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Digital Banking Research
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Fintechs and Neobanks Upend the Business Banking Landscape with Charter Applications and Bank Acquisitions
A wave of bank acquisitions and charter applications is upending the competitive landscape in small business banking. In September 2026 alone, Revolut received conditional approval to establish a U.S. national bank and Valley National Bank agree...
Security vs. Convenience: A Framework for Balancing Digital Banking Friction
Balancing security and convenience is one of the most difficult and important tightrope walks in digital banking. FIs don’t need to neglect security or overhaul digital banking to offer easier customer experiences, but they need to ensure that t...
Trends in Account Opening: Mobile Leads, but Seamless Channel Handoffs Close the Deal
Mobile remains the primary digital channel for account opening, but digital account opening is still far from a digital-only experience. Applicants continue to move among mobile, online, and branch channels throughout the journey, with branches ...
Raising the Ceiling: How Banks Can Retain Business Customers As They Grow
Small businesses are developing more sophisticated financial needs earlier in their growth, but traditional banking models still force them into a choice between small business and commercial platforms. Banks and credit unions have an emerging o...
Humans in the Loop: Chatbots Are More Effective When Customers Know Agents Are Standing By
To respond to a broader variety of customer needs in real time, most big banks have introduced a chatbot. In the past five years, chatbot availability in mobile banking from the 20 largest banks has more than doubled. The appeal of chatbots, fro...
Building the LMS for Lifecycle Lending: How a Strategic Shift in Servicing Wins Today—And Tomorrow
By leveraging a traditional bank strength—building deep relationships with their customers—FIs can turn loan management into a series of touchpoints and interactions that not only boost engagement with a customer’s current loan but also set the ...
2026 Mobile Banking Scorecard
For the third consecutive year, U.S. Bank has claimed the top spot in the Javelin Strategy & Research Mobile Banking Scorecard, narrowly edging competitors Bank of America and Truist in this benchmarking of the top 20 U.S. banks by assets. Javel...
2026 Online Banking Scorecard
Truist, which reached the leaderboard of the Javelin Strategy & Research Online Banking Scorecard for the first time in 2025, has ascended to the top spot in the year’s version. Through broad based improvement across the digital experience, Trui...
The Small Business Cross-Border Payments Opportunity
Cross-border payments are not just the domain of multinational corporations. Small businesses routinely buy inventory overseas, pay international contractors and service vendors, sell through global marketplaces, and serve customers around the w...
2026 Canadian Digital Banking Scorecard
Canadian banks still control the majority of consumers’ primary digital banking relationships, but the margin for error is shrinking. CIBC emerged as the strongest all-around performer in Javelin’s 2026 Canadian Digital Banking Scorecard in the ...