Bank Type
Indicator ENG:Bank Type · By Phil Hatch · Akholi · October 9, 2026
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22 sectionsIndicator Specification
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Indicator code | None, an engagement field |
| Question as asked | Bank Type |
| Failure category | Not one of the 100 rated indicators |
| Place in the survey | Not a survey item |
| Indicator class | Engagement attribute |
| Indicator type | Engagement attribute, categorical |
| Response scale | Levels: Asset management, Wealth management and private banking, Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination), Insurance (life, property and casualty, health), Commercial and business banking, Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing), Credit card and payments issuing, Retail and consumer banking, Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets), Private equity and private capital |
| Answering base | 150 engagements |
| Non-answers | None, the value is recorded for every engagement |
| Written responses coded to the indicator | 6 responses from 6 respondents on 6 engagements (0 primary, 6 secondary) |
Summary of Findings
| Measure | Effect size | n | Value | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancellation rate | Omega squared, 0 or 1 flag | 141 engagements | −0.017 | 0.693 |
| Customer satisfaction | Omega squared | 46 engagements | 0.078 | 0.097 |
| Engagement indicator mean | Omega squared | 141 engagements | −0.007 | 0.425 |
| Intent to leave | Omega squared | 141 engagements | −0.010 | 0.583 |
Asset management was the most common institution type among the engagements (24 of 150 engagements, 16.00%), with Wealth management and private banking close behind (23 of 150 engagements, 15.33%). Cancellation ranged from Payments and merchant acquiring at the low end (23.08% canceled, n = 13 engagements) to Asset management at the high end (54.17% canceled, n = 24 engagements), with no difference under test (chi-square 5.71, p 0.693, Cramer’s V 0.20, n = 141 engagements). Customer satisfaction on active engagements was highest for Asset management (mean 69.5, n = 11 engagements) and lowest for Investment banking (mean 56.4, n = 10 engagements), with no difference under test (Welch F 2.39, p 0.097, omega squared 0.078, n = 46 engagements). The engagement indicator mean was lowest for Investment banking (mean 3.4, n = 19 engagements) and highest for Commercial and business banking (mean 4.5, n = 13 engagements), with no difference under test (Welch F 1.03, p 0.425, omega squared −0.007, n = 141 engagements). Intent to leave was highest for Investment banking (mean 7.7, n = 19 engagements) and lowest for Retail and consumer banking (mean 5.8, n = 12 engagements), with no difference under test (Welch F 0.83, p 0.583, omega squared −0.010, n = 141 engagements). The institution type mix differed after Holm control by process family (chi-square 60.77, Holm p 0.017, Cramer’s V 0.35) and by engagement status and lifecycle stage (chi-square 49.85, Holm p 0.015, Cramer’s V 0.33).
The indicator had 6 written responses coded to it, from 6 of 850 respondents on 6 of 150 engagements. Negative responses numbered 4 of the 6 scored responses. No response carried the strongest negative score, −10. Every response was a secondary response.
Distribution of Recorded Values
| Answer | Engagements | Share of answered (base 150) | Cumulative share | Engagements with at least one | Share of 150 engagements | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asset management | 24 | 16.00% | 16.00% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable |
| Wealth management and private banking | 23 | 15.33% | 31.33% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable |
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | 19 | 12.67% | 44.00% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable |
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | 14 | 9.33% | 53.33% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable |
| Commercial and business banking | 13 | 8.67% | 62.00% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable |
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | 13 | 8.67% | 70.67% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable |
| Credit card and payments issuing | 12 | 8.00% | 78.67% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable |
| Retail and consumer banking | 12 | 8.00% | 86.67% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable |
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | 11 | 7.33% | 94.00% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable |
| Private equity and private capital | 9 | 6.00% | 100.00% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable |
| Answered, total | 150 | 100.00% | Not applicable, engagement level | Not applicable, engagement level |
The value was recorded once per engagement, so every share counts out of 150 engagements.
Distressed is not applicable, because the answer has no good or bad end on a scale.
Coverage and Origin of Written Responses
| Origin | Responses | Respondents | Engagements | Negative | Strongest negative (−10) | Positive | Mean written score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 0 | 0 | 0 | a | |||
| Secondary | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 of 6 | 0 of 6 | 0 of 6 | ‡ |
| All responses | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 of 6 | 0 of 6 | 0 of 6 | ‡ |
All 6 responses were secondary responses. The secondary responses came from 6 respondents on 6 engagements, in answer to 2 questions (C135 with 4 responses and C114 with 2 responses).
