MOST Asian businesses are struggling with the proliferation of data. Instead of offering a competitive advantage, data has become a burden due to a host of barriers, including data skills gaps, data silos, manual processes, business silos, and data privacy and security weaknesses.

Financial services firms also face a variety of critical data challenges ranging from difficulties accessing data and getting it in the right format to using it to drive decision-making. With the wealth of data at hand, finance organisations are finding it more difficult to track and anticipate customer interactions, which not only impacts the overall customer experience but also creates challenges when it comes to attracting, retaining, and growing customer accounts.

There is an urgent need to break down the siloes that exist within their systems to ensure that data is being consistently used across the business, offering better variety, volume, and veracity of data. Let’s consider what business leaders can do to manage their data better.