Research on banks, demographics, customers, technology and financial products represent a large portion of our research efforts. Financial institutions, companies introducing new financial services, technology companies and governments often engage our research teams to build a body of knowledge on a specific topic and look to our experts to bring global best practice knowledge together to develop a solution.

Banking clients engages us seven primary ways:

• To develop competitive strategies
• To review and comment on existing strategic initatives
• To analyse failed projects to find lessons learned
• To learn how to innovate
• To gain insight on applied uses of uses technology
• To understand customer behaviour
• To simply gain access to our database of global ideas

Numerous banks have used our Value Potential Diagnostic for banks and financial institutions as a mechanism to start strategic initatives and solve tactical operational problems.

Annualy, we work with The Banker Magazine to develop the Top 500 Islamic Banks supplement to the November issue of The Banker, called the Islamic Banking Supplement. Maris Strategies has created a new benchmark for the growth of Islamic Banking worldwide.

We have helped African Banking Corporation develop a market segmentation analysis for Southern Africa.

A generalized view of our research is represented in numerous books by our Managing Director, Joseph DiVanna.

Economic Research

In addition to consulting and advisory, Maris Strategies offers thought provoking economic research which is typically focused on providing a client with specific questions on marco-economic trends.

What will happen to the economy of Europe and the US as the baby boom generation passes away during the next 20 years?

Is Islamic monetary union a feasible, and will it rival the Euro?

These and many other topics are routinely commissioned by clients looking for research that is based on a disciplined approach to analysis, synthesis and intuitive thinking.

Clients commission articles, white papers and surveys customised to help them understand better their organization, markets, customers, competition and upcoming economic climate. 

Maris Strategies has developed several new thought-pieces and research on the feasibility of an Islamic Monetary Union, featured in the Harvard Business Review.