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Evolving customer-demands and digital-native providers encroaching on the turf of traditional banks are fueling the paradigm shift towards seamless digital channels. Javelin's digital banking research team tracks industry trends and anticipates what’s next and delivers actionable advice that guides our clients—and benefits their customers. Javelin’s rich data and unbiased insights can help financial institutions deliver experiences that are satisfying to consumers and build trust and lasting relationships.
Digital Banking Research
Reports
The Dual Role of Digital in Retaining Small-Business Deposits
Small-business deposits are in flux at traditional FIs, with a quarter of those businesses moving deposits to other institutions in the past year. Often, the move is to another bank or credit union, but increasingly nonbank fintech companies are...
4 Key Lessons Banks Can Learn from Non-Banking Apps
Financial institutions are getting people into their apps, evidenced by the mobile channel’s status as the workhorse of banking. The problem is, customers aren’t staying for more than a “log in, log out” experience that typically is transactiona...
2023 Mobile Banking Scorecard
Javelin’s 17th annual Mobile Banking Scorecard looks at what’s new, what’s interesting, and what’s baffling with the mobile banking apps of 20 of the largest U.S. financial institutions. We rank these institutions based on more than 250 criteria...
2023 Online Banking Scorecard
The 2023 Online Banking Scorecard from Javelin Strategy & Research underscores that success in digital banking now is as much about winning “share of mind” as “share of wallet." Each of the top 20 retail financial institutions made moves to rais...
Grading the Big-Tech Threat: How Banks Stack Up Against PayPal, QuickBooks, Shopify, and Square
This report details what small-business banking products are offered by big fintechs, analyzes feature strengths and weaknesses in relation to offerings by traditional financial institutions, and underlines the very real threat posed to traditio...
From Chatbots to Virtual Assistants and Generative AI: What’s Next in Digital Banking Automation
Join Javelin Strategy & Research’s Digital Banking Director, Emmett Higdon, as he shares consumer insights into what delights and frustrates them about automated interactions.
Plastic Surgery, Start-Ups, Motorcycles, Crypto, EVs: What’s Ahead for Specialist Lenders
During the pandemic, specialist fintech lending caused long faces at big banks by seizing share. Five percent of Gen Zers and Gen Xers took out loans for plastic or cosmetic surgery. Boat loan applications accelerated 355%, while those seeking l...
How Digital Features Can Set Business Credit Cards Apart
Financial institutions typically peddle credit cards based on commoditized factors, not digital features, and are missing out on opportunities because of this. Rather than leaning on things like rewards programs, cash-back bonuses, annual percen...
How Banks Can Help Make Taxes Less Taxing
Tax chores never seem to get any easier. Thanks to new digital banking tools, banks and credit unions have compelling opportunities to create engaging, year-round tax experiences that coach, guide, and advise customers while also building deeper...
Branch/ATM Locators: Building Satisfying Digital-to-Physical Pathways
Even as the role of the bank branch changes—moving away from basic transactional functions to more complex financial matters—customers’ ability to find the branch they need and the information they’re seeking has never been more important. Banks...