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How to Redesign Banking for the AI Age

Banks must reimagine operations for AI-powered customers by understanding organizational culture first to achieve meaningful transformation.

Published on July 2025 in Artificial Intelligence

FEATURING: Sophie Heller, Chief Transformation Officer at BNP Paribas CPBS

How do you transform banks that have been built over centuries for a world where artificial intelligence operates 10 times faster than the digital revolution? We’re not just talking about implementing new technology; we’re reimagining banking for customers who interact daily with AI assistants and may soon entrust their money management entirely to intelligent systems.

However, banks that rush into action without understanding their organizational and cultural legacies will find their investments yielding disappointing results. The issue isn’t the technology; it’s that we equate activity with progress, making top-down decisions that overlook what’s happening on the ground.

Our guest on the Banking Transformed podcast, Sophie Heller, is the newly appointed Chief Transformation Officer at BNP Paribas CPBS, bringing a unique perspective that combines strategic technology leadership with deep insights from behavioral sciences and organizational sociology.

Today, we explore why the pause before progress might be more important than the speed of implementation, how behavioral sciences are becoming essential tools for transformation leaders, and what it takes to redesign banking for an AI-powered world.

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