Jacob Morgan

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Prévisions 2024 : Les banques confrontées à une année ennuyeuse, mais dangereuse

Peter Wannemacher 7 Novembre 2023
L’année à venir risque d’être relativement calme pour le secteur bancaire, mais soyez vigilants. Voici quelques-unes des tendances clés à surveiller.
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Predictions 2024: Banks Face A Boring, Yet Dangerous, Year Ahead

Peter Wannemacher November 1, 2023
The year ahead may be relatively uneventful for the banking industry — but don’t count it out. Here are a few of the key trends to look out for.
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Predictions 2024: The Winners Will Be Those Who Weave Value Around Payments

Jacob Morgan November 1, 2023
The payments players who will make a difference in the coming year will be those who realize that it’s not what you do but how you do it.
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US Banks Must Get Ready For Open Banking Now

Jacob Morgan September 14, 2023
Open banking is imminent in the US, and banks must prepare now to be ready for the CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights rule.
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Selecting An Open Banking Intermediary — Our Latest Forrester Wave™ Evaluation

Jacob Morgan March 27, 2023
Read on for a look at Forrester’s evaluation of the 13 most significant open banking intermediaries: The Forrester Wave™: Open Banking Intermediaries, Q1 2023.
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Open Banking Adoption Is On The Cusp Of Robust Growth In Europe

Jacob Morgan November 28, 2022
Over the next five years, Forrester predicts a doubling in adoption of open banking across European countries and use cases. Explore more insights from our inaugural European open banking forecast.
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Announcing The Forrester Tech Tide™: B2B Payment Augmentation, Q1 2022 — How To Improve B2B Payments For Your Firm

Meng Liu March 23, 2022
Forrester predicts that the focus of payments innovation will shift from consumers to businesses in the decade ahead. Corporates as well as small- and medium-sized businesses will pay to alleviate friction from arcane processes and legacy B2B payments. Payment and technology providers will use a host of technologies such as AI, robotic process automation, APIs, […]
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Simplicity Underpins Future Payment Fabric And The Future Of Payments

Jacob Morgan February 2, 2022
The future of payments will see firms shift focus from consumers toward businesses, embedding payment technology (not payments), and programmable payments in a quest to mitigate complexity.
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Predictions 2022: Payments Gets The Hollywood Treatment

Jacob Morgan November 10, 2021

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Open Finance Will Reshape The Relationship Between Banks And Their Customers

Jacob Morgan August 11, 2021
Learn the two crucial factors that will determine the pace and scale of open finance's opportunity.
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Launching Forrester Tech Tide™: B2B Payments Research

Meng Liu August 5, 2021
Forrester is launching new research focusing on technology innovation in the B2B payments space. We are on the lookout for companies that are automating and adding value to B2B payments services, particularly those driving innovation.
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How To Monetize Open Finance: Monetize Value; Price The Use Case

Jacob Morgan March 10, 2021
Open finance is driven not by regulators but by technologies such as open APIs. This is steadily changing distribution patterns within the industry toward embedded finance — a world of connectivity, with financial services meeting the needs of customers in the moment, in cars, in virtual agents, in shopping apps, and in online marketplaces. If […]
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The Future Of Banking: Invisible, Connected, Insights-Driven, And Purposeful

Alyson Clarke July 30, 2020

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The Future Of Banking Has Arrived

Jacob Morgan July 29, 2020
Forrester's latest research finds future of banking will be invisible, connected, insights-driven, and purposeful. Analysts Jacob Morgan and Alyson Clarke break it all down.
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A Glimpse Into The Future Of Banking

Jacob Morgan July 16, 2020

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Open Banking Implementation Issues Give Rise To A New Breed Of Intermediaries

Jacob Morgan July 9, 2020
The challenges associated with open banking have brought about a new segment of intermediaries. Find out how these vendors can help inform your technology strategy.
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Using Innovation To Rebuild From COVID-19 — Lessons From Financial Services

Jacob Morgan June 4, 2020
We are living in uncertain and extraordinary times, and extraordinary feats are being delivered daily by committed workforces for which speed translates into jobs, businesses — and lives — saved. Innovation is a necessity in times of crisis, made easier by the expectation of fast delivery and the singular goal to coalesce and organize against. […]
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Developer Engagement Recognizes The Developer As Your Newest Customer

Jacob Morgan May 5, 2020
Digital technology is enabling unprecedented connection between people, companies, and devices. Connecting them all lies at the hands of the developer, a role with increasing power in an organization. In the age of open banking, simply providing access to APIs, documentation, and a sandbox is not enough. Developer engagement builds long-term bridges between a firm […]
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PSD2 Security Requirements Are Restricting Fintech Innovation

Paul McKay May 30, 2019
I have recently released a new report looking at the second phase of the Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and its security requirements along with my colleagues Jacob Morgan and Andras Cser. Banks and financial institutions are currently hard at work building APIs and testing their Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) solutions. Banks need to comply with […]
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Predictions 2019: Digital Leaders Reboot To Hedge Against A Downturn

Jacob Morgan November 7, 2018
Forrester predicted in 2018 that digital would reach the hard stuff, the core of business: organization structure, operating models, and endless discussion of platforms. These themes are far from done; however, 2019 sees a distinct shift in emphasis — winter is coming. In 2019, economic uncertainty stalks the halls, and budgets will see pressure. Many firms […]
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