Financial Services

Financial Services is a crucial industry for SAP. Financial services companies face many growing challenges, including ever-changing regulations, evolving consumer expectations, economic instability, and increased competition brought on from digital-only organizations. These drivers make it imperative to transform and become more efficient, better engaged, and resilient.

SAP and Partner Solutions for Financial Services (H2)

There are many solutions in the SAP ecosystem that are relevant to the Financial Services sector:

Financial Services is a crucial industry for SAP. Financial services companies face many growing challenges, including ever-changing regulations, evolving consumer expectations, economic instability, and increased competition brought on from digital-only organizations. These drivers make it imperative to transform and become more efficient, better engaged, and resilient.

SAP and Partner Solutions for Financial Services (H2)

There are many solutions in the SAP ecosystem that are relevant to the Financial Services sector:

  • Digital Customer Engagement is about modernizing the way companies reach consumers, which can include omnichannel commerce, customer experience management, digital banking, customer analytics, and marketing offerings.
  • Finance and Risk solutions help companies stay compliant and avoid risk by touching on Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) functionality, financial planning and analysis, data services, reporting, and accounting for financial instruments.
  • Banking Operations tools aim to help those in the banking industry with key functions including card management, retail services, payments, cash and liquidity management, and commercial lending.
  • Total Spend Management is about helping companies get a centralized view of spend by combining multiple cloud offerings around procurement, vendor management, sourcing and contracting, invoicing and payables, travel reimbursement, and analytics.
  • HCM and HXM solutions help organizations with recruiting, onboarding, talent management, and more.
  • Core ERP systems act as a system of record for key transactional information.

The financial services sector is turning to technology to assist with becoming more digital and more relevant to consumers. At the same time, they are looking to build processes and systems that can provide centralized views of data around customers, compliance, risk, finance, and employees.

Key Considerations for SAPinsiders

Financial services companies are utilizing SAP and partner solutions as part of their transformation programs within a variety of focus areas, including security, automation, and digitization.

  • How Zurich North America used BlackLine to move to SAP S/4HANA. Read this case study to hear about Zurich North America’s SAP S/4HANA migration, including how it utilized Blackline Solutions for Automation & Control during the project.
  • Swiss Federal Administration planned its SAP S/4HANA move with security design in mind. Read this case study to learn how the Swiss Federal Administration managed SAP Security within its SAP S/4HANA migration.
  • Deutsche Börse Group’s approach to digitization, process redesign, and defining sustainable user journeys. Read this Q&A to learn about Deutsch Börse Group is transforming its SAP landscape while also transforming its business overall.

71 results

  1. The AI urgency in APAC

    Published: 22/February/2024

    Reading time: 3 mins

    This month both Australia and Singapore have proffered plans to build out their AI capabilities as the race to become the go-to country for artificial intelligence (AI) and AI productivity gains heats up. Hence last week’s SAP announcement in Germany of an end-to-end growth area focused on AI is well timed for the APAC region.…

  2. Insights from Anurag Barua on SAP AI’s New Direction Following Walter Sun Appointment as Global Head of AI 

    Published: 07/January/2024

    Reading time: 5 mins

    Discover how Walter Sun's leadership at SAP is shaping the future of AI in finance. Learn about SAP's commitment to ethical AI practices and the strategic implementation of AI for enhanced efficiency and compliance in financial systems. This content is for Mastering SAP Premium Access members only.Log In Join Now

  3. Electronic Invoicing: An Opportunity for Businesses and Governments

    Published: 07/January/2024

    Reading time: 4 mins

    Learn about the advantages that adopting electronic invoicing provides for both businesses and governments. This content is for Mastering SAP Premium Access members only.Log In Join Now

  4. Growing Compliance Complexity Driving Approach to Tax Planning, Tax Technology and Innovation

    Published: 22/September/2023

    Reading time: 5 mins

    The global tax landscape has become increasingly complex, as governments around the world are changing the ways that they monitor companies and ensure compliance. SAP S/4HANA-enabled transformation has far-reaching impacts on tax departments, including Direct Tax, Indirect Tax, Transfer Pricing, and Trade & Customs. To explore the implications on tax planning, tax technology, and innovation,…

  5. Enhancing Financial Operating Efficiency with Finance4U Regulatory Accounting and Reporting on SAP S/4HANA

    Published: 18/September/2023

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Organizations that work in industries that face the burden of heavy regulations face an uphill battle in their day-to-day business. These companies, spanning industries such as utilities, energy, telecommunications, and railways, face ever-increasing borrowing costs, which increases the costs for asset construction. This also makes it more complicated for these companies to maintain target rates…

  6. Working With SAP Material Ledger and SAP Group Reporting in HANA 2022

    Published: 08/September/2023

    Reading time: 15 mins

    Intercompany transactions require significant attention and have always been a critical part of the financial analysis world in SAP. Certainly, this process is very complex, and it will require significant resources with different levels of expertise as operational reporting and business requirements become more detailed. In this article, SAPinsider expert Dr. March Sisfontes-Monge will highlight…

  7. Top SAP Analytics Cloud Q3 2023 Quarterly Release Updates for Finance Teams

    Published: 08/September/2023

    Reading time: 4 mins

    Many finance teams within SAP organizations face a similar struggle – essential business processes are frequently siloed and disjointed and require manual interventions on a regular basis. This not only takes significant time and financial resources, but it introduces the possibility of errors. Finance teams must utilize advanced tools and solutions to keep pace with…

  8. Navigating the Storm of Global Cash Visibility with Kyriba’s Bob Stark

    Published: 18/August/2023

    Reading time: 4 mins

    There are several key barriers preventing businesses from achieving global visibility of cash flows and liquidity. These barriers include limited buy-in from decision makers, competing priorities, customizations across cash management processes, lack of funding for the transformation of cash management processes, and readiness for real-time analytics. Addressing these barriers effectively can lead to improved visibility,…

  9. SAP Financial Close

    Accelerating the Financial Close Process: BlackLine Launches 5-Day Fast Track for Mid-Size Organizations 

    Published: 15/August/2023

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Finance leaders at mid-sized organizations are under increasing pressure. They face requests to enhance the efficiency of the financial close process, yet many have budget constraints that make it more difficult to leverage emerging technologies that can help in this area. BlackLine's recent announcement of their 5-Day Fast Track program seems to be in direct…

  10. Trintech Acquires Fiserv’s Reconciliation Solutions and 400 Blue-Chip Clients

    Published: 04/August/2023

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Trintech recently acquired Frontier Reconciliation and Accurate Reconciliation from Fiserv, a prominent fintech and payments solutions provider. Trintech’s current clientele spans multiple verticals, including financial services, telecommunications, retail, insurance, and utilities, making this strategic move even more impactful for the office of the CFO. This strategic move aligns perfectly with the current trend among SAPinsiders…