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Discovery Bank CEO Hylton Kallner believes technology is fundamental to the company’s success. Kallner, an actuary who joined Discovery in its early days as a medical insurance company and who has held various senior leadership roles over the years, tells TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod about the group’s decision to launch a bank when it did. He shares how the business is doing – spoiler: it’s trending well ahead of schedule – and what comes next. He tells the TechCentral Show about: How Discovery Bank is doing financially and how it’s tracking against its business plan; Its client base – who they are and who the bank is targeting as its clientele (the answer may surprise you); Why Discovery launched a bank into what was already a competitive market and what it’s doing differently to its rivals to attract people to switch; The learnings from Discovery Health and Discovery Vitality, and how Discovery Bank has leveraged these in its products and services; Discovery Bank’s technology stack, why it chose the IT solutions it did, and why it built much of its banking solution in-house; What’s next from Discovery Bank in terms of products and solutions; and The bank’s plans with AI – and why it believes AI could be a gamechanger. Lastly, Kallner, a prolific reader, shares two of his favourite non-fiction books with the TechCentral audience. Don’t miss a great discussion! Listen to this episode of the TechCentral Show Subscribe for free To subscribe to any of TechCentral’s shows , including TCS , TCS+, Meet the CIO and TCS Legends , please use the links below: Show Platform TCS YouTube Spotify Apple Pocket Casts RSS TCS Legends YouTube Spotify Apple Pocket Casts RSS TCS+ YouTube Spotify Apple Pocket Casts RSS Meet the CIO YouTube Spotify Apple Pocket Casts RSS Get breaking news from TechCentral on WhatsApp. Sign up here . Don’t miss: Meet the CIO | Standard Bank Group’s Jörg Fischer – mission-critical IT
