Cornerstone Commissioned Research
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Commissioned Research

2023 Mobile Deposit Benchmark Report
With customer experience rankings for 20 top retail banks and credit unions, this report identifies competitive best practices for product roadmap updates that can deliver measurable improvement in channel migration, customer satisfaction and end-to-end mobile deposit readiness...

Finding the Lending Diamonds in the Rough
This report examines key strategies to balance efficiency, growth and risk in a down lending environment and beyond. Discover new ways to ultimately streamline the lending process, improve the customer experience and open the door for new lending opportunities...

The Harmful Impacts of Removing Sales Tax from Interchange Calculations
Legislative proposals seeking to exclude state and local sales tax from interchange fee calculations for card payments pose an enormous threat to the global payment system and will result in higher - not lower - costs to all but the largest merchants...

Small Business Banking Technology: Simplifying Deposits and Loans
For community financial institutions exploring growth in the SMB segment, the right technology is critical. This report looks at challenges faced by FIs entering the SMB market and illustrates how automating their deposit and loan processes can…

Reinventing Business Checking: The Key to Growing SMB Relationships
Two-thirds of small and medium-sized businesses are likely to look for new banking relationships in the next 12 months. This research explores SMBs' relationships with their financial institutions and provides strategies to attract these business owners and leaders...

The True Impact of Interchange Regulation: How Government Price Controls Increase Consumer Costs and Reduce Security
Legislation that mandated debit card payment routing and interchange price caps harmed the nation's banking system and consumers. If Durbin 2.0 passes, the negative impacts will be felt not just by consumers and banks but also by merchants...

Capitalizing on Embedded Finance and Fintech Opportunities
Embedded finance and fintech represent huge revenue and growth opportunities for mid-size financial institutions. This report details strategies for the embedded future, new core workarounds, and key components of a fintech enablement platform...

The Rise of Family Digital Wallets
This report illustrates how offering family digital wallets can enable banks and credit unions to expand their customer base and provides financial institutions with a tiered methodology to implement a family digital wallet - wherever they are in their digital journeys...

2023 Mobile Deposit Benchmark Report
With customer experience rankings for 20 top retail banks and credit unions, this report is designed to pinpoint competitive best practices and gaps as the foundation for product roadmap updates that can deliver measurable improvement in channel migration, customer satisfaction and end-to-end mobile deposit readiness...