Finance Trends and Insights

We help brands stay ahead in the finance sector through data-driven trend intelligence, powerful insight and strategic foresight. We help businesses navigate a rapidly evolving financial landscape including shifting market trends, digital innovation, and changing consumer expectations

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The Future Laboratory

We offer bespoke presentations, foresight reports and thought leadership, as well as a suite of strategic foresight services with a focus on the sector, delivered by our in-house experts

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Latest sector report:The Great Wealth Transfer

In partnership with the Modern Affluence Summit, this report looks at what the Great Wealth Transfer really means in terms of modern affluent behaviours and the insights driving them.

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Latest finance trends and insights

  • Modern Burglary

    Crime is on the rise in the retail sector with the cost of living crisis, surging inflation rates and a hacker mindset

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  • The Future of Commerce

    We partnered with Afterpay to produce a foresight report exploring the future of commerce in Australia and New Zealand

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  • Female-forward Finance

    A report from The Future Laboratory and Allied Irish Banks reveals how women are pioneering a financial system change

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  • Luxury Recrafted

    Young affluents crave more than a transactional relationship; they want to play an active part in the brand universe 

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  • Ethical Banking

    What responsibilities must banks take on in an equitable and ecologically conscious world

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  • Gen Z in Australia

    Australia’s youth are connecting via grassroots activism and new sources of national pride

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  • The Value Contradiction

    The equation between price point, value for money and consumers’ own values and ethics has never been so contradictory

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  • Inflationary Loyalty Market

    As inflation affects spending power, brands are having to innovate and develop new strategies to boost loyalty

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  • Budget Bots

    Consumers are turning to financial apps and services that automatically streamline their spending

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  • Women Futures: Australia

    What is changing – and not changing – for women and girls in Australia?

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    New market category identification, far-future planning visualised research reports, bespoke analysis identifying opportunities within your business.

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