This document discusses how big data and analytics can transform the banking industry. It notes that digital transformation, enabled by big data and analytics, is creating pressures on banks from new digital native customers, large amounts of new data, new channels like mobile, and new competitors. It argues that to succeed in this new environment, banks need to build a 360-degree integrated customer view using big data, and ensure analytics are part of closed-loop business processes to create value. New applications and platforms like IBM Watson Analytics aim to make analytics more accessible and valuable to more users.