Craig Lancaster

Senior Analyst, Content Specialist

Craig is an analyst/content specialist with the Digital Banking team at Javelin Strategy & Research. He comes to Javelin after a long career as a print and digital journalist, where he specialized in content editing, coaching of writers, and the packaging of information.

Most recently, he was a senior editor at The Athletic and a longtime freelance contributor to Javelin as an editor and a writer before joining the team full time.

Craig is also the author of several novels and a collection of short stories, work that has received regional, national, and international awards and has been translated widely. His essays, journalism, and fiction have been published by Writer’s Digest, Montana Quarterly, the Dallas Morning News, the San Jose Mercury News, and others.

Latest Insights

November, 2026
Javelin Report
2027 Digital Banking Trends

Financial institutions enter 2027 confronted with a daunting competitive reality: Consumers increasingly turn to AI platforms for financial guidance before consulting their banks. ...

November, 2026
Javelin Report
2027 Small Business Banking Trends

Small business banking faces a rapidly evolving set of threats in 2027. Fintechs and neobanks are expanding their reach, general-purpose AI platforms are challenging banks’ role in...

November, 2026
Javelin Report
2027 Digital Lending Trends

Digital lending is entering a new competitive era, and success will hinge less on who offers credit and more on who owns the customer relationship when (and before) borrowing inten...

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