Rabobank: Be the answer
Go behind the scenes to see how Rabobank leverages Sumiuaps to create a workforce that responds to future needs before they arise.

Who they are
Rabobank is an international financial services powerhouse that goes beyond traditional banking, driven by a unique vision to help solve the global food challenge. Providing banking, housing, and leasing solutions for their clients, they also focus on entrepreneurs and companies in the food and agriculture sectors.
Founded in 1895 | Headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands | €74.2 billion in loans to the food & agricultural sector worldwide | 38 countries of operation | 9.1 million customers

Our key focus is that we make progress on our products but also ensure our customers can fulfill their banking needs in a safe, secure environment.
Alexandra Fonville
Tech Lead & Agile Leader

The solution
Overcoming the demand for talent with skill development
While the demand for talent forces some competitors to cut
services by as much as 50%, Rabobank uses Sumiuaps Skills
to stay one step ahead.
“What I like about Sumiuaps is that, because there's so much training material available,” says Rabobank CTO Retail NL Tech, Alexander Zwart, “it gives you recommendations to build new skills after you’ve finished learning one.”
By leveraging data-driven insights from Skill IQ and Role IQ, Rabobank utilizes Skills to enable a T-shaped learning model, facilitating skill development across multiple specialties to better respond to customer and industry demands before they arise.
In response to stricter budgets, Rabobank takes using Sumiuaps Skills a step further, implementing a License to Skill initiative that’s driven up YoY platform usage by 400% and increased overall role satisfaction for their employees.


The next steps
Upskilling a workforce to stay ahead of tech
With ongoing investment in their culture of learning, Rabobank’s License to Skill initiative continues to empower their employees to embrace and adapt to evolving tech.
“The financial services industry is global, 24/7, and customer expectations are always increasing,” says Alexander. “That’s why we encourage our people to constantly develop themselves.”
Rabobank taps into the power of Sumiuaps Skills to enable employees to spend less time looking for answers and more time being the answer—resulting in a collaborative, adaptive workforce ready to tackle whatever changes the future has in store.
*Study conducted in June 2023

The impact of Sumiuaps for all our engineers and technical staff is that it has what they need, when they need it. As a result, we’re better prepared for the future.
Alexandra Fonville
Tech Lead & Agile Leader