AI-Driven Customer Experience Transformation in Financial Services
In today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape, customer experience is the new battleground for banks, insurers, and fintechs. The convergence of heightened customer expectations, regulatory pressures, and relentless digital disruption demands more than incremental change—it requires a fundamental transformation. Artificial intelligence (AI), and especially generative AI, is at the heart of this revolution, enabling financial institutions to deliver seamless, hyper-personalized, and proactive experiences that set new industry standards. At Publicis Sapient, we empower financial services organizations to unlock new value and drive tangible business outcomes through AI-powered customer experience transformation.
The Challenge: Navigating Complexity and Rising Expectations
Financial institutions are under constant pressure to modernize. Legacy systems, siloed data, and traditional processes often hinder agility and innovation. Meanwhile, customers expect frictionless, personalized experiences across every touchpoint—whether opening an account, seeking financial advice, or managing investments. The stakes are high: those who fail to adapt risk losing relevance, while those who embrace transformation can capture greater customer loyalty and lifetime value.
Our Approach: Holistic, Customer-Centric Transformation
Publicis Sapient’s approach is rooted in a deep understanding of both our clients and their customers. We bring together strategy, consulting, experience design, engineering, and data & AI to create solutions that are greater than the sum of their parts. Our teams work as true partners, guiding financial institutions from ideation to implementation, ensuring every initiative is aligned with business goals and customer needs.
Modernizing Legacy Systems for Agility
Legacy technology is often the biggest barrier to innovation. We help organizations untangle complex systems and adopt modern, cloud-native platforms that enable speed, scalability, and compliance. Our tech-agnostic approach ensures each solution is tailored to the unique needs of the business, driving efficiency and reducing infrastructure costs while laying the foundation for future growth.
Personalizing Customer Journeys with AI
AI is revolutionizing the way financial institutions engage with their customers. By connecting and refining data across channels, we enable banks and insurers to deliver hyper-personalized experiences—anticipating needs, offering relevant products, and providing proactive support. Our AI solutions help organizations:
- Build robust customer data platforms to capture and unify interactions over time
- Design and deliver integrated, omni-channel journeys
- Optimize marketing campaigns and customer engagement with real-time insights
- Turn audience engagement data into highly relevant, individualized experiences
Increasing Customer Lifetime Value Through Insights and Automation
With AI-driven analytics, financial institutions can move beyond reactive service to proactive value creation. We help clients:
- Identify high-value opportunities and customer segments
- Automate routine processes, freeing up staff for higher-value interactions
- Implement AI-powered tools for sales, marketing, and customer service that drive measurable improvements in retention and profitability
- Continuously test, learn, and refine digital products to keep pace with changing customer expectations
Tangible Benefits: Real Results for Financial Institutions
Our work with leading financial services organizations has delivered transformative results:
- Enhanced customer loyalty and engagement through personalized, data-driven experiences
- Reduced operational costs by automating manual processes and modernizing technology infrastructure
- Accelerated speed to market for new products and services, thanks to agile, cloud-based platforms
- Improved compliance and risk management with integrated, transparent data systems
- Increased customer lifetime value by anticipating needs and deepening relationships at every stage of the journey
How Publicis Sapient Delivers AI-Driven Customer Experience Transformation
Building Robust Customer Data Platforms
We help financial institutions break down data silos and create unified customer data platforms. This enables a 360-degree view of each customer, powering personalized recommendations, targeted offers, and seamless service across channels.
Designing Integrated, Omni-Channel Journeys
Our experience design teams map and orchestrate customer journeys that span digital and physical touchpoints. By leveraging AI-driven insights, we ensure every interaction is relevant, timely, and consistent—whether it’s through mobile apps, web portals, contact centers, or in-branch experiences.
Leveraging AI-Driven Insights for Proactive Value Creation
We implement advanced analytics and generative AI models to uncover actionable insights from customer behavior, transactions, and feedback. This empowers financial institutions to anticipate needs, resolve issues before they arise, and deliver proactive value—turning every interaction into an opportunity to deepen relationships.
Automating Routine Processes for Efficiency and Scale
AI and automation streamline routine tasks, from onboarding and KYC to customer support and claims processing. This not only reduces costs and errors but also frees up staff to focus on higher-value, relationship-building activities.
Real-World Impact: Success Stories
- Lloyds Banking Group partnered with Publicis Sapient to deliver a “Transactions System of Engagement,” bringing data and insights directly to customers and colleagues for enriched, personalized experiences. The result: faster product releases, improved customer satisfaction, and a foundation for ongoing innovation.
- OSB Group built a greenfield, cloud-native core banking platform with Publicis Sapient, achieving 90% straight-through onboarding, real-time customer insights, and a scalable foundation for future growth.
- Deutsche Bank accelerated its adoption of generative AI, modernizing infrastructure and enhancing software development lifecycles, with a focus on improving customer experience and operational efficiency.
Why Publicis Sapient?
With over 30 years of experience in digital business transformation, Publicis Sapient is uniquely positioned to help financial institutions thrive in a digital-first world. Our award-winning AI solutions, industry partnerships, and proven methodologies ensure that our clients not only keep pace with change but set new benchmarks for customer experience and business performance.
We don’t just solve today’s challenges—we help you build the capabilities to continuously adapt, innovate, and lead. Whether you’re looking to modernize legacy systems, personalize customer journeys, or unlock new sources of value through AI, Publicis Sapient is your partner for transformation.
Ready to redefine what’s possible in financial services? Let’s start your journey to AI-powered customer experience transformation.