By streamlining operations and investing in knowledgeable staff, financial institutions can drive growth and deepen customer relationships through their home equity offerings.

Banks can quickly improve the customer journey by removing friction and creating consistency across service channels.

Focusing on niche markets and strategically implementing technology can help financial institutions build stronger client relationships.

To attract and keep small business clients, banks should put digital payments front and center.

Focusing on home equity lending positions financial institutions to develop stronger, more comprehensive customer relationships

Financial institution executives are under pressure to manage the growing technology budget in a way that furthers their institution’s strategy and produces results.

Community banks, working with their core providers, can take advantage of application programming interfaces to launch new digital offerings that help retain deposits.

Some financial institutions are beginning to address hidden technology costs to improve efficiency.

Running pilot projects and experiments, and then measuring and sharing those lessons, has helped East Lansing, Michigan-based Michigan State University Financial Credit Union innovate, says Chief Innovation Officer Ben Maxim.

A few banks are using sidecar cores to experiment with alternatives and improve their capabilities.