HARNESSING NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY
FBN BANK ( UK ) LIMITED
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“ If you don ’ t push yourself , you don ’ t learn . This is how our team felt at the beginning . It was difficult , it was challenging – but now they are not just doing it ; they are enjoying it ”
— Santiago Castro , Chief Data Officer , FBN Bank UK
Discussing how the coronavirus crisis will change the banking sector in the long-term , Castro is similarly bullish : “ The future is going to be different to what we used to . There is no doubt we are not coming back to what we had . But if we take the opportunity to eliminate our inefficiencies , we can learn , we can become much more collaborative , and much more data and technology driven ”.
HARNESSING NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY
Castro joined FBN Bank two years ago , tempted by an ambitious new project after a successful 17-year career in consulting . He was tasked with overseeing the bank ’ s digital transformation , at a time when adopting the latest technologies was becoming ever more crucial for the finance
OCTOBER 2020