Research

Regulation to harmonize standards of care across RIA and broker-dealer channels has accelerated the convergence of wealth management distribution channels. This convergence centers on advisor affiliation models and reflects client enthusiasm for...

Financial institutions are getting people into their apps, evidenced by the mobile channel’s status as the workhorse of banking. The problem is, customers aren’t staying for more than a “log in, log out” experience that typically is transactiona...

Unlike digital dollars, each stablecoin is unique when they are cryptographically minted and stored on a distributed ledger. Features such as programmability and near instantaneous settlement offer solutions to ecommerce, financial institutions,...

Maintaining business financial health is a challenge. Most entrepreneurs are not financial professionals, nor are they fluent in the language of banking, payments, and financial analysis. In a business environment that’s ever-changing and ridden...

Account-to-account (A2A) transfers can flow on ACH rails, which can take a few days to process, or on instant payment rails. A2A transfers can disburse funds immediately with a wide application of uses, from insurance payouts to cash-outs from a...

Apple has launched Savings, a component of its financial ecosystem that positions it to become a personal payment stack service provider. The ability it has to keep customers within the “walled garden” of its popular devices offers great potenti...

As U.S. consumers continue spending more on healthcare-related activities, using prepaid products becomes more valuable and impactful, creating opportunities for the entire ecosystem.

Competition among providers of turnkey customer relationship management (CRM) systems for registered investment advisors (RIAs) continues to heat up. The turnkey CRM market has traditionally targeted RIAs with less than $500 million in assets un...

Javelin’s 17th annual Mobile Banking Scorecard looks at what’s new, what’s interesting, and what’s baffling with the mobile banking apps of 20 of the largest U.S. financial institutions. We rank these institutions based on more than 250 criteria...

The 2023 Online Banking Scorecard from Javelin Strategy & Research underscores that success in digital banking now is as much about winning “share of mind” as “share of wallet." Each of the top 20 retail financial institutions made moves to rais...