to improve customer engagement through digital channels.
Under the alliance agreement, the companies will leverage Backbase's wide range of customer experience management technology solutions and Accenture's banking industry expertise and capabilities, including digital distribution and marketing strategy and core banking services. The companies will focus on providing banks with an end-to-end solution to support their digital transformation strategy, helping them optimize digital sales, increase customer loyalty, and enhance operational efficiency.
The solution is based on Backbase Customer Experience Platform (CXP), a full-service digital channels management platform that helps banks organize, create, and manage compelling customer experiences across any device and channel. The platform features a complete set of integrated customer experience management functions, including dynamic content development and digital marketing campaign creation across multiple channels . The platform can be integrated with any existing banking IT systems.
"Leading banks no longer think of themselves as mere providers of financial products and services and enablers of transactions," said Juan Pedro Moreno, senior managing director of Accenture's global banking practice, in a statement. "They will be providers of solutions, playing a greater role not just at the moment of transaction, but before and afterwards as well, aspiring to be at the center of the digital life of their customers. We refer to this as the Everyday Bank strategy, a vision that calls for a new way of thinking about the role of banks in the digital era. The alliance we have formed with Backbase will help banks implement this vision by enabling them to deliver superior, personalized, relevant, fast, and frictionless services anytime and anywhere."
"In their ambition to create superior digital customer experiences, banks are usually hampered by the fact that relevant information and functionality are often stuck in multiple legacy systems, making them difficult to integrate with," said Jouk Pleiter, Backbase's CEO, in a statement. "Backbase CXP can be deployed over any existing system, and is able to pull any content, applications, or functionalities from these silos and combine all of it into fresh, new interfaces, or composite applications, without compromising enterprise security. Our platform, which is already used by more than 50 financial institutions around the world, combined with Accenture's deep industry knowledge and global track record for delivering digital transformation projects, can help more banks pursue their ambitions and become truly customer-centric."