This document discusses how business intelligence (BI) can help banking and financial institutions achieve various objectives like increasing customer base, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. It provides examples of how BI can be used for loan performance analysis based on factors like geography, demography, industry, and financial details. Key performance indicators discussed for banking include interest margin, non-performing assets, and return on assets. The document also discusses how BI can help insurance companies by providing snapshots of policy transactions, premiums, and claims over time. This allows analysis of factors like number of policies sold and renewed, lapses, and time taken to process claims.