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• Report How US Consumers Research And Buy Checking Accounts, 2018

  Family And Friends Strongly Influence Decisions, And Branches Still Dominate The Application Process

  August 2, 2018 | Alyson Clarke

  Checking accounts are one of the top-selling financial products in the US. But more importantly, checking accounts are central to a customer's relationship with their primary bank. To help digital...

• Report Banking On Millennials: It's Not All About Mobile

  February 16, 2017 | Alyson Clarke, Gina Fleming

  To win the hearts and minds of US Millennials, banks need to gain a deeper understanding of their financial needs and behaviors. In some ways, this generation is the same as older generations were...

• Report How US Banking Customers Use Different Channels, 2016

  Americans Remain Surprisingly Attached To Bank Branches

  May 13, 2016 | Rachel Roizen

  Digital banking use is growing rapidly, as US banking customers embrace mobile and tablet banking while continuing to use online banking. But the use of traditional channels like branches and ATMs...

• Report How US Consumers Research And Buy Checking Accounts

  Branches Still Dominate The Purchase Journey Because The Digital Experience Is Too Hard

  November 30, 2015 | Alyson Clarke

  Checking accounts are one of the top-selling financial products in the US, second only to credit cards. But more importantly, checking accounts are central to a customer's relationship with their...

• Report Next-Generation Digital Financial Services

  Make It Simple, Ubiquitous, Personal, Empowering, And Reassuring

  March 11, 2011 | Alexander Hesse

  Rising customer expectations and an increasingly dynamic retail financial services market are making many financial firms' websites seem increasingly outdated. While most eBusiness executives want...

• Report What US Direct Banks Need To Do To Win Checking Account Customers

  New Financial Regulations Give Direct Banks An Unprecedented Opportunity

  September 15, 2010 | Brad Strothkamp

  Direct banks — banks with few or no branches — have exhibited their dominance over the last five or six years in getting consumers to move billions of dollars of assets into high-yield savings...

• Report How US Banking Customers Use Different Channels

  July 26, 2010 | Emmett Higdon, Peter Wannemacher

  The percentage of US adults who bank online has risen from 51% in 2005 to 59% today. This steady growth has changed the way customers use other channels like branches, automated teller machines...

• Report Hot Banking Tech Companies To Watch In 2010

  December 23, 2009 | Ellen Carney

  The banking industry turned the corner during the third quarter of 2009. US banks posted a $2.8 billion profit, a big improvement over the $4.3 billion loss in the prior quarter, while the rising...

• Report Technographics® Survey Highlight: North American Technographics Banking Online Survey, Q1 2009 (US)

  June 22, 2009 | Corina Matiesanu

  This highlight deck summarizes the key findings from Forrester’s North American Technographics Banking Online Survey, Q1 2009 (US).

• Report Building A Better Bank Web Site By Understanding How Consumers Choose A Bank

  November 18, 2008 | Brad Strothkamp

  Forrester has published a report to help financial service marketing leaders understand how consumers choose a checking and savings account provider. This report is also critical for eBusiness and...

• Report How US Consumers Choose A Bank In A Crisis

  Low Minimums And Convenient Locations Dominate Choice

  November 5, 2008 | Brad Strothkamp

  To better understand the current credit crisis and whether it affects deposit account sales, Forrester surveyed US online consumers who had recently opened a checking or savings account. Results...

• Report Driving Sales Through Banking Shops

  How Lessons From Retail Can Make Bank Branches More Successful

  October 2, 2008 | Vanessa Niemeyer, Ph.D.

  Banks have rediscovered their branch networks as a strategic sales channel and have renewed their focus on branch development. Innovative banks like Washington Mutual and Jyske Bank have taken...

• Report High Touch Trumps High Tech When Switching Online Bill Payments

  July 18, 2008 | Emmett Higdon

  While US banks have successfully leveraged technology to simplify the account opening process, little progress has been made in using technology to help new customers easily move their online bill...

• Report Technographics® Insight: US Consumers Take To The Web For Some Banking Activities But Not Others

  June 12, 2008 | Grey Held

  This Technographics Insight takes a look at US online consumers¿ channel preferences for engaging in a variety of banking activities.