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Cross-Industry Partnerships Increase Consumer Likelihood for BEV Purchase Consideration

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Lundi, septembre 11, 2023

These types of partnerships provide automakers with the opportunity to attract new customers and improve on core BEV attributes.

Key Points: 
  • These types of partnerships provide automakers with the opportunity to attract new customers and improve on core BEV attributes.
  • In general, a partnership with Shell Recharge would have the strongest net positive impact on BEV purchase consideration, at 32%.
  • Francis (30%), EV Connect (28%), OpConnect (28%) and EVgo (26%) also fall in the top five for net positive BEV purchase consideration.
  • “Most technology brand partnerships increased BEV purchase consideration among new-car buyers; however, brands like Facebook and Uber negatively impacted purchase consideration.

Utility Efforts To Improve Ease of Doing Business Thwarted by Higher Energy Prices

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Jeudi, mars 30, 2023

Despite this, 46 utilities stand out as being “easiest to do business with” among 141 of the largest utility companies in the US.

Key Points: 
  • Despite this, 46 utilities stand out as being “easiest to do business with” among 141 of the largest utility companies in the US.
  • These and other findings are from the Cogent Syndicated 2023 Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement™: Residential study by Escalent , a top data analytics and advisory firm.
  • Customers struggled to understand why their bill is higher, leading to a decline in the ease of understanding their bill.
  • “Simply put, the utilities recognized today as Easiest To Do Business With helped their customers navigate this period of higher energy prices across the board,” added Boyce.

76% of Vulnerabilities Currently Exploited by Ransomware Groups Were Discovered Before 2020, Report Finds

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Jeudi, février 16, 2023

Kill chains impact more IT products: A complete MITRE ATT&CK now exists for 57 vulnerabilities associated with ransomware.

Key Points: 
  • Kill chains impact more IT products: A complete MITRE ATT&CK now exists for 57 vulnerabilities associated with ransomware.
  • More APT groups are launching ransomware attacks: CSW observed more than 50 Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups deploying ransomware to launch attacks—a 51% increase from 33 in 2020.
  • Many vulnerabilities have not yet been added to CISA’s KEV list: While the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEVs) catalog contains 8661 vulnerabilities, 131 of the vulnerabilities associated with ransomware are yet to be added.
  • Old is still gold for ransomware operators: More than 76% of vulnerabilities still being exploited by ransomware were discovered between 2010 and 2019.

Leading Utilities Increase Customer Engagement Through Communication Despite Inflation

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Mercredi, décembre 14, 2022

As the impact of higher energy prices reverberates through the industry, overall perceptions that utilities are offering reasonable rates for the service they provide are declining, leading to an overall decline in customer engagement with utilities.

Key Points: 
  • As the impact of higher energy prices reverberates through the industry, overall perceptions that utilities are offering reasonable rates for the service they provide are declining, leading to an overall decline in customer engagement with utilities.
  • Bucking this trend, leading utilities that have communicated with customers to help them find support in managing their energy use are building engaged customer relationships.
  • These findings are from the 2022 Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement™: Residential study, which tracks the performance of 141 gas, electric and combination utilities to identify brand and customer experience opportunities and trends in the industry.
  • Despite higher energy costs impacting customer bills, utilities have significantly decreased the level of their customer communication.

PSE&G: Two First Place J.D. Power Rankings in 2022

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Mercredi, décembre 14, 2022

NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PSE&G has been recognized again for delivering award-winning customer satisfaction. As New Jersey's largest combination utility, PSE&G provides electric service for 2.3 million customers and natural gas service for 1.9 million customers. PSE&G is the first combination utility to ever receive the highest customer satisfaction ranking by both its natural gas and electric customers in the same year among the large utilities in the east. As compared to the utilities that were measured in the J.D. Power 2022 Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Studysm and J.D. Power 2022 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Studysm.

Key Points: 
  • Power 2022 Studies
    NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PSE&G has been recognized again for delivering award-winning customer satisfaction.
  • Power 2022 Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study examines customer satisfaction across six factors: billing and payment, price, safety and reliability, corporate citizenship, communications and customer care.
  • Power 2022 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study examines customer satisfaction across six factors: billing and payment, price, power quality and reliability, corporate citizenship, communications and customer care.
  • Power 2022 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study compared 17 large utilities in the East and PSE&G swept all six study factors with first place rankings in each category.

