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What is hindering hyper-personalized banking experience

By Victor Ng | Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 11:29 AM Asia/Singapore

What is hindering hyper-personalized banking experience

Data maturity—the ability to manage, utilize, and extract value from data—is essential for successful AI implementation. A balanced approach is critical; leaders must first modernize and integrate their data ecosystems before diving into GenAI investments. A strong data infrastructure ensures AI models are built on accurate, comprehensive data, enabling them to reach their full potential.

Ultimately, building a solid data foundation requires strategic clarity. Leaders must align their business objectives with the right technology to integrate data sources effectively, ensuring that AI and data initiatives deliver maximum impact sooner.

65% of APAC leaders saw strategic business decisions being made based on inaccurate or inconsistent data most of the time. Why and how is holistic real-time data access crucial for accurate decision-making?

WV: Holistic real-time data access is essential for making informed, accurate decisions. According to research, 55% of APAC leaders from organizations with strong data management saw enhanced operational performance. When data infrastructure is agile and robust, it eliminates access bottlenecks, allowing banks to remain responsive – an essential factor in maintaining a competitive edge.

Without real-time data, banks risk making decisions based on outdated or incomplete information, leading to missed opportunities and potential financial losses. For instance, real-time data allow banks to detect fraudulent transactions immediately, enhancing both security and customer trust. It also supports effective liquidity management and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements. Ultimately, Real-time data empowers decision markets with most current, comprehensive insights, enabling swift responses to market shifts and better business outcomes. 

Why is a hyper-personalized customer experience crucial for the modern financial customer? How does AI help in this aspect?

WV: The APAC banking sector is rapidly evolving, with fintech startups and digital-native banks intensifying competition. To stay relevant, traditional banks must differentiate themselves through hyper-personalized customer experiences.

Hyper-personalization goes beyond simply addressing customers by name; it’s about understanding their financial behaviors, preferences, and life events to offer timely and relevant advice and products. Today’s customers expect tailored experiences that cater to their unique financial needs.  AI plays a pivotal role by crunching vast amounts of data to identify patterns and preferences at speed, enabling banks to offer personalized recommendations and proactive support

For instance, AI can detect when a customer is planning a major purchase, like a home or car, and proactively offer tailored loan options or savings plans. It can also identify spending patterns and provide personalized tips or alerts accordingly. By harnessing AI to deliver hyper-personalized experiences, banks can build stronger relationships, increase engagement, and cultivate long-term customer loyalty. 

How are legacy data structures preventing traditional banks from offering AI-driven, hyper-personalized experiences? What can financial institutions in APAC do to navigate this hurdle?

WV: Legacy data structures are a significant barrier for traditional banks, as they often store valuable customer data in silos across various systems – such as transaction records, loans and customer service interactions. This fragmentation prevents banks from gaining a holistic view of their customers, limiting their ability to offer personalized, AI-driven experiences. To address this, financial institutions in APAC must prioritize data modernization. 89% of APAC leaders already agree that their organizations need to invest at least somewhat or significantly more into their data management to realize their goals for data initiatives. Banks should focus on integrating disparate data sources into a unified platform using advanced tools like data lakes, data meshes, and cloud-based solutions.

By integrating and harmonizing data across systems, banks can unlock the full potential of AI, providing customers with seamless, personalized interactions that drive engagement and satisfaction.

According to the research findings, the top two factors that deter APAC organizations from moving forward with an AI initiative are the lack of knowledge/skills and the inability to capture/access the right data. How is AI’s success in enabling hyper-personalized experiences impacted by employees’ ability to understand and leverage the data that power AI technologies?

WV: The success of AI in delivering hyper-personalized experiences hinges on employees’ ability to understand and leverage data that drives AI technologies. SoftServe’s latest research with Wakefield found that 77% of APAC leaders agree that no one at their organization has a full understanding of all the data their company collects, and how to access it. This knowledge gap prevents AI systems from reaching their full potential.

For AI to succeed, organizations must invest in training and developing their employees’ data literacy. Empowering staff to effectively interpret and leverage data effectively enables AI to deliver personalized, meaningful customer experiences. Additionally fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making is essential – employees should be encouraged to rely on data insights for strategic decisions, rather than intuition. A common mistake businesses make is striving to build a perfect data infrastructure that enables seamless enterprise-wide data utilization rather than prioritizing specific use cases for a specific purpose. A data strategy that drives lasting impact should prioritize unlocking measurable business value through practical, step by step execution, ensuring that data infrastructure directly aligns with strategic goals.

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