Distribution of Written Sentiment
The indicator has no good or bad end. Under the coding rulebook’s rule for such indicators, the written score records the effect each response states on the engagement or on the respondent. The engagement field is “ENG:Bank Type.” The frequency, scope and consequence a response states set the strength of its score. A score of +10 marks a response that describes “this attribute of the engagement as helping the engagement at its best.” A score of −10 marks a response that describes “this attribute as harming the engagement at its worst . . . .”
The distribution was reported as counts only, because fewer than 10 responses carried a score. Of the 6 scored responses, 4 were negative, none carried the strongest negative score and none was positive.
Descriptive Statistics by Segment
| Segment | Base | Answered | Answer rate | Engagements | Asset management, share | Wealth management and private banking, share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study set | 150 | 150 | 100.00% of 150 | 150 | 16.00% | 15.33% |
| Outsourcing model | ||||||
| CXM | 42 | 42 | 100.00% of 42 | 42 | 14.29% | 16.67% |
| ITO | 40 | 40 | 100.00% of 40 | 40 | 15.00% | 15.00% |
| BPO | 37 | 37 | 100.00% of 37 | 37 | 16.22% | 16.22% |
| KPO | 31 | 31 | 100.00% of 31 | 31 | 19.35% | 12.90% |
| Institution type | ||||||
| Asset management | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||
| Wealth management and private banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||
| Commercial and business banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||
| Credit card and payments issuing | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||
| Retail and consumer banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||
| Private equity and private capital | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||
| Process family | ||||||
| Corporate and back-office functions | 47 | 47 | 100.00% of 47 | 47 | 21.28% | 10.64% |
| Technology engineering and operations | 35 | 35 | 100.00% of 35 | 35 | 17.14% | 14.29% |
| Client servicing and communications | 16 | 16 | 100.00% of 16 | 16 | 12.50% | 31.25% |
| Trade, settlement and reconciliation | 15 | 15 | 100.00% of 15 | 15 | 33.33% | 13.33% |
| Payments, cards and disputes | 12 | 12 | 100.00% of 12 | 12 | 0.00% | 8.33% |
| Credit, underwriting and suitability | 9 | 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Regulatory, audit, tax and legal | 9 | 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Financial crime and client onboarding | 7 | 7 | 7 of 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Class of work | ||||||
| LOB Operational | 76 | 76 | 100.00% of 76 | 76 | 15.79% | 15.79% |
| Corporate Functional | 74 | 74 | 100.00% of 74 | 74 | 16.22% | 14.86% |
| Engagement status and lifecycle stage | ||||||
| Active, Build-Out | 31 | 31 | 100.00% of 31 | 31 | 9.68% | 6.45% |
| Active, Transition/Cut-Over | 43 | 43 | 100.00% of 43 | 43 | 6.98% | 23.26% |
| Active, Production | 20 | 20 | 100.00% of 20 | 20 | 25.00% | 15.00% |
| Canceled | 56 | 56 | 100.00% of 56 | 56 | 23.21% | 14.29% |
| Segment | Investment banking, share a | Insurance, share b | Commercial and business banking, share | Payments and merchant acquiring, share c | Credit card and payments issuing, share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study set | 12.67% | 9.33% | 8.67% | 8.67% | 8.00% |
| Outsourcing model | |||||
| CXM | 9.52% | 9.52% | 9.52% | 9.52% | 9.52% |
| ITO | 15.00% | 10.00% | 7.50% | 10.00% | 7.50% |
| BPO | 10.81% | 8.11% | 8.11% | 8.11% | 8.11% |
| KPO | 16.13% | 9.68% | 9.68% | 6.45% | 6.45% |
| Institution type | |||||
| Asset management | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||
| Wealth management and private banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||
| Commercial and business banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||
| Credit card and payments issuing | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||
| Retail and consumer banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||
| Private equity and private capital | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||
| Process family | |||||
| Corporate and back-office functions | 12.77% | 6.38% | 6.38% | 4.26% | 8.51% |
| Technology engineering and operations | 17.14% | 5.71% | 5.71% | 11.43% | 5.71% |
| Client servicing and communications | 6.25% | 31.25% | 12.50% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Trade, settlement and reconciliation | 26.67% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 13.33% | 0.00% |
