Banking and institutional finance

We help financial institutions succeed and enhance their reputations in a contested, highly regulated environment.

Since the 2009 crisis, financial institutions and banks have faced unique reputation and commercial challenges.  Our team has extensive experience working with banks and institutions to achieve commercial goals, build trust and ensure a supportive stakeholder environment through impactful financial services marketing and PR programs. 

We combine deep industry knowledge with understanding of changing media and marketing tools to reach and persuade financial audiences. We couple this with a proven approach to managing and mitigating reputation risks.

Our recent experience spans large G-SIFI banks to community and retail banks, and includes work across exchanges, financial infrastructure, commodities and real estate.

Latest work and thinking

Emerging risks
Emerging risks: reputation matters in a volatile world
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Regional and community banks look to balance innovation with assurance amidst change
Regional and community banks look to balance innovation with assurance amidst change
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The inside track on Climate Week
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Emerging risks
Emerging risks: reputation matters in a volatile world
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Sibos Toronto by the numbers: 87% of delegates interested in AI, only 62% in payments
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Melissa Kanter & Jon Schubin: The Future of Finance and Technology
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T+1 settlement: A finance journalist tells Cognito what to look out for running up to May 2024
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​​Why I don’t think AI can run better paid social media campaigns than me… yet
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Banks
Unintentional communications lessons from a banker  
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Cognito appoints Nick Corrin as Head of Asset Management
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