Less than 40% of financial services executives are highly satisfied with their cloud outcomes.Most banks and insurers adopt cloud solutions with the primary business objective to drive operational efficiency (84%).Fintechs and insurtechs pursue cloud to accelerate sales (62%).Challenges are due to firms taking a lift-and-shift approach to cloud migration.Fewer than 40% of executives say they are highly satisfied with their cloud solution’s outcomes broadly.Banks and insurers face multiple challenges handling financial data like legacy systems impeding siloed data integration (71%).81% of executives find the lack of appropriate technology impedes their business goals.Traditional financial institutions currently fall short in maturity and skills needed for AI, predictive analytics, and robotic process automation.Only 12% of financial services organizations can be considered ‘cloud innovators’.To accelerate operational efficiency and innovation, the report suggests banks and insurers must apply a data-driven, cloud-focused approach.