Business & Finance

Digital Banking and the Green World Bank

The world has transformed in the past couple of years, we have moved from a physical world to a more digital world, our workplace has become digital, entertainment has become digital, even our money has become digital. In this move to a digital world, there’s one very important step, the move towards digital banking, as it really creates a basis for everything digital. 

Digital banking is the digitalization of all traditional banking activities and services. Historically everything was physical in nature, with the customer going to the bank physically for any banking-related activity. Digital banking takes every process of a physical bank on the internet, you can do money transfers, deposits, and everything through the digital portal without going to the bank. It also means that the whole journey of your money is digital, from end to end which keeps you secure and worry-free. It creates an ease of access everywhere and anywhere while providing better fees due to less infrastructure involved. The biggest advantage of the digital banking system is the speed of transactions, the transactions happen at such a speed that is unmatched by any physical system. 

With the rise of the internet and digital services, consumer preference shifted, consumers were now in search of a digital solution that is not much of a hassle for them. Banks responded to their request, however, the financial system was not designed to be changed overnight, it needed time to change, and some banks couldn’t just cope up with the changing dynamic. This resulted in a shift of customer preference and that caused many banks to close down because of their lack of digitization. 

Currently according to the 2019 Banking and Capital Markets Outlook report by Deloitte only 50% of the banks are focusing on digital banking as their biggest priority. This might look like good news, however, in an already digital world, they are a decade too late. The situation may seem a little bleak however, digital banking solutions from new banks are popping up. Unlike the legacy banks who are having a very hard time in the transition, these banks have been created for the sole purpose of being online and digital. One such bank is the Green World Bank.  

The Green World Bank is a digital bank created for the digital economy. It has created a platform for digital banking from scratch to make sure that its customers get the best experience possible. The bank has been created with the digital economy in mind thus providing a seamless integration of the banking system with the digital world. You can sign up for Green World Bank on their website. 

Shehryar Hasan

Performing artist, guitarist and sub-editor at BlockPublisher. Shehryar is an electrical engineer and blockchain enthusiast. He holds investments in bitcoin, ethereum, OST, TRX and Ripple.