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Japanese banks face serious challenges in profitability, efficiency and customer experience. Analyst Meng Liu provides five signs that digital transformation is coming to the rescue.

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. […]

La pandemia sta cambiando rapidamente le abitudini dei consumatori Italiani. Alcune di queste abitudini passeranno con il passare dell’emergenza, ma altre rimaranno. Per saperne di più, abbiamo appena completato una ricerca su un vasto campione di consumatori in Italia. I nostri dati suggeriscono che i consumatori italiani continuano ad essere preoccupati, ma non solo dal […]

Déjà bien avant que l’épidémie de coronavirus ne frappe, les recherches menées par Forrester révélaient qu’un grand nombre de consommateurs français s’inquiétaient de l’état de leurs finances personnelles et considéraient la gestion de ces dernières comme une tâche difficile. De fait, un an avant la crise, un quart des consommateurs français interrogés déclaraient se sentir […]

This blog post was translated by Corrado Loreto. Una nostra recente ricerca ha dimostrato che, ancor prima della pandemia di Covid-19, i consumatori italiani stavano affrontando molteplici difficoltà finanziarie ed erano preoccupati per la loro generale situazione finanziaria. Per capire come la pandemia sta influenzando le finanze e i comportamenti dei consumatori, abbiamo intervistato 1.137 […]

Thirteen percent of UK adults have seen their income (hours and/or wages) reduced due to COVID-19. This is impacting their ability to spend and meet financial commitments: Around half have reduced spending to the minimum, and 10% have missed a bill or loan payment.

Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, our research showed that Canadian consumers were facing multiple financial challenges and were worried about their financial situation. To see how the pandemic was impacting consumer finances and behaviors, we surveyed 1,119 Canadian online adults in April 10–15, 2020 and found that Canadians: Are already feeling the impact of COVID-19 […]

Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, our research showed that US consumers were facing multiple financial challenges and were worried about their financial situation. To see how the pandemic was impacting consumer finances and behaviors, we surveyed 1,122 US online adults in April 10–15, 2020 and found that US consumers: Are already feeling the impact of […]

The crisis in financial services is not just that most banks don’t get relevance and relationship right. It’s that most of the leading consumer brands eyeing the financial space do.

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 […]

Whether small businesses survive in the next few months depends on what lenders do right now. But they're struggling to underwrite and disburse loans at speed that will give small businesses the access to the working capital that they desperately need. Learn what lenders can do.

What do consumers expect from their banks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic? We interviewed 40 customers of 14 banks to find out.

The COVID-19 crisis is accelerating the digital transformation of financial services. Which firms will benefit, which will struggle? Senior Analyst Aurelie L'Hostis provides insights.

It’s a perfect time to make the most of digital payments. Learn four steps banks and fintechs in Asia-Pacific can take to make the most of the opportunity in front of them.

5G will let financial services firms step up their offerings for customers. But it will also increase competition in the sector. Is your tech strategy up to the challenge?

Trust plays a huge part in the success of any new payment system, and any friction can create obstacles. In Asia Pacific, though digital retail payment is growing quickly, there are three key challenges to overcome: Lack of differentiated value for customers, Fragmented standards, Fragmented digital retail payment ecosystems.

Quite a lot has happened since 2020 started. As Australian banking leaders roll out initiatives to help consumers and small business owners cope with the fallout from the coronavirus, they also face an impending deadline: to make consumer data available by July this year. Although open banking was announced two years ago, most Australian banks […]

Principal Analyst Sam Higgins dispels the myth that having two technology portfolios run by two different leaders is the best approach.

First it was Apple. Now it’s Amazon. One thing’s for sure: Goldman Sachs knows it needs to go big or go home with retail banking. Learn about the game-changing partnership on the horizon.