| Payments, cards and disputes | 0.00% | 0.00% | 16.67% | 16.67% | 41.67% |
| Credit, underwriting and suitability | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Regulatory, audit, tax and legal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Financial crime and client onboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Class of work | |||||
| LOB Operational | 10.53% | 10.53% | 9.21% | 9.21% | 7.89% |
| Corporate Functional | 14.86% | 8.11% | 8.11% | 8.11% | 8.11% |
| Engagement status and lifecycle stage | |||||
| Active, Build-Out | 16.13% | 19.35% | 16.13% | 3.23% | 12.90% |
| Active, Transition/Cut-Over | 6.98% | 6.98% | 9.30% | 16.28% | 2.33% |
| Active, Production | 10.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 10.00% | 10.00% |
| Canceled | 16.07% | 8.93% | 7.14% | 5.36% | 8.93% |
| Segment | Base | Answered | Answer rate | Engagements | Retail and consumer banking, share | Markets and trading, share a | Private equity and private capital, share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study set | 150 | 150 | 100.00% of 150 | 150 | 8.00% | 7.33% | 6.00% |
| Outsourcing model | |||||||
| CXM | 42 | 42 | 100.00% of 42 | 42 | 9.52% | 7.14% | 4.76% |
| ITO | 40 | 40 | 100.00% of 40 | 40 | 7.50% | 7.50% | 5.00% |
| BPO | 37 | 37 | 100.00% of 37 | 37 | 8.11% | 8.11% | 8.11% |
| KPO | 31 | 31 | 100.00% of 31 | 31 | 6.45% | 6.45% | 6.45% |
| Institution type | |||||||
| Asset management | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Wealth management and private banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Commercial and business banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Credit card and payments issuing | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Retail and consumer banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Private equity and private capital | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Process family | |||||||
| Corporate and back-office functions | 47 | 47 | 100.00% of 47 | 47 | 8.51% | 12.77% | 8.51% |
| Technology engineering and operations | 35 | 35 | 100.00% of 35 | 35 | 8.57% | 5.71% | 8.57% |
| Client servicing and communications | 16 | 16 | 100.00% of 16 | 16 | 6.25% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Trade, settlement and reconciliation | 15 | 15 | 100.00% of 15 | 15 | 0.00% | 6.67% | 6.67% |
| Payments, cards and disputes | 12 | 12 | 100.00% of 12 | 12 | 16.67% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Credit, underwriting and suitability | 9 | 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Regulatory, audit, tax and legal | 9 | 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Financial crime and client onboarding | 7 | 7 | 7 of 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Class of work | |||||||
| LOB Operational | 76 | 76 | 100.00% of 76 | 76 | 7.89% | 6.58% | 6.58% |
| Corporate Functional | 74 | 74 | 100.00% of 74 | 74 | 8.11% | 8.11% | 5.41% |
| Engagement status and lifecycle stage | |||||||
| Active, Build-Out | 31 | 31 | 100.00% of 31 | 31 | 12.90% | 0.00% | 3.23% |
| Active, Transition/Cut-Over | 43 | 43 | 100.00% of 43 | 43 | 0.00% | 18.60% | 9.30% |
| Active, Production | 20 | 20 | 100.00% of 20 | 20 | 20.00% | 0.00% | 10.00% |
| Canceled | 56 | 56 | 100.00% of 56 | 56 | 7.14% | 5.36% | 3.57% |
Shares are of the answered engagements in each row, which is the base beside them. A row under 10 prints counts in place of shares.
Tests of Difference Between Segments
| Segment family | Unit | Chi-square | df | p | Holm p | Cramer’s V | Test for p | Levels left out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outsourcing model | Engagement | 2.92 | 27 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.08 | Monte Carlo, simulated | None |
| Institution type | Identity, the segment is this indicator | |||||||
| Process family | Engagement | 60.77 | 36 | 0.006 | 0.017 | 0.35 | Monte Carlo, simulated | a |
| Class of work | Engagement | 1.13 | 9 | 0.999 | 1.000 | 0.09 | Monte Carlo, simulated | None |
| Engagement status and lifecycle stage | Engagement | 49.85 | 27 | 0.004 | 0.015 | 0.33 | Monte Carlo, simulated | None |
Engagement families were tested on engagement answers, and respondent role and vendor type were tested on respondents. Process family differed in the answer mix after Holm control (chi-square 60.77, Holm p 0.017, Cramer’s V 0.35). Engagement status and lifecycle stage differed in the answer mix after Holm control (chi-square 49.85, Holm p 0.015, Cramer’s V 0.33). No difference held after Holm control for outsourcing model and class of work.
