Half of Middle East customers now interact with banks through mobile apps, report finds

Half of Middle East customers now interact with banks through mobile apps, report finds

Fifty per cent of consumers in the Middle East, India and South-East Asia are interacting with banks through mobile apps since the Covid-19 outbreak, compared with 32 per cent in 2018, according to a new report.

Technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning are helping banks and other financial institutions to automate services quickly and address customer queries more efficiently during the pandemic, Verloop.io, a Bangalore-based customer support automation company said.

“Conversational AI, which leverages natural language processing [NLP] and natural language understanding [NLU] technology, is engaging customers and encouraging self-service,” the report said.

“This improves customer satisfaction as 65 per cent of