Financial services

Banking, Insurance, investment and leasing companies are the primary focus of The Bridge in the field of financial services. Important issues leading to the need for innovation are:

  • the increasing amounts of regulatory measures, accounting standards and risk management
  • integration and rationalization of payment procedures (European pin card, iDeal)
  • new waves of consolidation
  • polarization of customer demands (competition, need for differentiation,/specialization, segmentation difficulties)
  • exponential development of technology results in niche-banks and intermediaries (for example Zopa)

The Bridge helps break through the largest barriers for innovation in these branches: changing the innovation culture and climate (traditional, hierarchical, risk averse and business case-focused) and coming to clear definitions and structures for innovation goals and processes. The Bridge combines innovation expertise and branch knowledge to identify innovation opportunities and to help clients to cash in on these opportunities. Finding the right leverage points for change and change management are also in good hands at The Bridge.