Association with Cancellation Rate
The share of engagements canceled on the study date, measured at engagement level (base 150 engagements, 56 canceled). The association is a descriptive contrast, inflated because canceled engagements were rated after cancellation, and is not predictive.
The measure by the engagement’s recorded answer.
| Answer level | Engagements | Canceled | Cancellation rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset management | 24 | 13 | 54.17% |
| Wealth management and private banking | 23 | 8 | 34.78% |
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | 19 | 9 | 47.37% |
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | 14 | 5 | 35.71% |
| Commercial and business banking | 13 | 4 | 30.77% |
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | 13 | 3 | 23.08% |
| Credit card and payments issuing | 12 | 5 | 41.67% |
| Retail and consumer banking | 12 | 4 | 33.33% |
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | 11 | 3 | 27.27% |
| Private equity and private capital | 9 | 2 | ‡ |
The test across answer levels, in the study set and inside each segment. Levels under 10 engagements were left out of each test.
| Segment | Engagements | Chi-square | df | p | Holm p | Cramer’s V | Test for p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study set | 141 | 5.71 | 8 | 0.693 | 1.000 | 0.20 | Monte Carlo, simulated |
| Outsourcing model | |||||||
| CXM | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| ITO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| BPO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| KPO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Institution type | |||||||
| Asset management | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Wealth management and private banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Commercial and business banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Credit card and payments issuing | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Retail and consumer banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Private equity and private capital | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Process family | |||||||
| Corporate and back-office functions | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Technology engineering and operations | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Client servicing and communications | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Trade, settlement and reconciliation | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Payments, cards and disputes | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Credit, underwriting and suitability | 9 | ‡ | |||||
| Regulatory, audit, tax and legal | 9 | ‡ | |||||
| Financial crime and client onboarding | 7 | ‡ | |||||
| Class of work | |||||||
| LOB Operational | 24 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.682 | 1.000 | 0.08 | chi-square |
| Corporate Functional | 34 | 2.55 | 2 | 0.365 | 1.000 | 0.27 | Monte Carlo, simulated |
| Engagement status and lifecycle stage | |||||||
| Active, Build-Out | Not computable, no variation in cancellation | ||||||
| Active, Transition/Cut-Over | Not computable, no variation in cancellation | ||||||
| Active, Production | Not computable, no variation in cancellation | ||||||
| Canceled | Not computable, no variation in cancellation |
Cancellation in the study set did not differ across answer levels (Monte Carlo, simulated, chi-square 5.71, p 0.693, n = 141 engagements).
Association with Customer Satisfaction
The satisfaction score recorded against each engagement on a 100-point scale. The primary estimate uses the 94 active engagements. A descriptive contrast uses all 150 engagements.
The measure by the engagement’s recorded answer.
| Answer level | Engagements | Mean of the measure | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset management | 11 | 69.5 | 9.7 |
| Wealth management and private banking | 15 | 64.0 | 9.8 |
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | 10 | 56.4 | 11.8 |
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | 9 | ‡ | |
| Commercial and business banking | 9 | ‡ | |
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | 10 | 63.0 | 14.8 |
| Credit card and payments issuing | 7 | ‡ | |
| Retail and consumer banking | 8 | ‡ | |
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | 8 | ‡ | |
| Private equity and private capital | 7 | ‡ |
The test across answer levels, in the study set and inside each segment. Levels under 10 engagements were left out of each test.
