Deloitte Insights Podcast

A significant market segment is emerging as a result of the financial crisis. According to a recent survey conducted by the Deloitte Center for Financial Services, 22 percent of Americans with bank accounts experienced a serious negative credit situation during the last two years, and 11 percent were first time defaulters consumers who had never fallen into delinquency before.

The latest episode of Deloitte Insights features Andrew Freeman, executive director, Deloitte Center of Financial Services, and Deron Weston, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP. Tune in to learn more about the survey and the opportunity this new consumer segment represents for banks that can help them with their credit needs.

Organizations with an eye toward global growth, particularly in emerging markets, have to contend with heightened compliance and integrity risks. According to a recent Deloitte survey, corruption issues led more than 60 percent of companies to renegotiate or terminate deals in the past three years. In an increasingly regulated environment, doing your homework is key.

The latest episode of Deloitte Insights features Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP Greg Swinhart, national managing partner, Forensic and Dispute Services, Wendy Schmidt, principal and national leader of Business Intelligence Services, and Clint Stinger, principal with the Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Trade Sanctions practices. Tune in to learn more about managing risk in global investments.

Powerful industry trends are putting analytics at the top of the banking agenda. While advances in technology are increasing the amount of data organizations can collect, forces such as regulatory reform, systemic risk and customer analytics are increasing the importance of turning that data into insight, and ultimately better business decisions.

In the latest episode of Deloitte Insights, Deloitte Consulting LLPs Brian Johnston, principal, and Omer Sohail, director, discuss how organizations in the banking industry can find growth through the application of business analytics.

Powerful industry trends are putting analytics at the top of the banking agenda. While advances in technology are increasing the amount of data organizations can collect, forces such as regulatory reform, systemic risk and customer analytics are increasing the importance of turning that data into insight, and ultimately better business decisions.

In the latest episode of Deloitte Insights, Deloitte Consulting LLPs Brian Johnston, principal, and Omer Sohail, director, discuss how organizations in the banking industry can find growth through the application of business analytics.

Data analytics can turn insurance companies into fact based cultures, allowing them to see business as usual in a new way. While the potential benefits seem unlimited, from business intelligence to predictive modeling, applying analytics is a complex process that requires support from the top down.

The latest episode of Deloitte Insights features Linda Pawczak, a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP and leader of the Insurance Technology practice, and John Lucker, also a principle with Deloitte Consulting LLP and leader of the Advanced Analytics and Modeling national practice. Tune in to learn more about applying analytics in the insurance industry.

The Internet changes on a daily basis, therefore those charged with the protection of data must be stand ready to adapt to the latest cyber threats.

In this special edition of Insights broadcast from Washington, DC, moderator Sean OGrady discusses the future of Cyber Security with Greg Pellegrino, a Principal in the U.S. Federal Government Services Leader in Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, and Bill Kobel, a Principal in Security and Privacy Services for Deloitte and Touche LLP.

Debt, and the inability to pay that debt, were the clots that caused the recent financial heart attack felt around the world. To better understand the global debt picture, Deloitte has surveyed more than 1,000 financial executives over the past four years. The study revealed a bifurcated landscape, a split between cash rich businesses with opportunities ahead and small and medium sized companies that will have to contend with a more challenging environment.

The latest episode of Deloitte Insights features one of the studys authors, Dr. Ajit Kambil, global research director for the CFO Program at Deloitte Services LP, and Rob Olsen, partner, Deloitte and Touche LLP, and global co lead of Capital Advisory. Tune in to learn more about the global debt environment and how executives can get ahead of the curve.

The Unites States has a 7,000 mile border with 300 points of entry, by air, sea and land, where many thousands of government employees work to protect national security and public safety. But cases of insider activity posing a threat to border security have gone up from 250 in 2006 to over 750 in 2010, according to the Office of the Inspector General. The increasingly virtual and globally connected way agencies conduct business today has resulted in new threats that must be proactively managed.

The latest episode of Deloitte Insights features guests Linda Solomon, a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP and the leader of the Deloitte Homeland Security Segment, and Mike Gelles, a director with Deloitte Consulting LLP and the former chief psychologist of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Tune in to learn more about insider threat and what steps organizations can take to mitigate it.

New regulations like Dodd Frank and Basel III have sweeping implications for the banking industry, including the merger and acquisition arena. Banks will likely focus on acquisitions within the core banking environment, and stray away from principal-based businesses. And an emphasis on systemic risk considerations will affect the M and A approval processes.

In this episode of Deloitte Insights, our professionals discuss new opportunities in the M and A marketplace, as well as how banks should take new laws and regulations into account when developing M and A strategies.