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• Report Future-Proof Your B2B Commerce Strategy To Meet Customers Where They Buy

  Vision: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  March 8, 2021 | Joe Cicman, Allen Bonde, Caleb Ewald

  More than 30% of B2B technology buyers already make their initial purchases through a digital channel. But many products aren't a fit for purely digital selling. Even as B2B buyers are accelerating...

• Report COVID-19 Accelerated Your Digital Momentum — Don't Slow Down Now

  How To Harness Digital Momentum During And After The Pandemic

  February 25, 2021 | Michael Barnes

  The global pandemic forced many firms to shift almost overnight to only engaging customers virtually. Digital teams were thrust to the forefront of organizations' responses. The impact on digital...

• 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 The Future Of Distribution

  Use Platforms Of Distribution To Bring New Outcomes To New Buyers

  February 23, 2021 | Joe Cicman, Jay McBain

  Traditional distribution faces obsolescence as buyers seek closer relationships with vendors. Distributors evolved over decades to buy time — adding value via fulfillment, credit facilities,...

• 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 Use Cases To Monetize Open Finance

  Use Forrester's Guide To Build An Open Finance Monetization Strategy

  February 16, 2021 | Jacob Morgan

  Financial services execs have more go-to-market options available than ever before for their firm's products and services — thanks to open banking and platform business models. But what works, and...

• Report Reinvent Your Bank To Remain Relevant

  Executive Overview: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  February 9, 2021 | Oliwia Berdak

  Empowered customers are transforming their relationships with banks and changing the industry's competitive landscape in the process. To avoid irrelevance, banks must embrace the future of banking,...

• Report The State Of Digital Insurance, 2021

  Landscape: The Digital Insurance Strategy Playbook

  February 9, 2021 | Oliwia Berdak, Jeffery Williams

  The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has turbocharged and changed the drivers of digital transformation in insurance. This report explores how digital technologies are changing the industry's customers,...

• 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 Embrace Rapid Change In Insurance Technology

  Executive Overview: The Digital Insurance Strategy Playbook

  February 3, 2021 | David Hoffman

  Digital technologies are transforming the entire value chain of insurance; creating new distribution opportunities; altering how insurers can assess, price, and manage risks; and creating new...

• Report Make Omnichannel Real In B2B Commerce

  Business Case: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  February 1, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  Disruption is turning B2B buying and selling on its head. Quick and efficient B2C buying journeys have reshaped B2B buyers' expectations, and marketplaces have shortened the distance between buyers...

• Report The State Of Digital Banking, 2021

  Landscape: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  January 29, 2021 | Aurelie L'Hostis

  The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has driven disruption and turbocharged digital transformation in banking. Disruptors are gaining ground, innovating around both customers' and businesses' needs. While...

• Report Gauge Your Digital Store Maturity

  Assessment: The Digital Store Playbook

  January 29, 2021 | Emily Pfeiffer, Madeline Cyr

  Digital business leaders who are driving digital store transformation initiatives need a clear plan for how technology will transform the store. Plus, they need the skills to influence others in...

• Report Make Your B2B Business A Digital Business

  Executive Overview: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  January 29, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  Ever-evolving buyer demands are forcing B2B sellers to fundamentally rethink how they go to market — from the customers they target to the channels they sell through. The B2B e-commerce playbook...

• Report The Top Emerging Technologies In Banking In 2021

  What's Hot And What's Worth Watching In 2021

  January 28, 2021 | Jost Hoppermann, Martha Bennett

  Forrester interviewed more than 25 banking business and technology decision-makers as well as vendor representatives in the banking technology space to learn their tech investment priorities for...

• Report Assess Your Digital Banking Capabilities

  Assessment: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  January 28, 2021 | Aurelie L'Hostis

  To achieve digital mastery, banks need to invest in digital capabilities that reflect the entire customer lifecycle and support customers across touchpoints. This report — which is the assessment...

• Report Five Key Stakeholders Will Define Retail In The 2020s

  Vision: The Retail E-Commerce Playbook

  January 27, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali, Fiona Swerdlow

  New business models and new ways of getting goods to consumers have already transformed retail. In the coming years, retailers and brands will bow to tighter scrutiny and accountability by...

• 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 Anticipatory Experiences: The Challenges

  Anticipating Customers' Needs And Serving Them Proactively In Their Moments Is Extremely Difficult

  January 20, 2021 | Julie Ask

  Businesses believe they can deliver value to their customers and differentiate from their competition by anticipating customers' needs and acting on that information. Both aspects — anticipating...

• Report How To Monetize Open Finance And Platform Business Models

  Business Case: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  January 14, 2021 | Jacob Morgan

  Financial services executives have more go-to-market options available than ever before for their firm's products and services — thanks to open banking and platform business models. But how do you...

• Report The Future Of Commerce Technology: Commerce Platforms End With An Ecosystem On FIRE

  Digital Acceleration Demands That Businesses Evolve Their Architecture To Survive

  January 5, 2021 | Emily Pfeiffer

  Commerce is no longer the core technical function within increasingly complex commerce tech stacks. As this landscape shifts, the new dual cores instead center around experience and operations....

• Report The Five Key Success Factors Of Every Digital Business

  Strategic Plan: The Retail E-Commerce Playbook

  January 4, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali

  Successful organizations are largely driven by the right people, the right organizational structure, and an innovative idea for selling online that often reinforces brick-and-mortar stores. In the...

• Report Now Tech: Digital Supply Chain Control Tower Solutions, Q4 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 17 Digital Supply Chain Control Tower Solution Providers

  December 23, 2020 | George Lawrie

  You can use control towers to orchestrate demand forecasts, open new routes to market, and deliver differentiating customer experiences such as subscription fulfillment. But to realize these...

• 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...