| Segment | Engagements | Welch F | df | p | Holm p | Omega squared | 90% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study set | 46 | 2.39 | 3, 21.2 | 0.097 | 0.097 | 0.078 | 0.000 to 0.259 |
| Outsourcing model | |||||||
| CXM | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| ITO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| BPO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| KPO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Institution type | |||||||
| Asset management | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Wealth management and private banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Commercial and business banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Credit card and payments issuing | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Retail and consumer banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Private equity and private capital | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Process family | |||||||
| Corporate and back-office functions | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Technology engineering and operations | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Client servicing and communications | 7 | ‡ | |||||
| Trade, settlement and reconciliation | 7 | ‡ | |||||
| Payments, cards and disputes | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Credit, underwriting and suitability | 8 | ‡ | |||||
| Regulatory, audit, tax and legal | 5 | ‡ | |||||
| Financial crime and client onboarding | 4 | ‡ | |||||
| Class of work | |||||||
| LOB Operational | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Corporate Functional | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Engagement status and lifecycle stage | |||||||
| Active, Build-Out | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Active, Transition/Cut-Over | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Active, Production | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Canceled | no clean estimate, canceled engagements fall outside the active population |
The measure in the study set did not differ across answer levels (Welch F 2.39, p 0.097, n = 46 engagements). The clean estimate ran inside active engagements only.
Association with the Engagement Indicator Mean
The mean of an engagement’s 100 indicator ratings, measured at engagement level (base 150 engagements). Where this indicator is one of the 100, the mean is recomputed without it.
The measure by the engagement’s recorded answer.
| Answer level | Engagements | Mean of the measure | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset management | 24 | 3.9 | 1.6 |
| Wealth management and private banking | 23 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | 19 | 3.4 | 1.1 |
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | 14 | 4.0 | 1.6 |
| Commercial and business banking | 13 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | 13 | 4.2 | 1.6 |
| Credit card and payments issuing | 12 | 3.7 | 1.3 |
| Retail and consumer banking | 12 | 4.4 | 1.6 |
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | 11 | 4.4 | 1.5 |
| Private equity and private capital | 9 | ‡ |
The test across answer levels, in the study set and inside each segment. Levels under 10 engagements were left out of each test.
| Segment | Engagements | Welch F | df | p | Holm p | Omega squared | 90% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study set | 141 | 1.03 | 8, 49.1 | 0.425 | 0.849 | −0.007 | 0.000 to 0.063 |
| Outsourcing model | |||||||
| CXM | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| ITO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| BPO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| KPO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Institution type | |||||||
| Asset management | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Wealth management and private banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Commercial and business banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Credit card and payments issuing | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Retail and consumer banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Private equity and private capital | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Process family | |||||||
| Corporate and back-office functions | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Technology engineering and operations | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Client servicing and communications | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Trade, settlement and reconciliation | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Payments, cards and disputes | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Credit, underwriting and suitability | 9 | ‡ | |||||
| Regulatory, audit, tax and legal | 9 | ‡ | |||||
| Financial crime and client onboarding | 7 | ‡ | |||||
| Class of work | |||||||
| LOB Operational | 24 | 0.17 | 1, 21.7 | 0.686 | 0.849 | −0.036 | † |
| Corporate Functional | 34 | 2.30 | 2, 20.6 | 0.126 | 0.377 | 0.066 | 0.000 to 0.276 |
| Engagement status and lifecycle stage | |||||||
| Active, Build-Out | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Active, Transition/Cut-Over | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Active, Production | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Canceled | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements |
The measure in the study set did not differ across answer levels (Welch F 1.03, p 0.425, n = 141 engagements).
Association with Intent to Leave
The respondent’s stated likelihood of leaving the current job within 12 months, rated 1 to 10 (C019). Measured at respondent level on up to 798 respondents, with the engagement-level form reported alongside.
The measure by the engagement’s recorded answer.
| Answer level | Engagements | Mean of the measure | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset management | 24 | 7.2 | 2.5 |
| Wealth management and private banking | 23 | 6.5 | 2.4 |
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | 19 | 7.7 | 2.0 |
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | 14 | 6.9 | 2.4 |
| Commercial and business banking | 13 | 6.5 | 2.4 |
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | 13 | 6.3 | 2.5 |
| Credit card and payments issuing | 12 | 6.5 | 2.7 |
| Retail and consumer banking | 12 | 5.8 | 2.7 |
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | 11 | 6.7 | 2.2 |
| Private equity and private capital | 9 | ‡ |
The test across answer levels, in the study set and inside each segment. Levels under 10 engagements were left out of each test.
