Datos Insights 2026 Top Trends
for Financial Services & Insurance

Our experts analyzed the forces reshaping financial services to reveal where leading institutions are investing and why. Get the insights that inform strategic decisions. 

The Noninterest
Income Edge

Find out how leading banks are balancing superior lending operations with scaled noninterest income from wealth management and advisory services.

ATM Insights & Intelligence

Discover why success in fragmented ATM markets demands understanding the local dynamics, regulatory shifts, and consumer preferences that vary significantly by region.

Insurance
Data Maturity

For insurers ready to compete, developing robust data capabilities is a fundamental business imperative that will determine market leadership for decades to come.

Banking & Payments Bulletin

Our combined January-February edition of the Banking & Payments Bulletin includes an analysis of the impact of the contracting Chinese market on global card network dynamics; a look at how banks can disrupt disintermediation as more businesses bypass banks; the expansion of digital payments across Latin America; deep regional divergence in the buy now, pay later sector; the challenge of safeguarding trust in an era of rapid technological change; the credit data revolution that lenders cannot afford to miss; building infrastructure for fraud defense and stablecoin adoption; rethinking fusion to strengthen cyber-fraud risk defenses; and a profile of ATM and cards intelligence in the United Kingdom.

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Datos Insights Expands
Insurance Advisory Capabilities
with Acquisition of InsTech

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