Strategic Planning
Featured Webinars
Most banks budget against what vendors charge, but that represents only 10% to 20% of what enterprise AI actually costs. Engineering, compliance, human oversight, and exception handling account for the remaining investment.
This session breaks down the true cost structure, introduces the operational KPIs that matter to business leaders, and provides a framework for building business cases that survive executive scrutiny.
74% of insurers have increased AI investment in the past year, but most budget only against vendor charges, which represent just 10% to 20% of total program costs. Engineering, compliance, human oversight, and exception handling account for the remaining investment.
This session explains where enterprise AI spending actually goes, introduces the operational KPIs that matter to business leaders, and shows what your CFO needs to see before approving scaled programs.
Datos Events
Our conferences bring together banking, insurance, and technology leaders for engagement that goes beyond the main stage. Connect with peers, access Datos research and insights, and take actionable knowledge back to your organization.
A premier gathering of insurance leaders redefining how intelligence is leveraged to run the business. This summit explores how carriers move from AI experimentation to execution—building systems that learn, adapt, and deliver sustained value.
Commercial banking executives and payment technology leaders connect on payment infrastructure transformation, core banking decisions, and digital strategy. Research-driven sessions and peer discussions on challenges facing mid-market and business banking operations.
Topic Hubs
Legacy infrastructure is losing payment volume to faster, more capable alternatives. Learn more about how banks are modernizing payment systems while maintaining operations and client relationships.
AI-powered attacks are changing the scale and sophistication of financial crime. Explore how institutions are building orchestrated fraud and AML defenses that share intelligence and adapt as threats evolve.
AI is transforming insurance operations. Discover how successful carriers cut through confusion, bridge talent gaps, and deploy technology to achieve their business outcomes.
July/August 2026 | Issue 467
The July/August 2026 edition of the Banking & Payments Bulletin examines how institutions are optimizing application fraud defenses for digital onboarding; the challenge facing commercial banks to build, buy or fall behind in the age of execution; and the surge in cross-border card spending which is poised to outpace domestic spending fivefold. We consider how the wealth management platform of today will shape the next-gen advisor of 2030; and look at shifting payment demands in Europe as drivers of innovative strategies. We also explore the ATM landscape in low-cash societies, and feature a profile of ATM and cards intelligence in Canada.
Our clients' technology and data needs are specific to the sectors they compete in, so our insights are focused only on those industries. We offer open access to our advice and published work to our subscription clients so they can share knowledge broadly within their organizations—to make better decisions and deliver lasting change
Our Market Data & Forecasting services leverage decades of unique, proprietary data to enable suppliers to the banking, payments, and retail industries to make better decisions about their markets.
Deep industry knowledge of our advisors, a long history of successful client partnerships and a foundation of empirical research and data—not just strong opinions—set apart our consulting and thought leadership delivery.
Every day, our experts strive to be the kind of resource they would have wanted as former industry executives. We’re staffed for deep client partnership—not for scale—so we offer open-door accessibility to our clients whenever they need us.
Protect. Grow. Transform.