| Segment | Engagements | Welch F | df | p | Holm p | Omega squared | 90% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study set | 141 | 0.83 | 8, 49.2 | 0.583 | 1.000 | −0.010 | 0.000 to 0.057 |
| Outsourcing model | |||||||
| CXM | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| ITO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| BPO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| KPO | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Institution type | |||||||
| Asset management | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Wealth management and private banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Investment banking (advisory and capital-markets origination) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Insurance (life, property and casualty, health) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Commercial and business banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Payments and merchant acquiring (networks, acquiring, processing) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Credit card and payments issuing | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Retail and consumer banking | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Markets and trading (sales and trading, global markets) | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Private equity and private capital | Identity, the segment is this indicator | ||||||
| Process family | |||||||
| Corporate and back-office functions | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Technology engineering and operations | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Client servicing and communications | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Trade, settlement and reconciliation | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Payments, cards and disputes | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Credit, underwriting and suitability | 9 | ‡ | |||||
| Regulatory, audit, tax and legal | 9 | ‡ | |||||
| Financial crime and client onboarding | 7 | ‡ | |||||
| Class of work | |||||||
| LOB Operational | 24 | 0.01 | 1, 22.0 | 0.923 | 1.000 | −0.043 | † |
| Corporate Functional | 34 | 1.23 | 2, 20.4 | 0.313 | 0.938 | 0.017 | 0.000 to 0.215 |
| Engagement status and lifecycle stage | |||||||
| Active, Build-Out | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Active, Transition/Cut-Over | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Active, Production | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements | ||||||
| Canceled | Fewer than two answer levels with at least 10 engagements |
The measure in the study set did not differ across answer levels (Welch F 0.83, p 0.583, n = 141 engagements).
Comparison of Associations Across the Four Measures
| Measure | Effect size | n | Value | p | Equivalent to zero | Rank among the four |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancellation rate | Omega squared, 0 or 1 flag | 141 | −0.017 | 0.693 | Yes | 4 |
| Customer satisfaction | Omega squared | 46 | 0.078 | 0.097 | No | 1 |
| Engagement indicator mean | Omega squared | 141 | −0.007 | 0.425 | Yes | 2 |
| Intent to leave | Omega squared | 141 | −0.010 | 0.583 | Yes | 3 |
Steiger’s z compares two correlations, and a categorical answer yields an effect size across levels rather than a correlation, so the pairs are not tested.
Clustering and Effective Sample Size
Not applicable. The field was recorded once per engagement, so every respondent in an engagement shared one value.
Equivalence Tests of Null Results
| Measure | n | Omega squared | Equivalence bound | Equivalence p | Equivalent to zero | Achieved power | MDE at power 0.80 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancellation rate | 141 | −0.017 | Omega squared < 0.090 | 0.006 | Yes | 0.73 | 0.101 |
| Customer satisfaction | 46 | 0.078 | Omega squared < 0.090 | 0.513 | No | 0.37 | 0.206 |
| Engagement indicator mean | 141 | −0.007 | Omega squared < 0.090 | 0.015 | Yes | 0.73 | 0.101 |
| Intent to leave | 141 | −0.010 | Omega squared < 0.090 | 0.011 | Yes | 0.73 | 0.101 |
The bound is the ruled |r| < 0.30 expressed as variance explained (V15-R22). Equivalent to zero: cancellation rate, engagement indicator mean and intent to leave.
Robustness Checks
| Check | Measure | Primary p | Check p | Check statistic | Conclusion holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kruskal-Wallis in place of Welch F | Customer satisfaction | 0.097 | 0.072 | 6.99 | Yes |
| Kruskal-Wallis in place of Welch F | Engagement indicator mean | 0.425 | 0.567 | 6.72 | Yes |
| Kruskal-Wallis in place of Welch F | Intent to leave | 0.583 | 0.474 | 7.60 | Yes |
| Active engagements only | Engagement indicator mean | 0.425 | 0.126 | 2.12 | Yes |
| Active engagements only | Intent to leave | 0.583 | 0.237 | 1.52 | Yes |
Every check held. A check holds when its test lands on the same side of 0.05 as the primary test.
Measure Independence and Part-Whole Correction
Each of the four measures was computed from data this indicator does not contain, so each result is a finding rather than an arithmetic consequence.
Comparison with the Study Norm
Not applicable. A categorical field has no signed correlation, so it has no profile. Its per-level means carry the comparison.
