How Technology is Important to the Success of a Bank

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Having worked for over ten years in the financial services industry, specifically banking, I have come to understand how greatly technology is important to the success of a bank, the realization stem from my experience in banking operations, product development and strategy. Currently as the deputy manager performance management and strategy group responsible for business strategy, product innovation and performance measurement within the bank, hence, my understanding of technology has made it possible for me to meet and surpass my job responsibilities and have place the bank as one of the leading e-banks in the industry and country. As a graduate of, and chartered accountant, I have come to grasp with the fact that business and accounting understanding alone is not enough to help an organization succeed, there is need for a competitive advantage that will set the company aside among its peers and make it a force to reckon with in an industry.

The past ten years have seen the opening up of the Nigerian economy changing from a more government driven economy to private sector driven ...

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