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Traditional banks and credit unions are increasingly launching new, digital-only brands. Standing up a modern digital-first version of the bank…
Traditional banks and credit unions are increasingly launching new, digital-only brands. Standing up a modern digital-first version of the bank…
I recently had the opportunity to attend FIS Emerald in Orlando, FL from May 26-29, 2024. Lasting over three fast-paced days, this conference is…
Many statistics were presented at the JP Morgan Chase Investor Day 2024. Among them was a statement that the bank would invest (spend) some $17b…
OP Financial Group transformed its unsecured lending servicing, successfully adopting a next-generation cloud-native core platform while re-thin…
Celent is hosting its annual Innovation and Insight Day on March 21st, where we will announce our 2024 Celent Model Bank Award winners. The even…
Revolut has just launched a new eSIM service for its UK customers, to allow them to avoid mobile roaming charges while travelling abroad. The se…
The migration of on premise banking applications to private and public cloud deployment has been underway for over a past decade.Early migration…
Banking and banking technology are undergoing massive change. New business models and market strategies driven by neobanks and fintechs have pus…
Last week the Celent corporate banking team published its annual Technology Trends Previsory: Corporate Banking 2024 Edition which can be downl…
We chatted with Sonny Singh, the Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Oracle Financial Services, about Oracle's cloud-based core bank…
Despite challenges posed by the macroeconomic environment, North American (NA) retail bank technology spending will grow by 3.5% in 2023. The hi…
The current banking crisis in 2023 has so far focused on large regional and national banks that have had liquidity issues leading to a bank run…
Agility is one of the standout technology priorities for retail banks this year. While the operating environment remains challenging, many banks…
Retail banks face an array of pressures around pricing. Competition means banks must create innovative value propositions through bundled capabi…
Celent recently hosted an in-person event, Navigating Turbulence, in New York City. I had the great opportunity to lead the cloud computing sess…
About the Showcase Gen AI is the hottest topic in the industry right now.Insurers are reaching out daily with questions and the need for advice…
About the Showcase Gen AI is the hottest topic in the industry right now. Insurers are reaching out daily with questions and the need for advice…
In July 2023, Celent published the LATAM life policy administration system vendor report. The data-gathering process provided some insight into…
What is a life policy administration system? What life insurers use them for? What do they think of their components, features and functions? Do…
.At the start of any life insurance sales cycle for a non-traditional product comes an illustration. An insurer has many choices in vendors and…
At the start of any life insurance sales cycle for a non-traditional product comes an illustration. An insurer has many choices in vendors and w…
Recorded on September 28, 2023. Watch this webinar to gain insights into how rating engines underpin insurance underwriting as we explore their…
Recorded on September 21, 2023. In this webinar, we look at what the market for these foundational systems offers today and where the market is…
Without a doubt, the pandemic spurred digital investment and CIOs started spending money on updating old technologies. Celent’s ongoing conversa…
Insurance companies have varying preferences when it comes to selecting core systems. While some prefer to purchase a pre-built policy administr…
Using data from Celent's biennial North American policy administration solution (PAS) review, Celent drills down on the customer feedback to giv…
Insurers have various approaches to acquire core business functions and capabilities. One approach is to look at relevant policy administration…
This report is the fourth in Celent’s biennial look at group and voluntary policy administration systems (PAS) available to life insurers in Nor…
In this ninth installment of Celent's biennial look at policy administration systems (PAS) available to life insurers in North America, we profi…
Insurers have various approaches to acquire core business functions and capabilities. One approach is to look at relevant policy administration…
Traditional banks and credit unions are increasingly launching new, digital-only brands. Standing up a modern digital-first version of the bank…
The imperative for financial institutions (FIs) to continuously add new technology capabilities drives them to evaluate existing systems to mode…
It doesn’t take a deep thinker to see the manifest advantages of digital banking over reliance on people-intensive brick and mortar. ATMs are a…
The volume of Zelle© payments at major US banks is still increasing rapidly. Digital product owners and distribution channel leads should be awa…
With the resumption of student debt repayments in October, the student borrower is back in the news and should be on the minds of bankers. Banks…
The next evolution of retail delivery won’t be in new self-service features, but emerging highly personalized, valuable experiences for customer…
We’ve just published the latest in a series of reports that help leaders understand and promote the value of digital customer engagement in reta…