Co-Occurring Indicators and Themes
The indicator’s twin, C031, records the same fact under the coding rulebook’s twin rule. The twin was coded in all 6 responses coded to the indicator. The twin is left out of the counts that follow. The responses coded to the indicator were most often also coded to “Rate the adequacy of your employer’s investment in training its workforce” (C123, 3 responses). The second-highest count was shared by 5 indicators at 2 responses each. The same responses carried 7 themes of the coding rulebook, each in 1 response.
Interpretation of the Data
Investment banking engagements had the lowest engagement indicator mean (mean 3.4, n = 19 engagements) and the highest intent to leave (mean 7.7, n = 19 engagements). Neither gap held under test, and no other contrast across institution types held either. Every robustness check run on this field held (5 of 5 checks).
The indicator is an engagement field, so the written responses were not set against a rating. Written responses were voluntary. They recorded what the respondents who wrote reported, and how common it was is measured by the recorded values. The analysis of the written responses rested on 6 responses, a base of anecdote strength.
Limitations
The evidence is reported experience: what the delivery team said about its own engagement, gathered in one cross-section. The figures showed associations, not causes. Indicators about the financial institution were reported at second hand by vendor staff. Cancellation is a descriptive contrast, because canceled engagements were rated after they ended.
The customer satisfaction test rested on the institution types with enough active engagements (Welch F 2.39, p 0.097, omega squared 0.078, n = 46 engagements). Private equity and private capital entered no measure test because of its small base (9 of 150 engagements, 6.00%).
Fewer than 10 responses carried a score, so written sentiment was reported as counts, with no statistic. Coding was performed by AI coders under a fixed rulebook. Agreement on whether a response was coded to the indicator rested on 1 response second-coded under rulebook 0.5, with the coders agreeing on 1 of 1. No response coded to the indicator was second-scored under rulebook 0.6, so agreement on the score could not be assessed. This base of second-coded responses is too small for an indicator-level alpha.
Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Response scale | As recorded, shown in Table 1. The indicator is not a rating, so no distressed range is defined. |
| Answering base | The engagements on which the value is recorded. |
| Non-answers | None. The value is recorded for every engagement. |
| Indicator class | Engagement attribute: a property of the engagement rather than of the respondent. |
| Failure category | One of the five failure categories of the Study Taxonomy, section 3. Only the 100 rated indicators carry one, and the indicator is not among them. |
| Engagement indicator mean | The mean of an engagement’s 100 indicator ratings. |
| Written response | A coded written answer about the respondent’s own engagement. Non-answers and answers about another engagement are excluded. |
| Primary and secondary | The indicator is an engagement field with no survey section of its own. Every written response coded to it therefore answered a question in a survey section and was counted as a secondary response, coded to the indicator because its content addressed it. |
| Written sentiment scale | Five fixed values of the coding rulebook: −10, −5, 0, +5, +10. The sign is the direction and the magnitude is the strength. |
| Coding | Responses were coded under rulebook 0.5. Scores were added under rulebook 0.6 to every mark and every quote, with the score rulings of rulebook section 21. AI coders worked under a fixed rulebook. A sample of records was second-coded. Score agreement across all indicators was Krippendorff’s alpha 0.969 on the 0.5 scores and 0.930 on the scores added in 0.6. |
Sources and Provenance
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Study data | Study Data.xlsx, Engagements sheet, sha256 219eba0457274d04 |
| Statistics engine | compute_statistics.py, sha256 738319eef764602b |
| Statistics record | Computed Statistics.json, record ENG:Bank Type, sha256 e405f65a43e37a6e |
| Computed | October 8, 2026, 01:38 UTC |
| Template | Indicator Statistical Analysis Template, version 1.1 of 2026-10-06 |
| Figures placed by script | 740 of 740 |
| Study metadata | Study Meta.md, sections 10.4 and 10.4.1, coder agreement across all indicators |
| Coded written responses | Quotes Master.jsonl, sha256 27da38085e2b13fd. Quote Coding Rulebook, version 0.6 with section 21 |
| Written-response computation | qa_stats.py, sha256 74a61f3a96169da9. wfacts.py, sha256 b85fae20adf812a1. prose_gen.py, sha256 c277d2c752f8d88f. build_indicator.py, sha256 da3473bd56a4a7b9 |
| Written-response records | ENG_Bank_Type.qa.json, sha256 a53650d2fbbf19ba. ENG_Bank_Type.wfacts.json, sha256 2b73dde675a49620. Prose ENG_Bank_Type.json, sha256 70e9a2b1d70752f1 |
