Banking and Capital Markets Consulting Technology is rapidly evolving and digital adoption accelerating. Regulatory obligations are increasing in scope, rigour and complexity. Global events continue to challenge the financial services industry, exacerbating existing and exposing new risks. Banking and capital markets firms are facing demanding customer expectations to deliver seamless and uninterrupted banking and capital markets consulting services juxtaposed with rising cost pressures and regulatory scrutiny.Protiviti's banking consulting helps financial institutions to be more effective and efficient in a way that is risk-sensitive, regulatory compliant, well-controlled, and enabled by leading technologies.Our firm is widely recognised for delivering practical solutions to financial organisations that embody the five characteristics needed to succeed in the face of disruption: human, flexible, intelligent, innovative, modular. We have assembled integrated teams of industry and process advisors with the skill to help financial services executives develop innovative solutions to confidently face emerging challenges and identify opportunities for structural transformation to enable sustained future growth.Together with Robert Half, the world's first and largest specialised talent solutions firm, Protiviti offers the unrivaled combination of consulting expertise with Robert Half’s deep pool of highly skilled and experienced professionals to solve your business challenges using our unique, flexible delivery models. Research Guide November 25, 2024 FAQ Guide on the Use of AI for Financial Crime Compliance Ask financial crime professionals what the most challenging part of their job is, and most will likely say it is the timely identification of suspicious activity. As much as companies have worked to improve their detection capabilities given their compliance obligations, their desire to protect their reputations and their understanding, as corporate citizens, of the... Learn more What we do Our services Insights Leadership Our banking consulting services Our banking and capital market consulting advisors provide solutions tailored to your banks unique needs in the following areas: Pro Briefcase Internal audit Through our world-class Internal Audit and Sarbanes-Oxley practises, we ensure your IA activity provides the highest value to your organisation, whether you need to employ agile principles and AI to transform your IA function or co-source or fully outsource your Internal Audit and Controls functions. 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Pro System Security Sustainability Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) presents asset and wealth management firms with both risk and opportunity. We partner with firms to evaluate ESG strategy, identify and monitor objectives, manage risk, support sustainable finance programs, and meet compliance requirements. Find out more about our consulting services for:InsuranceAsset & wealth managementMortgage & consumer lendingPayments Featured insights PODCAST Risky Women Podcast | Driving Tech & Innovation in Risk Management In this episode, Jo Shoppee, head of operational risk, technology, at ANZ Bank, shares her unexpected journey into risk management, from working as a teller at ANZ to becoming a technology risk specialist. Jo discusses the challenges of balancing... WHITEPAPER Sanctions and Export Controls: The Current and Future Landscape for Global Financial Institutions For two years running, Protiviti has published a paper on the major sanction developments in the past year and our expectations for the coming year. We did this, in part, because the pace, scale and enforcement of economic sanctions reached... WHITEPAPER The Compliance Playbook: Navigating the Financial Services Industry’s Compliance Priorities in 2025 As we enter the new year, the financial services industry once again faces compliance risks that are increasingly diverse and complex. BLOGS Accelerating digital banking transformation with cloud technology By 2025, core banking workload deployment on cloud is expected to be 14% of total IT spend.Banks are grappling with outdated applications; data is siloed and trapped within legacy systems and not accessible for customer insights and tailored... INSIGHTS PAPER Understanding the Impact of the EU AI Act: A Primer for Financial Institutions Navigate the EU AI Act's impact on finance with our strategic guide to compliance and ethical AI use. WHITEPAPER Reframing Regulatory Change: Adapting to Win Regulations continue to expand in number and scope, driven by a variety of sources. As a result, the industry must deal with regulatory change on an ongoing basis. Some companies take an ‘adapting to win’ approach, which benefits not just how they... INSIGHTS PAPER Best Practices for Building a Sustainable PCI DSS Compliance Programme Creating and maintaining a sustainable PCI DSS compliance programme is a crucial and complex task for organisations to protect payment card transactions and uphold consumer trust. However, despite the PCI DSS standard being around for almost 20 years... WHITEPAPER Can we trust culture and conduct to guide decision making in the financial services industry? More than 15 years after the great financial crisis, the financial industry’s culture and conduct remain very much in the headlines. Has nothing changed? A lot has indeed changed, though bad actors still manage to prevail at times. Maintaining good... INSIGHTS PAPER Crypto and the Travel Rule: What’s Going On? Navigate crypto Travel Rule compliance: understanding its impact, the need for flexible solutions, and areas of focus for implementation. WHITEPAPER DORA Compliance: Untangling Key Hurdles to Implementation The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), or more formally known as Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, took effect on 16 January 2023, with final industry compliance required by 17 January 2025. The regulation underscores the importance of digital... BLOGS ESG Data Management and Reporting Are the CFO’s Responsibility — Period In a global survey of CFOs and finance leaders conducted by Protiviti, ESG metrics and measurement stand out as the highest priority for the finance organisation to address over the next 12 months. PODCAST Regulation, risk and reward with HSBC’s Chief Compliance Officer, Asia Pacific Some of the key things that I see will be around digitalisation, open banking, artificial intelligence and robotics, workforce transformation, cyber security, and as mentioned, sustainable banking as well as regulatory technology. We're also already... Button Button 2024 Top Risks in the Financial Services Industry Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative have been conducting our Top Risks Survey for the past 12 years. This journey began just as financial markets around the world were starting their long, slow recovery from the global financial crisis, and has since covered the worst global pandemic in 100 years as well as near record-low interest rates. Read more Florida-Based Bank Optimises Customer Relationship Value Through Innovative Data Approach This Florida-based organisation has grown from a small community back to one of the state’s largest financial institutions. Over time, the bank built its reputation by maintaining the personalised service of a community bank while investing in the talent, technology and financial products customers expect from a large bank. Read more Leadership Sam Bassett Sam is the country leader for Singapore. With over 25 years' experience, he's primarily worked in financial services with consulting firms or directly in the banking industry to deliver change and support strategic, tactical, and operation goals across Asia, Europe and ... Learn More