If, as shareholders recognise, cost-efficiency is an indicator of a well run bank, how can it be achieved? An Arthur D. Little survey found that Europe’s most efficient banks have important characteristics in common: very cost-conscious cultures with a focus on embracing revenue-creating costs and pragmatic key performance indicators and straight-through processes and heavy investment in IT.
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