<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1490657597953240&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Book a Consultation
Book a Consultation

In the News

Financial services media outlets frequently look to Cornerstone subject matter experts for insights and analytics on current industry issues.

Media Mentions Press Releases

Mom and pop' credit unions are losing the tech race — and members

Mega-credit unions can better afford marketing and partnerships with fintechs that can expand their market reach, said Vincent Hui, managing director at Cornerstone Advisors. "This is why strong credit unions are considering mergers — so they have the economies of scale to invest in those strategic capabilities," he said.

Read Article

Digital-only Alliant Credit Union overhauls account-opening

"There's very few implementations of an omnichannel solution that are done big bang, [but rather] they're almost always implemented piece-by-piece," said Jim Burson, managing director at Cornerstone Advisors.

Read Article

Consumers are placing their trust in mobile deposits

In our post-pandemic world, most people have become used to interacting with their banks online and aren’t interested in returning to their old in-person, branch-based banking habits. This was one of the key findings from a recent report Mitek conducted with Cornerstone Advisors, based on a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. consumers.

Read Article

Expect Funding Wars, Tech Troubles in 2023

“The relationship manager model, in certain segments, has great runway,” says Steve Williams, president and co-founder of Cornerstone Advisors. But that doesn’t mean banks can simply ignore the disruption that’s already occurred. “If we’re going to fight the funding war, we’ve got to do it in modern terms.” That means continuing to invest in technology to deliver better digital services.

Read Article

Digital Banking Is Not The Big Threat

Chris Miller, director at Cornerstone Advisors, fully expects chatbots will only continue to learn and improve in their service delivery at a faster pace than CU call centers and member service reps, which could spell trouble for branches not too far down the road, at least in their current iteration.

Read Article

How Banks Can Avoid Losing Small-Business Loans to Fintechs

Research by Cornerstone Advisors has found that small businesses want to obtain accounting and payment services from their bank or credit union. (The same research also found that respondents would overwhelmingly prefer to borrow from their primary bank.)

Read Article

Will Twitter, PayPal and Walmart compete to launch America’s super app

“Super apps took hold in Asia because Asian consumers owned under-powered smartphones that weren’t conducive to managing 40 to 50 separate apps,” according to Ron Shevlin, chief research officer at Cornerstone Advisors.

Read Article

Crypto Problems An Opportunity For CUs?

Cornerstone Advisors President Steve Williams contends what has led to many of the cryptocurrency platform failures is poor governance within those organizations.

Read Article

Goldman Offers Services Through Apple as It Revamps Consumer-Banking

“It’s driving loyalty and engagement with the iPhone and maybe the iPad—it’s about the Apple ecosystem,” said Ron Shevlin, chief research officer at Cornerstone Advisors, a banking and fintech advisory firm.

Read Article

NY Fed lists inflation and monetary policy as top risks

Cybersecurity was a leading concern for US bank executives polled this year by Cornerstone Advisors, second only to attracting qualified talent.

Read Article