Global Finance: Attijariwafa bank Ranked among the Best Financial Innovation Labs in the World

Attijariwafa bank, June 28, 2021 – In its ranking «The Innovators 2021», the prestigious American magazine Global Finance has listed Attijariwafa bank among the best financial innovation laboratories worldwide.
As an international reference in the field of financial news, the magazine rewards for the 4th edition the innovations advocated, launched and introduced by institutions, laboratories and other fintechs in the seven regions of the world.
The editors of the Anglo-Saxon monthly, with the contribution of experts in the sector, recognize this year Wenov by Attijariwafa bank, the entity of the group entirely dedicated to innovation, as a reference brand in the deployment of innovative and entrepreneurial tools enabling the development of banking solutions as well as new technologies and highly inclusive digital infrastructures.
Its «WeLab» branch, a real technological laboratory, accelerates the development of new innovative technological concepts with high business added value by carrying out POCs (Proofs Of Concept – tangible proof that a potential product or service can work) while relying on Attijariwafa bank’s internal talents, women and men.
Additional branches and tools, such as «Smart Up & Ideation», «WeDesign» and
«WeCulture», are deployed to imagine and design the banking experience of tomorrow through disruptive approaches such as Design Thinking, Lean Startup etc. These tools also aim to stimulate employee creativity through a range of acculturation programs. They are carried out in an open and partnership-based way with the ecosystem of incubators, startups, universities, institutional players, etc.
To date, the entity «Wenov» by Attijariwafa bank, carried by a team of passionate and committed entrepreneurs who continuously develop innovation devices, has collaborated with 120 startups, delivered about a hundred POCs and signed several strategic partnerships with its national and international ecosystem.
On the startup corridor, in particular, funding has been possible thanks to partnerships with incubators or gas pedals such as CEED, the Moroccan Center for Entrepreneurship.
«Wenov» also works with academics to mentor students and incubate their projects around the themes of Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things, etc.
Making innovation a strategic lever and an intrinsic value to meet the many challenges of its environment, Attijariwafa bank has thus amplified its innovative actions internally and externally over the last few years.