Financial and Professional Services

Some of the Internet's best businesses and most notable success stories are in the financial and professional services arena. Fully 68% of Internet users have used the Internet to access information on finance, while 69% pay at least one bill online and 77% of us shop online. Just about all of us have researched or bought a stock online, found out about a bank or mortgage, or conducted an online financial transaction.

INTERNET SWEETSPOT:

Every day, customers and companies are turning to the Internet for financial services:

• Recent (2005) reports project that more than 50 million U.S. adults (32% of Internet users) now bank online, a jump of nearly 50% over 2004.
• 60 percent of Generation X Internet users (age 28 to 39) have tried online banking.
• 90% of households with annual incomes over $100,000 and 90% of mutual fund shareholders have Internet access.
• The Pew Internet & American Life Survey puts online banking as the "fastest growing online activity."
  
  

OUR INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Since its founding in 1996, Web Zeit has focused on working with organizations in the financial and professional services industries. We knew that there would be strong online growth in these industries and that these and other information-rich categories would benefit significantly from the evolving Internet.

Some of Web Zeit's earliest clients were in the financial services sector, and our client list spans the globe and includes some of the best-known companies in the industry, as well as a number of startups. Key clients include: Citicorp, Chase, ING Barings, the Association for Financial Professionals and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

INTERACTIVE TOOLS:

As the technology evolves and customer expectations rise, we believe that financial and professional services firms will need to provide more financial tools and information to their customers if they want to keep up with their competitors. Conducting business online is no longer a competitive advantage — it is a necessity.

Following are some of the cutting-edge, interactive technologies that Web Zeit has implemented: Web sites, online marketing, online surveys and research panels, calculators, financial diagnostics, chat rooms, message boards, event and conference planning tools, e-marketplaces, electronic financial newsletters, intranets, extranets, event webcasting, investor relations sites, and scrolling news tickers.

GROUP HIGHLIGHTS :

For the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) we built Financial Web hub, scheduling application and extranet.

We have created online marketing, email marketing campaigns and ongoing online research panels for insurance, mortgage and other financial services industry companies.

For Chase Manhattan, we worked on online strategy and developed the award-winning "Relationship" CD ROM

Citibank: Internet and technology consulting

Comite du Second Marche: Marketing and promotion for the French stock exchange

We have developed Web strategy and built Web sites for numerous financial services companies, including Conway DelGenio, Gries & Co. [www.cdgco.com], DistressDebt, Finquest Partners, Kobliner.com and others.

We build the financial services Web site for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and also developed Internet strategy, e-commerce strategy and ongoing benchmarking [www.deloitte.com].

We also developed online advertising units for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu [See: Online banner advertising].

For Deloitte Consulting we worked with the marketing and tech teams to develop Internet strategy and technology planning