Despite challenges posed by the macroeconomic environment, North American (NA) retail bank technology spending will grow by 3.5% in 2023. The hi…
Agility is one of the standout technology priorities for retail banks this year. While the operating environment remains challenging, many banks…
Celent has released a new report specifically for digital banking channel owners that covers specialized fintech, rising competition from non-ba…
The small business digital engagement model is rapidly expanding from one-dimensional self-service to a prism of value-added services. Ease of s…
Celent is keeping an eye on the emerging consumer tech that might provide new ways for banks and service providers to engage with digital custom…
The sun has been rising on the small business front. New data from the Small Business Administration Office shows that the number of small busin…
The sun has been rising on the small business front. New data from the Small Business Administration Office shows that the number of small busin…
Digitalization of customer engagement has come a long way since Celent’s 2019 vendor comparison. While commoditization has marched on, Celent fi…
About the Showcase Gen AI is the hottest topic in the industry right now. Insurers are reaching out daily with questions and the need for advice…
Recorded on September 27, 2023. Watch this webinar to learn about the evolving insurance billing systems landscape, its functionalities, and eme…
The billing function continues to transition from its traditional role as the most “back office” of back office processes to a key component of…
The billing function continues to transition from its traditional role as the most “back office” of back office processes to a key component of…
The billing function continues to transition from its traditional role as the most “back office” of back office processes to a key component of…
The billing function continues to transition from its traditional role as the most “back office” of back office processes to a key component of…
Snap polls reflect questions posed by members of the Celent Executive Panel, a group of C level executives in the insurance industry. This quest…
The billing function continues to transition from its traditional role as the most “back office” of back office processes to a key component of…
The billing function continues to transition from its traditional role as the most “back office” of back office processes to a key component of…
At the end of every year, Celent surveys insurance company CIOs, asking them about their priorities for the coming year. The survey covered nin…
As Insurity’s majority ownership structure transitions from three Private Equity firms (TA Associates, General Atlantic, and Genstar) to a singl…
System decisions are complicated. In this report, targeted at both the buyer and the seller, Celent discusses how to manage the process of comin…
A focus on the insurance ecosystem, the role of digital, innovation, and InsurTech. I had the great pleasure of attending DIA Munich 2018 . As a…
In January this year I posted a blog, If 2017 Was the Year of Insurtech, Will 2018 be the Year of the Insurance Platform? The blog pointed out t…
In order to understand the current state and trends regarding insurance payments, Celent conducted an online survey with insurers and managing g…
Recorded on September 28, 2023. Watch this webinar to gain insights into how rating engines underpin insurance underwriting as we explore their…
Insurers have been modernizing their legacy systems, increasing their presence in cloud, and finding innovative use cases driven by emerging tec…
Stand-alone rating engines are used for a variety of reasons—but primarily to externalize the rates, rules, and logic associated with rating fro…
Stand-alone rating engines are used for a variety of reasons—but primarily to externalize the rates, rules, and logic associated with rating fro…
After writing our biannual report on new business and underwritiing systems ( New Business and Underwriting Systems: North America Life Insuranc…
The development and execution of a business data strategy is crucial to an insurer’s goal of innovation. The appropriate strategy, with curated…
Celent recently published a review of the underwriting systems marketed and sold to North American life insurers: New Business and Underwriting…
Have you wondered what changes were implemented for underwriting during the pandemic and how life insurance underwriting changed over the past t…
COVID-19 and the underlying macroeconomic environment forced life insurers to deeply examine their product offerings and business processes beca…
Since the onset of COVID-19, the life insurance industry had to make some dramatic changes. The pandemic forced life insurers to digitize rapidl…
Life Insurance Underwriting - Is It Changing Fast Enough? Every two years we do a deep dive into life insurance underwriting systems. We look at…
In this report, we look at how data solutions play a role to provide support for actuary and underwriting functions in the insurance value chain…
As part of Celent's Innovation and Insight Week 2022, a roundtable was conducted for the data, analytics, and AI theme on the topic of 'Data Inn…
Not long ago insurers were resistant (or, at best hesitant) to move legacy data and applications to any place outside of the control of their ow…
Best in Class Digital Insurance - A Celent Peer Networking Event Recap On Wednesday, October 20, Celent welcomed 20 life insurance leaders in vi…