Retail Banking Masterclass
Growing retail revenue while cutting cost — distribution, marketing and productivity strategies drawn from retail banks worldwide and tailored to your market.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
Upcoming sessions
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Retail banks are being asked to do two things at once: grow revenue and cut costs — while digital-era distribution channels rewrite how customers reach them. This masterclass draws on the experience of retail banks around the globe, tailored to your own markets, and is deliberately practical: examples and working ideas, not theory. The programme covers what the global financial crisis and the growth of alternative channels have done to revenue opportunities, product development and customer requirements — and the marketing, distribution and productivity strategies leading retail banks use in response. The cohort leaves with actionable ideas, innovations and plans for their own institution.
What you will do
Who attends
- Heads of retail banking
- Regional, branch and general managers
- Heads of marketing and marketing managers
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.The retail banking landscape
- What the global financial crisis changed
- Digital-era alternative distribution channels
- The revenue-growth versus cost-reduction squeeze
II.Sales and distribution
- Maximising sales across all channels
- Techniques from leading retail banks worldwide
- Creating an environment where customers buy more
III.Marketing and strategy
- Marketing and distribution strategies that fit your market
- Product development for changing customer needs
- Actionable ideas, innovations and plans to take home
Frequently asked
Who is the Retail Banking Masterclass designed for?
It is designed for heads of retail banking, regional, branch and general managers, and heads of marketing and marketing managers — leaders who are being asked to grow revenue and cut costs at the same time.
Is the masterclass theoretical or practical?
Deliberately practical: examples and working ideas, not theory. It draws on the experience of retail banks around the globe, tailored to your own markets, and the cohort leaves with actionable ideas, innovations and plans for their own institution.
What does the programme cover on digital channels?
It examines what the growth of digital-era alternative distribution channels — alongside the global financial crisis — has done to revenue opportunities, product development and customer requirements, and how to turn that disruption into a distribution plan rather than a threat to the branch network.
Can BIZENIUS run this in-house or in French?
Yes. BIZENIUS delivers the masterclass in English and French, and an in-house edition can be tailored to your market and branch network. Sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request; fees and quotations are provided on enquiry.
Who teaches this
Practitioners, not presenters.
Led by practitioners who hold, or have held, the seats this programme prepares you for: group treasurers and heads of asset–liability management, chief risk officers, heads of credit and capital management, and former central-bank supervisors who examined the very frameworks they now teach. Between cohorts the same people advise banks on those frameworks, so what you learn is what is being defended in front of boards and regulators today.
What the bench brings
- Commercial and corporate banking process design
- SME banking: organisation, products and credit
- Digital and agency banking, channels and payments
- Product development and financial marketing
- Bancassurance and multi-channel distribution
- Branch network performance and leadership
Where they have practised
Current and former practitioners — people who hold the seat today alongside those who have held it.
Sectors: Banking & financial services · Technology & fintech · Insurance
Regions: Africa · the Middle East · Europe · Asia · the Americas
How they teach
- Live case studies from real institutions
- Worked exercises on realistic bank data
- Regulator-style challenge sessions
- Group problem-solving on realistic institutional cases
- Knowledge checks and a personal action plan
Cohorts are kept small so every exercise is worked on the participants’ own situations — in person or live virtual.
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