Q2 leads way in Small Business Digital Banking Vendor Scorecard, issued by Javelin Strategy & Research

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Lundi, décembre 12, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, 2022  /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Q2 leads the race to modernize business digital banking in Javelin Strategy & Research's 2022 Small Business Digital Banking Vendor Scorecard. The Austin, Texas-based vendor edged out Apiture and NCR among vendors offering digital banking solutions for banks and credit unions that are looking to appeal to small businesses and microbusinesses.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Q2 leads the race to modernize business digital banking in Javelin Strategy & Research's 2022 Small Business Digital Banking Vendor Scorecard .
  • This makes choosing the right vendor with the right solutions an essential task for financial institutions (FIs) entering the small business banking space.
  • "Smaller banks and credit unions have struggled to express their competitive advantages in the digital space," said Ian Benton , senior analyst of Digital Banking & Payments at Javelin Strategy & Research.
  • Learn more about the Small Business Digital Banking Vendor scorecard: https://javelinstrategy.com/research/2022-small-business-digital-banking...
    Javelin Strategy & Research, part of the Escalent family, helps its clients make informed decisions in a digital financial world.

Six-in-Ten Millennials Consider Cashing Out of Retirement Plans in Large Market Downturn

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Mardi, octobre 11, 2022

Financial wellness programs have proved instrumental in creating more confidence and retirement readiness, with users citing significantly higher confidence rates in achieving their retirement savings goals.

Key Points: 
  • Financial wellness programs have proved instrumental in creating more confidence and retirement readiness, with users citing significantly higher confidence rates in achieving their retirement savings goals.
  • Confidence levels are most pronounced among millennials (42% of users vs. 15% of non-users) and Gen Xers (30% of users vs. 15% of non-users).
  • While a large proportion of millennials are considering pulling out of their retirement in the event of a market downtown, they are also at the helm of exploring new investment options for their portfolio.
  • Nearly half of millennials (49%) are extremely interested in investing in ESG inside ESRPs, a notable uptick from 44% last year.

Javelin Strategy & Research Announces Winners of the 2022 Cyber-Trust in Banking Scorecard

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Mardi, septembre 27, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Javelin Strategy & Research announces today the winners of its 2022 Cyber-Trust in Banking Scorecard awards, which recognize and celebrate leading financial institutions (FIs) that stand out for cyber-trust.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Javelin Strategy & Research announces today the winners of its 2022 Cyber-Trust in Banking Scorecard awards, which recognize and celebrate leading financial institutions (FIs) that stand out for cyber-trust.
  • The scorecard honors one Best in Class winner, three overall Leaders, and three Leaders in each category.
  • Wells Fargo earned overall Best in Class for its widespread coverage of nearly all cyber-educational topics deemed most significant by Javelin.
  • To learn more about Javelins 2022 Cyber-Trust in Banking Scorecard, visit https://javelinstrategy.com/research/2022-cyber-trust-banking-scorecard
    Javelin Strategy & Research, part of the Escalent family, helps its clients make informed decisions in a digital financial world.

Folio Photonics Announces Breakthrough Multi-Layer Optical Disc Storage Technology to Enable Industry-Disruptive Cost, Cybersecurity and Sustainability Benefits

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Mardi, août 30, 2022

Unlike tape, Folio Photonics ACTIVE archive storage will provide random access to archives to ensure effective data retrieval.

Key Points: 
  • Unlike tape, Folio Photonics ACTIVE archive storage will provide random access to archives to ensure effective data retrieval.
  • 1 Folio Photonics projection based on the report by Fred Moore, Horison Information Strategies, Reinventing Archival Storage, 2021.
  • Folio Photonics is reenergizing storage media innovation with the first-ever enterprise-scale, immutable active archive solution that delivers breakthrough cost, margin, and sustainability benefits.
  • Folio Photonics and the Folio Photonics logo are the trademark of Folio Photonics, Inc.
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Javelin Strategy & Research Announces 2022 Digital Banking Scorecard Award Winners

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Mardi, juillet 12, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Javelin Strategy & Research today announced the winners of its 2022 digital banking scorecards, which rank 20 of the top U.S. financial institutions for their digital capabilities.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Javelin Strategy & Research today announced the winners of its 2022 digital banking scorecards, which rank 20 of the top U.S. financial institutions for their digital capabilities.
  • Javelins Mobile Banking Scorecard and Online Banking Scorecard evaluated more than 440 digital banking capabilities across six evaluation categoriesEase of Use, Security Empowerment, Financial Fitness, Money Movement, Customer Service, and Account Opening.
  • Chase and Wells Fargo ranked as Overall Leaders in the Online Banking Scorecard, and U.S. Bank and Truist earned Overall Leader recognition in the Mobile Banking Scorecard.
  • Javelin Strategy & Research, part of the Escalent family, helps its clients make informed decisions in a digital financial world.