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• Report Fintech Funding Roundup, Q4 2020

  Investors Reduce Risk As The COVID-19-Induced Downturn Continues

  February 10, 2021 | Peter Wannemacher, Aurelie L'Hostis

  Fintech isn't just a hip portmanteau anymore. It's a category of startups and fast-growing companies that has disrupted markets and incumbent firms around the world, attracting over tens of...

• Report Prioritize Search, Alerts, And Card Management To Improve Your Mobile Banking Apps

  Focusing On Certain Mobile Features Can Give US And Canadian Banks The Most Bank For The Buck (Get It?)

  February 8, 2021 | Peter Wannemacher

  Your mobile banking app could be better. The reality for most providers is that mediocre or poor mobile experiences frustrate your customers, inhibit brand differentiation, and act as a drag on...

• Report Build A Dynamic Digital Banking Roadmap

  Roadmap: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Peter Wannemacher

  Digital business leaders at banks must have both a vision of the future and a strategic plan for getting there. But moving from vision to action is never easy. Banks need a roadmap that lays out...

• Report The Forrester Digital Experience Review™: Global Mobile Banking Apps Summary, 2020

  Benchmarks: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  December 28, 2020 | Peter Wannemacher, Gina Bhawalkar, Karine Cardona-Smits

  Mobile apps have become the touchpoint of choice for millions of banking customers to manage their finances. With expectations rising, digital banking teams know they need to continuously iterate...

• Report The State Of Voice Assistants In Financial Services, 2020

  Financial Services Firms Are Experimenting With Voice Experiences But Lag Behind Other Industries On Customer Adoption

  September 3, 2020 | Aurelie L'Hostis, Peter Wannemacher, Luis Deya

  The hype surrounding voice assistants remains high, but digital teams in financial services firms should remain wary of any push to roll out voice faster than their customers want or their systems...

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  Webinar Forrester's 2020 Reviews Of US And Canadian Banks' Mobile Apps: Insights, Best Practices, And Lessons Learned

  August 17, 2020 | Peter Wannemacher, Gina Bhawalkar

  Every year, Forrester reviews the mobile banking experiences on dozens of banks’ apps — a moving target, as customers’ expectations and digital disruptors’ offerings...

• Report Fintech Funding Roundup, Q2 2020

  Investors Reduce Risk As The COVID-19-Induced Downturn Continues

  August 12, 2020 | Peter Wannemacher

  Fintech isn't just a hip portmanteau anymore. It's a category of startups and fast-growing companies that has disrupted markets and incumbent firms around the world, attracting over $30 billion in...

• Report The Forrester Digital Experience Review™: US Mobile Banking Apps, Q3 2020

  USAA And Bank Of America Lead With Valuable Features, While Digital Bank Brands Offer Strong User Experiences

  August 6, 2020 | Peter Wannemacher, Gina Bhawalkar

  For millions of Americans, mobile apps have become the hub of their banking relationship and the starting point for many financial decisions and activities. To gauge how effective and easy...

• Report The Forrester Digital Experience Review™: Canadian Mobile Banking Apps, Q3 2020

  The Big Five Canadian Banks Have Robust Mobile Apps But Need To Improve Their Feature Sets

  August 6, 2020 | Peter Wannemacher, Gina Bhawalkar

  For millions of Canadians, mobile apps have become the hub of their banking relationships and the starting point for many financial decisions and activities. To gauge how effective and easy...

• Report The State Of Chatbots In Financial Services

  Most Consumers Are Neither Interested Nor Comfortable Using Chatbots For Financial Activities

  August 5, 2020 | Aurelie L'Hostis, Peter Wannemacher, Luis Deya

  The hype surrounding chatbots remains high and COVID-19 has put pressure on customer service teams, but digital teams in financial services firms should remain wary of any push to roll out chatbots...

• Report Retention Is Not Enough: Banks Must Build Emotion-Rich Relationships To Grow

  Roadmap: The Brand Experience Playbook

  May 14, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee, Peter Wannemacher

  Banks have had a great run: For nearly a century, they've played an essential and highly visible role in people's lives, and most have consistently made tidy profits as a result. But many customers...

• Report Fintech Funding Roundup, Q1 2020

  Investors Reduce Risk As The COVID-19-Induced Downturn Begins

  April 23, 2020 | Peter Wannemacher, August du Pont

  Incumbent firms can't afford to stand still, especially as newcomers move into their traditional markets and win funding from investors. Some of those investors are the same traditional financial...

