FNB was awarded the prestigious title of Master Innovator (organisations with a turnover above R35M) in the 2017 Accenture Innovation Awards, with FNB Connect winning in the Innovation Concept Category for Large Enterprises.
This comes a week after FNB was named as The Most Innovative African Bank at the 2017 African FinTech Awards for the second year in a row. “Being honoured with these awards is a true indication of our commitment to innovation which has solved for the daily challenges that our customers face. We have created a solid foundation of innovation which has benchmarked us according to industry standards; and this has added significant value to the innovation that we create within our business,” says Jolandé Duvenage, FNB Innovators Head.
In partnership with the Da Vinci Institute and TransUnion, the Accenture Innovation Index is designed to provide a national benchmark for innovation, providing business and policy makers with an authoritative and objective snapshot of innovation within their organisations and in South Africa.
Staying ahead in an industry that is experiencing global disruption constantly is a necessity, no longer a nice to have. “We understand that this requires flexibility, disruptive thinking and an ongoing realisation that innovation needs to live at the core of the organisation, be part of its work methodology and culture,” explains Duvenage.
FNB continues to introduce helpful customer solutions that leverage and disrupt the existing FNB banking model and ecosystem. With our investment in the telco space via FNB Connect in 2015, and just recently with the launch of the second generation of FNB Branded Smartphones – FNB ConeXis; FNB continuously looks at innovative ways that will make banking easier and accessible to all of our customers.
“Mobile evolution is driving banking and will continue to disrupt the banking landscape. The world is changing and our focus needs to extend to more meaningful innovations that deliver, exceed and solved our customers’ expectations,” concludes Duvenage.
