{"id":21264,"date":"2019-12-16T09:02:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T08:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intellias.com\/?p=21264"},"modified":"2023-05-15T10:51:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T08:51:21","slug":"digital-business-banking-part-2-top-8-advanced-account-features-to-grow-your-user-base","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/intellias.com\/digital-business-banking-part-2-top-8-advanced-account-features-to-grow-your-user-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Business Banking Part 2: Top 8 Advanced Account Features to Grow Your User Base"},"content":{"rendered":"

The business banking revolution has only just begun. For long enough, SME banking was in a pitiful state: clunky digital products, exorbitant fees, and prohibitive lending practices. For digital banks that have already developed a strong portfolio of retail products, accumulating an initial business user base was just a matter of time.<\/p>\n

As we highlighted in Digital Business Banking Part 1<\/a>, over half of SMEs around the world have business accounts with challenger banks. However, those user bases are maturing fast. The demands of SMEs now extend beyond core business banking offerings.<\/p>\n

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SMEs want more functionality from their primary business banking provider<\/h2>\n

SMEs are full speed ahead into diversification. Instead of banking with a single institution, most business owners opt to create an ecosystem of integrated financial products, consisting of offerings from challenger banks, incumbents, and non-financial services providers (to some extent).<\/p>\n

Underpinning this trend is the fact that most SMEs cannot find one provider that offers services for all their business needs<\/b>. So they take the DIY route and assemble custom portfolios of financial tools.<\/p>\n

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While 79% of SME adopters express satisfaction with the services provided by traditional banks and insurers, 57% also agree that no single financial product or service fully meets all the needs of their organization. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tEY Global FinTech Adoption Index <\/span> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/small>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t<\/section>\n

In this environment, digital banks have the upper hand. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n