Boston, MA – April 16, 2014 – Today’s banking customers are inundated with a wide variety of products and services from various financial institutions (FIs) as well as new solutions from nontraditional industry participants. The competition for market share in banking services is fierce. And since banking customers and credit union members are embracing new products and technologies and becoming increasingly sophisticated in their use, FIs that increase their understanding of customer wants and needs, many of which may be unstated, have a better chance of becoming their customers’ primary financial institution.

In this research report, Becoming the Banking Customer’s Primary Financial Institution, Mercator Advisory Group reviews the increasing trend for banking customers to choose fewer financial institutions with which to interact and engage. Mercator survey data finds U.S. customers using fewer financial institutions, a trend that is making the competitive landscape even more challenging today than it has ever been.

“Financial institutions must increase their understanding of customer wants and needs, some of which may be unstated. Earning the customer’s de facto designation as primary financial institution can be a long process with rich rewards,” comments Ed O’Brien, director of Mercator Advisory Group’s Banking Channels Advisory Service and author of the report.

This report is 22 pages long and has 15 exhibits.

Organizations mentioned in this report include: Apple, Bank of America, Chase, Citi, Cisco, D+H, Fiserv, Navy Federal Credit Union, Microsoft, SAS, USAA, and Wells Fargo.

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