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Lenders and servicers face particular challenges in setting priorities for innovation. Javelin’s research and advice can help clients navigate the increasingly complex field—filled not only with traditional lenders and servicers but also fintech upstarts—and provide an exceptional borrower experience and more timely, accurate decisions.
Leverage digital technology to bring better experiences to your customers
The future of digital lending is a continued march toward faster, less-intrusive customer experiences and more efficient back-office operations for lenders and servicers. Javelin’s careful, thorough research identifies existing pain points, coming opportunities, and useful insights as lenders plot their digital futures.
Digital Lending Research
Reports
2023 Digital Lending Trends & Predictions
- Javelin Report
- Date: November 16, 2022
- Author(s): Babs Ryan
- Research Topic(s): Digital Lending
As Javelin Strategy & Research looks ahead to the trends shaping digital lending in 2023, it’s beginning to look a lot like 2007. Most lenders are running to the same side of the boat, focusing on non-prime segments, ramping up debt consolidatio...
Global Greats: Translating Digital Lending Innovations for the U.S.
- Javelin Report
- Date: September 21, 2022
- Author(s): Babs Ryan, Lea Nonninger
- Research Topic(s): Digital Lending
Javelin’s international analysts scoured the globe for digital lending innovations. Which won ribbons: the face-recognition loan application in China, auto loans in Japan that work like a breathalyzer, or the mortgage service that works like a d...
Online Auto Lending Opening Doors for Banks
- Javelin Report
- Date: May 19, 2022
- Research Topic(s): Digital Lending
This Javelin Strategy & Research report looks at the state of digital auto sales today. The trend of car buyers seeking a fully digital experience, from shopping to acquiring a loan to completing the transaction, has only accelerated amid the CO...
A Digital Playbook for Building Stronger Borrowers
- Javelin Report
- Date: April 25, 2022
- Author(s): Mark Schwanhausser
- Research Topic(s): Digital Lending
The pandemic spurred a surge in credit monitoring. The good news for financial institutions is that consumers are more likely to track their scores through their banks and credit unions than through the many third-party apps and other sources. O...
What’s Next for Digital and Remote Loan Closings?
- Javelin Report
- Date: November 30, 2021
- Author(s): Austin Kilgore
- Research Topic(s): Digital Lending
Roughly 20 years after the advent of eNotes in the mortgage industry, fully paperless loans still account for only a small fraction of overall volume. The fact is, digital closings offer many advantages over traditional in-person, on-paper closi...
2022 Digital Lending Trends & Predictions
- Javelin Report
- Date: November 15, 2021
- Author(s): Austin Kilgore
- Research Topic(s): Digital Lending
After spending the pandemic years shoring up processes and capabilities to keep business moving, lenders can now pivot toward greater efficiency and borrower insight and allow for finding a place among the many upstarts in the marketplace. Nimbl...
Digital Lending Maturity Path
- Javelin Report
- Date: October 20, 2021
- Author(s): Austin Kilgore
- Research Topic(s): Digital Lending
Big-ticket loans, such as those for cars and houses, have traditionally involved a lot of costly and time-consuming front-end work by financial institution staffers on behalf of prospective borrowers, followed by laborious underwriting processes...
Digital Mortgage & eNote Test Drive
- Advisory Webinar: Client Login Required
- Date: October, 2021
- Author(s): Austin Kilgore
- Research Topic(s): Digital Lending
Join Austin Kilgore, Director of Digital Lending at Javelin Strategy & Research for an in-depth discussion about the key findings from one such “Test Drive” – a chronicle of how a complete loan process played out.
Auto Lenders to Face Challenges in Shift to Build-to-Order Car Buying
- Impact Note
- Date: September 22, 2021
- Author(s): Austin Kilgore
- Research Topic(s): Digital Lending
Third-party auto lenders must accelerate their adoption of digital touchpoints to remain relevant with consumers and manufacturers migrating toward a build-to-order car buying experience. This market shift makes it paramount for lenders to offer...
Digital Closing and eNote Test Drive
- Javelin Report
- Date: September 21, 2021
- Author(s): Austin Kilgore
- Research Topic(s): Digital Lending
The era of the traditional paper-intensive mortgage closing is slowly ending; the victim of advancing technology and a pandemic that has prompted lenders and borrowers to seek safer, remote ways of doing business. After resources were poured int...