Further and faster: Accelerating workforce transformation
Our latest global report looks at how Financial Services organisations are shaping their workforce strategies for the digital age.
Insights
Building a united front on financial crimes
Integrate cybersecurity, anti-fraud and AML systems for better protection.
Workforce Planning in the Public Sector: Balancing capability and affordability
The workforce of the future will look significantly different to today; effective workforce planning will be essential to enabling a successful transition.
Seeing is believing: Clearing the barriers to women’s progress in financial services
While more women are moving into senior leadership positions within financial services, many still struggle to progress during the pivotal middle years of their careers. Find out more.
Why Australia’s financial services industry must come together
Australia’s financial services industry must unite around a shared focus on the interests of customers and the community.
2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey
A number of high profile cyber breaches have driven home the need for stronger cyber security capabilities across a broader spectrum of Australian business.
Is the Australian Wealth Management sector at a crossroads?
Explore our Risk and Compliance Benchmarking Survey
Five financial services trends that leaders must master
Tech, regulation and consumer expectations will combine to rewrite the rulebook for financial services.
Blogs
10 things about IoT that business needs to know
More than headline grabbing gimmicks, the Internet of Things offers actionable insights for business: to drive revenue, create efficiencies and enable transformation. But there are ten things to consider before starting your IoT project.
Open Banking and the currency of consumer trust
Banks are facing upheaval in the way they compete with the introduction of Open Banking. Rather than a catastrophe, it’s an opportunity for financial institutions to embrace new products, services and business.
Time to #GrowUp: How a mature social media function can change your entire business
Social media is a relatively immature medium, but its corporate function doesn’t have to be. In fact, implementing it well can lead to extra revenue, cost-savings, business efficiencies, brand relevance and a competitive edge. Yet very few businesses do.
Restoring Australia’s trade reputation through digital
Australia lags behind its economic counterparts on trade, due in large part to the lack of digitisation in the logistics sector. But a new platform, the Trade Community System, could unlock billions in value and help the nation reach its economic potential.
News
Aussie Mine: advanced-tech sparking rush on lithium
Australia’s mid-tier mining sector is steaming ahead as a result of higher commodity prices, cautious spending and demand for advanced technologies like smartphones and electric vehicles sparking a rush on lithium and interest in other tech metals.
Retail-tech startup Insite AI raises NZ$2M and collaborates with PwC Australia to deploy AI within large retailers’ operations
Insite AI, a startup offering enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software as a service for retail, today announced its NZ$2M/AUD$1.8M pre-seed funding led by Goat Ventures as it seeks to equip the world’s largest retailers with accessible AI technology to add significant intelligence and foresight in supply chain and operations, ultimately giving large retailers a competitive edge when it comes to understanding their customers.
Australia a top five destination for foreign investment
Australia will be among the five biggest winners across APEC for foreign investment over the next 12 months, with Australia pushing Indonesia out of the top five investment destinations this year, according to PwC’s 2018 APEC CEO survey.
Headwinds blowing fiercely
Australia’s four major banks have released results showing returns remain under pressure for the foreseeable future as a result of remediation-related cost increases and slower income growth, with headline cash earnings dropping 5.5 per cent year-on-year to $29.5 billion after the record $31.2 billion delivered in 2017.
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