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2018 Mobile Banking Scorecard: Tactical Tweaks Take Priority Over Strategic Enhancements
Javelin’s 2018 Mobile Banking Scorecard seeks to help financial institutions lay out a strategic road map that leads to deeper engagement and more lasting customer relationships. It provides a data-driven assessment of more than 200 mobile featu...
New Small Business Neobanks Hit the Market
In May 2018, Javelin published an overview of the nascent market of small-business-focused neobanks — fintech companies that have built a branchless, mobile-first feature set for business owners while partnering with chartered banks to hold depo...
Small Business Mobile Banking: A Priority Map for Feature Leadership
This report revisits the themes found in Javelin’s 2016 report “Overhauling Mobile Banking for Small Business: Moving Beyond Consumer-Focused Features.” This update of small business mobile banking was undertaken because of the widespread use of...
Chase’s Finn App Aims to Make Financial Fitness a Lifestyle
Chase and Wells Fargo have unveiled mobile banking apps this summer that are innovative, provocative, and inherently risky experiments. In the first of two case studies, Javelin examines Chase’s Finn app, released in June, to be followed by a lo...
7 Ways to Reinvent Paying Bills in a Mobile Era
FI bill pay is at a crossroads — and at a virtual standstill. When it comes to the never-ending chore of monitoring and paying bills, consumers are not about to choose between paying bills through their FI or directly at billers. They have made ...
2018 Online Banking Scorecard: Javelin Spotlights FIs That Do It Best
Javelin’s Online Banking Scorecard is a follow-up to “Building Better Online Banking,” which detailed strategic principles that will help FIs evolve along Javelin’s Digital Banking Maturity Path and cement long-term banking relationships built o...
Innovative Small Business Startups: A Look at Four Companies
Analysts from Javelin’s Small Business Banking practice attended three conferences in the spring and summer of 2018: FinovateSpring, LendIt Fintech, and the SourceMedia Digital Banking conference. Of the firms presenting, Javelin identified four...
Digital Banking for Gen Z
This report delves into the unprecedented historical and cultural moment into which Gen Z is emerging and explores what the implications are for digital banking strategists, marketers, and executives. It will be vital for banks to understand thi...
PayPal Poses Greater Threat to Banks Than Amazon
Drawing on Javelin’s Digital Banking Maturity Path, this initial report provides a strategic roadmap to help understand where mobile banking has grown beyond being just a tool for transactional updates and interactions.
Winning the Auto Lending Game: Building a Digital Bridge to Borrowers
All signs point to an auto lending industry that is on the mend. As the economy has improved and consumer confidence has returned, auto loans have been on the rise and financial institutions (FIs) are benefitting. With the emergence of new tech...