1) The document discusses how a large multinational bank is using a Hortonworks data platform (HDP) data lake to gain insights from customer data across multiple channels and lines of business. 2) By storing all customer data in the data lake, the bank can get a single customer view, determine the best offers for customers across different channels, and increase revenues through targeted offers. 3) Other uses of the data lake discussed include risk modeling, liquidity risk simulations, capital markets trading data analysis, payment analytics, credit decisions, risk-based pricing of products, and enhancing trade surveillance and fraud detection.