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Financial Services
01.08.2025 | Pulse Check

Financial Services Pulse Check

Banks posted record earnings in 2024 despite geopolitical uncertainty. What’s the outlook for H2 2025? Our new Banking Pulse check has the answers.

H&Z BANKING PULSE CHECK IMPULSES FOR SECURING FUTURE SUCCESS: FOCUS ON TRANSFORMATION, RESILIENCE, AND EFFICIENCY.

The H&Z Banking Pulse Check regularly highlights the strategic priorities, challenges, and trends in the German banking market from the perspective of over 150 leading decision-makers.

The current edition shows that the focus is clearly on sustainable core business. At the same time, topics such as efficiency, resilience, and technological transformation are becoming increasingly important. Securing the future can only be achieved if change is strategically anchored and if attitude and leadership lead to genuine implementation.

In the spotlight: 

  • Strategic realignment toward a profitable and scalable business model
  • Use of AI and digitalisation as productivity levers
  • Strengthening customer experience, IT security, and regulatory compliance
  • Increased efficiency through new organisational models, IT, procurement, and processes

Our claim: Relevant insights. Concrete impulses. Impact in implementation.

SECURE EXCLUSIVE INSIGHTS

Get direct access to strategically prepared information and practical recommendations.

WANT THE FULL INSIGHT?

Download the full issue and discover how banks are strengthening their future viability through strategic realignment, digitalisation and new organisational models.

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GET IN CONTACT WITH OUR EXPERTS

Sönke Mehrtens

Senior Manager
Sönke Mehrtens

Sabrina Hirniak

Partner
As a partner at Haselhorst Associates with over 15 years’ experience in top-level management consultancy, Sabrina specialises in restructuring and chief restructuring officer mandates. She has led numerous chief restructuring officer projects in Germany and across Europe.
Sabrina Hirniak

Dr. Christiane Novy

Partner
Dr. Christiane Novy

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