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The Polish retail banking market is characterized by strong growth and competition. Only 68% of the population owns a current account, and a large number of banks are competing for customer...
Make Comparison Shopping A Fundamental Element Of Your Online Strategy
Nearly four in 10 European online financial product researchers used financial comparison sites last year — a number that has grown from 29% in 2007. Comparison sites play an increasingly...
In the midst of the recession and ongoing sovereign debt crisis, only 29% of Europeans believe their bank acts in their best interest. However, some banks rank much higher than others in our customer...

Personal Financial Management Offers A Wide Range Of Benefits
Many financial services eBusiness executives are considering investing in money management tools for their customers, but they struggle with the business case. To help eBusiness executives build the...

The Netherlands continues to be the leader in online banking adoption in Europe. With just 9% of Dutch consumers using branches and 85% using online banking each month, the Web has become the heart...
The use of digital banking channels has grown rapidly in Italy, which has the highest mobile banking adoption in Europe — while the growth of branch use has come to a halt. Channel strategy...

How Financial Services eBusiness Executives Can Use Online Video
More people than ever before watch online video. In response, an increasing number of financial services eBusiness teams are using online video to drive sales. Nevertheless, based on our study of...

Landscape: The Mobile Banking Strategy Playbook
Mobile banking continues to gather momentum across developed countries, fueled by rising smartphone use and the steadily improving supply of mobile banking from banks in North America, Europe, and...

Spanish banks have been at the forefront of banking innovation in Europe, yet customer behavior in Spain has been slow to change. Spanish customers are more likely than customers almost anywhere in...
Processes: The Mobile Banking Strategy Playbook
The critical question for many digital banking teams after they build mobile banking is how to encourage customer adoption and use. Forrester spoke to eBusiness executives at banks about the current...
Executives Need To Put Digital Touchpoints At The Heart Of Their Strategies
Online banking has changed the way people use other banking channels over the past decade. Even so, half of UK adults still visit a branch each month. eBusiness and channel strategy executives need...
A Global Guide To Choosing White-Label Personal Financial Management
Online personal financial management (PFM) is rapidly moving up the priority lists of many eBusiness executives at banks and wealth management firms worldwide. Executives who want to offer online...

eBusiness and channel strategy professionals at insurers face a strategic dilemma — managing the in-person agent field force while migrating services online. Israeli insurance provider Migdal,...
Banking channel use is changing in France as customers slowly turn away from traditional channels like branches and the telephone to use digital channels like Internet and mobile banking. Digital...

Executive Overview: The Mobile Banking Strategy Playbook
Mobile banking is the most important strategic change in retail banking in more than a decade. Yet too many banks have taken a haphazard approach to mobile strategy, rolling out apps and features...
Put Digital Touchpoints At The Heart Of Your Multichannel Strategy
In this research, we explore what the state of the economy, new regulations, competition, and changing customer behavior mean for the priorities of eBusiness and channel strategy executives at...

Alternative Payment Systems Provide Opportunities For European Merchants
The European online payment landscape is highly fragmented, with different payment methods achieving varied adoption levels across European countries. One in two European online buyers does not own a...
Mobile Banking Is A Major Strategic Shift, Not Just Another Channel
Most European banks have now launched their mobile offerings, and customers are steadily adopting mobile banking: 21% of European Net users with a mobile phone now use at least one form of mobile...