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  Webinar The Impact Of COVID-19 On Financial Services And Insurance

  April 7, 2020 | Oliwia Berdak, Ellen Carney, Peter Wannemacher

  As COVID-19 spreads throughout the world, financial services firms and insurers are feeling the impact. From a flood of customer queries around insurance coverage or pleas for repayment holidays to...

• Report The Dawn Of Autonomous Finance

  Algorithm-Driven Services Will Reshape Finance

  March 18, 2020 | Oliwia Berdak, Peter Wannemacher

  People's lives are becoming ever more automated as millions of algorithms make decisions and take actions on consumers' behalf. This shift toward autonomous services is starting to happen in...

• Report The Impact Of Emerging Technology In 2030 On mCommerce Experiences In Banking

  December 4, 2019 | Peter Wannemacher, Oliwia Berdak, Julie Ask

  US consumers today complete a double-digit percentage of banking activities on their mobile devices. As mobile technologies advance, so will banking capabilities. Ultimately, consumers will feel as...

• Report Predictions 2020: Banking

  Competition Will Intensify With Better Deposits And New Innovative Services And Pricing Models

  November 5, 2019 | Peter Wannemacher, Jacob Morgan, Alyson Clarke

  Banking executives are getting used to the fast pace of innovation and change in the industry. 2020 will be no different, as new entrants will target customers with better deposit products,...

• Report Help Customers View And Manage Statements In Digital Banking

  Digital Feature Fix: Build A Central Document Delivery Hub For Your Apps And Websites

  October 15, 2019 | Peter Wannemacher, August du Pont

  Many banks have poor or nonexistent digital delivery capabilities — including the ability to view and manage eStatements, eBills, and other documents — on their website or mobile app. This brief...

• Report The Future Of Small Business Banking

  Bank Brands Will Fade As Their SME Products Become Components In Other Companies' Ecosystems

  September 24, 2019 | Peter Wannemacher

  Banking for small- and medium-sized businesses is being disrupted by dozens of new entrants such as MYbank, Square, Stripe, Tide, and Xero that offer small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a...

• Report The Forrester Banking Wave™: Global Mobile Apps Summary, 2019

  Banks Must Aim For Great Experiences, Not Just Great Functionality

  September 24, 2019 | Benjamin Ensor, Zhi-Ying Barry, Aurelie L'Hostis

  Mobile apps have become the touchpoint of choice for millions of consumers to manage their finances. Digital banking teams need to build mobile banking experiences around customer needs, empowering...

• Report Disruptors Are Helping Customers With Shared Finances While Most Banks Sit On The Sidelines

  People's Interpersonal Financial Relationships Are Complex, But Digital Products And Services Are Revealing Unmet Needs And Opportunities

  August 2, 2019 | Peter Wannemacher

  Shared finances, defined as any situation in which a person acts as an observer of, partner in, or proxy for another person's finances, are an important but often unmet need for millions of...

• Report Give Bank Customers More Control Over Their Cards

  Digital Feature Fix: Put Card Management Functionality On Your Bank's Apps And Websites

  July 23, 2019 | Peter Wannemacher

  Many banks don't help customers easily monitor their debit and credit cards or control where or when their cards can be used. This brief explains why card management tools are important,...

• Report Digital Feature Fixes: Take Concrete Steps To Improve Your Digital Banking Capabilities

  Learn From The Best Digital Experiences In The Industry

  June 12, 2019 | Alyson Clarke, Aurelie L'Hostis, Peter Wannemacher

  Building great digital banking experiences isn't easy. Some digital banking teams have made preventable mistakes that make digital touchpoints less effective or harder to use than they can be....

• Report The Forrester Banking Wave™: US Mobile Apps, Q2 2019

  US Mobile Banking Experiences Are Often Effective, Sometimes Easy, But Rarely Evoke Positive Emotions — Leaders Are Improving All Three

  May 15, 2019 | Peter Wannemacher, Gina Bhawalkar, August du Pont

  Mobile apps have become the touchpoint of choice for millions of Americans to manage their finances. Digital banking teams need to build mobile banking experiences around customer needs, empowering...

• Report The Forrester Banking Wave™: Canadian Mobile Apps, Q2 2019

  Leading Canadian Banks Are Raising The Bar By Moving Faster

  May 15, 2019 | Gina Bhawalkar, Peter Wannemacher, August du Pont

  Mobile apps have become the touchpoint of choice for millions of Canadians to manage their finances. Digital banking teams need to build mobile banking around customer needs, empowering customers...