Financial Services

Real-time payments allow individuals and businesses to send and receive payments between bank accounts simultaneously. The process described below occurs instantaneously upon initiation.

Premium increases heat up insurance commissioner elections: In particular, we’re watching the context in flood-ravaged North Carolina, one of the few states where voters elect their insurance watchdog.

Insurance agents marked ‘safe’ from disruption: The ups and downs of the direct-to-consumer life insurance market have taught the industry a lot about contemporary consumers and in-person experiences.

How do you solve an insurance problem like Florida? Spitballing ideas to sustain the hurricane-plagued state’s shaky P&C insurance market has led observers to float the idea of an Affordable Care Act-like solution.

Customers may be missing out on the full value of their cybersecurity policies: They know they need coverage. But they’re lagging in their pickup of related risk management services.

Online access and a fee-free ATM network are the two most important bank services/features according to US banking customers, per to a July 2024 survey from Nerdwallet conducted by The Harris Poll.

Consumers aren’t ready to quit cash yet: The shift to digital delivery of services hasn’t relieved banks of their duty to manage cash—particularly if they’re seeking to win over cash-carrying millennials and Gen Zers.

The BNPL industry’s explosive growth is a thing of the past. The number of US BNPL users will grow only 6.9% in 2024, a major slowdown from prior years. And while payment value will rise at a still-strong rate of 20.8% this year, it too marks a significant deceleration.

We explore key takeaways that can help banks stay competitive despite rising costs.