With technology slowly progressing, data is starting to be at the heart of every transaction, decision, and strategy within banking. Whether it’s recommending financial products to users or automating decision-making processes, banks rely on data to understand their customers and provide a seamless experience. But what happens when the data is inaccurate?
Personal Finance Management is designed to help consumers track their spending, set budgets, and achieve their financial goals, but in the past years, it has become much more than that. Digital banks like bunq or Tomorrow are starting to offer additional features to help customers see how their spending affects the environment around them. We are talking about checking your carbon footprint with a breakdown of spending categories, savings pockets or category restrictions for better control of your finances.
Today, convenience and instant access to information is what makes or breaks the service. Banking has transitioned from paper statements and bank tellers to seamless digital experiences. A bank's primary touchpoint with its customers is through transaction detail – a very core of financial transparency and personal finance management. But what makes transaction details insightful and why do they matter so much?
For many decades, credit scoring has built the foundation of financial risk assessment and provided banks and other financial institutions with a quantitative view of a borrower's creditworthiness. Traditionally, credit scores are derived from a combination of factors that include payment history, credit utilization, the length of credit history, types of credit used, and recent credit inquiries. These data points offer a very narrow window into the financial behavior of a borrower and often lead to misjudgments in lending decisions. A modern answer to this is smart data. Or, more precisely, enriched data.
Chargebacks are an important tool providing clients with the ability to dispute transactions and reclaim funds. These happen when a client contacts their bank to reverse a transaction, often because they believe the transaction was unauthorized, fraudulent, or incorrect. Chargebacks themselves also present significant challenges for merchants, banks, and fintech companies, often resulting in substantial financial losses. And the rise of digital banking has only magnified the importance of efficient chargeback management. With many automation tools available, banks need to understand that prevention is often the cheapest and smartest option available, making clear payment history more important than ever.
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The way we handle financial transactions has evolved significantly. Despite the advancements in technology, many banks still struggle with proper categorisation – a stepping stone for almost all of digital banking. Most banks rely on Merchant Category Codes (MCCs), which often result in a large portion of transactions being basically "lost in translation". This lack of granularity can lead to missed insights and underwhelming customer experiences.
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How do you improve your digital banking app? Data is a key resource in this regard. Through data enrichment and subsequent analytics, banks can gain a deeper understanding of their customers, optimize their operations and come up with new opportunities for their customers. In this article, we will focus on leveraging the underlying data from MCC codes and enriching it. This knowledge is one of the pillars of the success of neobanks like bunq or Revolut, so don’t be left behind.
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