PwC report suggests up to a fifth of future workforces in financial services could be gig employees:
- Importing the digital and specialist skill sets of gig workers is critical to driving digitization and upskilling within financial services
- Gig-economy talent makes up just 5% of current financial services businesses workforce
- PwC predicts that in the next five years gig workers will perform 15% to 20% of the work of a typical institution
- However, there are a number of hurdles to overcome with firms worried about confidentiality, lack of knowledge and regulatory risk of gig economy workers
More than half (52%) of financial institutions say they expect to have more gig-based employees over the next three to five years, according...
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