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• Report Research Overview: Tech Titans In Healthcare, Banking, And Retail

  A Guide To Forrester's Research On The Tech Titans

  February 23, 2021 | Alyson Clarke, Arielle Trzcinski

  The "tech titans" — Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google — are expanding into the healthcare, banking, and retail sectors. They will look to further reorient customer expectations as they take on...

• Report Invent The Future With Asset Tokenization

  Tokenization Offers Tactical And Strategic Benefits, And Banks Must Prepare

  February 18, 2021 | Martha Bennett, Jost Hoppermann

  Representing assets as tokens on blockchain networks both supports process efficiencies and offers potential for new business models. Digital business strategists and emerging technology leaders...

• Report How Financial Services Firms Are Embracing Sustainability Around The World

  Landscape: Environmental Initiatives Dominate Sustainability Efforts Of Financial Services Firms

  February 17, 2021 | Oliwia Berdak, Luis Deya, Diane Deng

  As allocators of capital and risk underwriters, financial services firms have a big role to play in sustainability. But with choices spanning environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activities,...

• 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 Learn From — Don't Fear — The Tech Titans To Prepare For The Future Of Banking

  December 17, 2020 | Alyson Clarke

  The tech titans — Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google — have been dabbling in financial services for years, and they continue to push into many aspects of banking and payments. This report looks at...

• Report How To Reinvent Small Business Lending

  SMB Lending Transformation Requires A Reset Of Technology, Processes, And Culture

  December 10, 2020 | Zhi-Ying Barry

  COVID-19 is challenging how business lenders operate at every part of the lending value chain. To address these challenges, some lenders have begun to digitize parts of the origination and...

• Report Now Tech: Commerce Services, Q4 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 35 Commerce Service Providers

  December 9, 2020 | Ted Schadler

  Commerce service providers are the orchestrators of the software, data, and strategy you need to deliver great omnichannel commerce experiences. They should offer you skills for commerce...

• Report Building The Business Case For Omnichannel Commerce

  Business Case: The Omnichannel Commerce Playbook

  December 7, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  Digital business professionals must build effective omnichannel business cases to minimize the risk of launching initiatives that: 1) lack critical internal support; 2) fail to meet customers'...

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  Webinar Industry Lens: Tech Titans In Banking

  September 25, 2020 | Fiona Swerdlow, Alyson Clarke

  Join Forrester principal analyst Alyson Clarke for the second in our three-part "Industry Lens: Tech Titans" webinar series. Episode 2 focuses on how tech titans such as Apple, Google, and others...

• Report The State Of Open Banking In Japan

  Japanese Banks Need To Clarify Their Role In An Open Banking Future

  September 24, 2020 | Meng Liu

  Japan is adopting an organic approach to open banking. Although it's not mandatory, leading Japanese banks and financial technology (fintech) firms have started experimenting with APIs to build...

• Report COVID-19 Is Forcing Lenders To Transform

  Accelerate Small Business Lending Digital Transformation To Drive Growth And Demonstrate Leadership

  August 26, 2020 | Zhi-Ying Barry

  COVID-19 has exacerbated the liquidity challenge that small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) globally face. Many incumbent lenders have been forced to transform their systems and processes to help...

• Report The Future Of Banking Is Built On Trust

  Vision: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  July 29, 2020 | Jacob Morgan, Alyson Clarke

  The economics of the next decade will challenge banks. COVID-19 has shifted the focus but will not dominate the future narrative. Leading banks are pivoting and rebooting their strategy —...

• Report Q&A: How Digital Small Business Lenders Are Disrupting Finance In India

  Disruptive Firms Have The Potential To Upend The Traditional Lending Business

  July 28, 2020 | Arnav Gupta

  Traditional lenders lend money to existing customers or profitable businesses. But Indian startups are using digital technology to improve business lending by offering quick loans to micro, small,...

• Report New Tech: Open Banking Intermediaries, Q2 2020

  Forrester's Landscape Overview Of 35 Providers

  June 2, 2020 | Jacob Morgan

  Open banking requires that banks make their services available to third parties; however, differing standards, specifications, and deployments result in the need to resolve complexity across...

• Report Your Strategic Plan Is The Linchpin For Omnichannel Success

  Strategic Plan: The Omnichannel Commerce Playbook

  June 2, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  Organizations today must have a comprehensive strategic plan that aligns their internal teams with a single vision for omnichannel excellence. However, because omnichannel commerce continues to...

• Report Construct The Business Case For Digital Store Transformation

  Business Case: The Digital Store Playbook

  May 1, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  Retailers today are transforming their physical stores from places to shop to digital centers of engagement. Myriad technology solutions support this transition, including automated checkout,...

• Report The Visionary's Guide To Digital Store Planning

  Strategic Plan: The Digital Store Playbook

  March 5, 2020 | Fiona Swerdlow

  A successful strategic plan hinges on a strong vision for the digital store. Digital business leaders driving digital store transformation initiatives need a clear plan for how technology will...

• Report Digitize Your Business Strategy

  The Strategy Report In The Digital Business Playbook

  February 28, 2020 | Nigel Fenwick, Julie Ask

  How your business uses digital capabilities to create customer value will define your future success. You must simultaneously deliver operational effectiveness in support of customers. To win, you...

• Report A Practical Guide To Modern Content Strategy

  How Tech Leaders Can Avoid Going Down The Content Rabbit Hole

  October 21, 2019 | Mark Grannan

  Common pitfalls hobble new content projects. Often, digital business leaders try to fix all of the problems; this approach will stall out. Or, they work outside of existing systems and processes;...

• Report How To Succeed With Marketplace Business Models In Financial Services

  Hint: Build A Collaborative Business Model Strategy

  October 8, 2019 | Jacob Morgan

  The financial service industry is not immune to platform-driven change, of which the marketplace approach is the most likely winner. This report distills best practices from firms at the forefront...

• 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 Spark Sustainable Innovation With The Right Transformation Partner

  Applying The Forrester Wave™: Global Digital Business Transformation Accelerators, Q1 2019

  September 12, 2019 | Nigel Fenwick

  A strong transformation partner will help your firm disrupt your industry by using technology in unique ways to create a sustainable advantage. Choosing the right one depends on the capabilities...

• Report How To Use Platform Business Models In Financial Services

  Driving Innovation With Platform-Based Strategies

  August 7, 2019 | Jacob Morgan

  Platform business models (e.g., Alibaba, Amazon, and Apple) dramatically improve growth and drive better outcomes for customers. Platform business models also require substantial collaboration with...

• Report Forrester Infographic: Learn From The Best In Your Digital Transformation Journey

  The Benchmark Report In The Digital Business Playbook

  April 3, 2019 | Ted Schadler, Mike Chirokas

  Digitally advanced firms are markedly different: By innovating at the intersection of experiences and operations, embracing emerging technology, partnering omnivorously, and building digital...