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Gather Competitive Intelligence
Succeeding in business banking requires a deep knowledge of the competitive landscape...
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Refine Product and Service Solutions
Staying ahead of your clients’ product needs is paramount. Barlow Research helps . . .
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Examine Your Organization's Brand
Developing and maintaining a quality brand requires targeted feedback from...
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Stay Ahead of Key Industry Trends
Strategizing for the future relies upon data, a lot of data. Fortunately, Barlow Research has you covered.
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Get a full understanding of the business banking landscape through Barlow Research’s syndicated programs, topical multi-client studies and custom research solutions.
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Syndicated Research Programs
Barlow Research’s three flagship, membership-based programs and database tools keep your institution on top of current research trends and issues.
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  • Annual license provides access to a continuous flow of information throughout the year

  • Unlimited seats provide enterprise-wide access

  • Decades-long trend lines demonstrate how behaviors and sentiment have changed over time

  • Primary bank market share, NPS, channel adoption, product use, digital feature importance, and much more

  • Segment comparisons

  • Service experience benchmarks

  • Access to our Economic Pulse quarterly report

  • Behind the password access to digital solutions

  • Competitive intelligence

  • Dynamic point and click tools

  • Customized presentations to your team

Topical Multi-Client Studies

Each year, Barlow Research produces special research studies to explore various topics in-depth. These studies, called multi-client studies, are selected through conversations with our clients and the  analysis of trends we see elsewhere in our data. Multi-client studies are available to any financial service provider. 

Current Studies

Our Recent Work Includes

The Next Evolution in Digital Payment Acceptance
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Digital Account Opening
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Accounting Software Integration
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Finding & Retaining Business Deposits
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Small Business Lender Lab
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Fintech Digital Account Opening
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Relationship Management in a Digital World
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Business Sentiment Tracking
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Research Solutions Proprietary to your institution

OUR CUSTOM RESEARCH SOLUTIONS INCLUDE…​

As a full-service market research firm, we offer a variety of customized research solutions built to collect data to answer your organizations most burning questions. Our custom research offerings focus on collecting data from financial decision makers at businesses large and small.
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+Customer Relationship Audits

The Customer Relationship Audit® is a commitment to improving the quality of service your business customers receive by providing an outlet for your business customers to provide objective feedback which will help you understand your service quality compared to normative benchmarking data.

+Flash Panels

Barlow Research’s unique and proprietary panel of financial decision makers who are at the ready to participate in research focused on moving the financial services industry forward.

+Brand & Advertising Tracking

Barlow Research’s custom brand awareness & tracking studies focus on establishing and monitoring a bank’s overall brand health, determining key associations businesses make with key competitors, and the impact of bank ad campaigns.

+CX Lab Evaluations

Barlow Research offers the ability to follow the customer journeys of real small businesses as they interact with a bank or other financial service provider. Typically used for competitive intelligence and to find best practices.

+Concept & Name Testing

Methodology designed to help test new product concepts and/or naming conventions with real businesses. Typically used when decisions need to be made prior to a product roll out and voice of the customer data is needed to ratify a concept or naming convention.

+Qualitative Studies

Barlow Research offers a multiple options for collecting rich qualitative information from business financial decision makers including online discussion forums (called ideation panels) and in-depth interviews.

+Quantitative Studies

Our team of research experts help design quantitative studies to produce statistically sound data to inform decisions. Our ability to develop questionnaires, pinpoint your target audience and tailor our reporting allows us to produce the insights you need.

+Value Proposition Strategy Mapping

This unique methodology mines Barlow Research’s existing research library to help institutions align their segmentation strategy with their current and ideal value propositions.

+Special Reports

Utilize Barlow Research’s expansive research library to dive deep into the topics your organization would like to explore. Special reports are often coupled with other custom initiatives to provide a foundation to an in-depth look at a given topic.”

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Next evolution in digital payment acceptance

Barlow Research takes an in-depth approach to evaluate digital payment acceptance methods for small businesses offered by leading banks and fintech providers.

accounting software integration

Customer experience study that uncovers how four different accounting software solutions are catering to the needs of businesses.

business sentiment tracking

Ongoing tracking study originating at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Focused on business health, current challenges and banking needs.

Relationship management in a digital world

Large quantitative study focused on remote relationship management and the future of branch usage.

fintech digital account opening

Customer journey study highlighting the unique ways fintechs with DDAs have designed the digital account opening experience for small businesses.

Small business lender lab

A study provide insight into the digital lending application user experience for small business customers.

Finding & Retaining Business Deposits

Quantitative study that measures the impact of increased rates on attrition, and highlights key industries to target for deposit acquisition. 

Digital Account Opening

In-depth study focused on the small business digital account opening journey at top financial providers.

stay ahead of key industry trends

Strategizing for the future relies upon data, a lot of data. Fortunately, Barlow Research has you covered. We specialize in distilling our large library of voice of the business customer data into succinct trends we think are important to follow.

Examine your organization's brand

Developing and maintaining a quality brand requires targeted feedback from your addressable market. Barlow Research understands that a financial institution’s brand is not only a driver of loyalty but can be differentiating in the market.

Refine Product and Service Solutions.

Staying ahead of your clients’ product needs is paramount. Barlow Research helps our clients refine product strategies, determine areas for potential growth and stay ahead of emerging product trends.

Gather Competitive Intelligence

Succeeding in business banking requires a deep knowledge of the competitive landscape. Barlow Research helps financial institutions refine product strategies, determine areas for potential growth and stay ahead of emerging product trends.