March 9, 2023 – Consumers increasingly choose digital banking channels to check their balances, initiate payments, apply for loans, and complete other interactions with their banks. This trend creates opportunities for banks to embed new features and services in their apps on top of traditional banking services. One promising innovation is to enable consumers to manage their interactions with merchants directly from their banking app.

This report gauges consumer expectations of banking providers and explores how consumers would like to engage with merchants and their bank to better manage their interactions with merchants. It is based on an Aite-Novarica Group online survey of 4,523 consumers in eight countries conducted in Q4 2022.
Clients of Aite-Novarica Group’s Retail Banking & Payments service can download this report.
This report mentions Clover, Ethoca, Mastercard, and Square.
About the Author
Ron van Wezel
Ron van Wezel is a Strategic Advisor in Retail Banking & Payments for Datos Insights, providing research and advisory services to clients globally. Ron is a renowned expert in digital banking and payments, advising clients on a wide range of topics that includes merchant acquiring, card issuing, real-time payments, open banking, payment software platforms, and the application of AI in optimizing...