CB RADAR™ is evolving from a single report into a living intelligence framework, tracking how banks modernize, where they struggle and what success truly looks like year after year.
CB RADAR™ 2025 was never meant to be a one-time study.
It was designed as a foundation, a living benchmark that evolves with the market it measures.
The insights drawn from 113 global transformations form the baseline for what’s coming next: a continuing effort to map how banks modernize, where they stumble and how success is being redefined.
“CB RADAR™ began as a report, it’s becoming a movement.”
From One Report to a Research Framework
The demand for clarity in banking transformation is growing faster than any single report can satisfy.
That’s why CB RADAR™ is expanding into a recurring intelligence framework, tracking new dimensions of modernization every year.
We’re building a structured series of focused RADARs that go deeper into specific domains:
- Payments RADAR™ – tracking modernization and integration across instant, ISO 20022, and RTP ecosystems.
- Risk RADAR™ – measuring how compliance, resilience, and operational risk are evolving in a digital-first world.
- Vendor RADAR™ – analyzing delivery ecosystems, partner maturity and commercial alignment across vendors.
“The future of CB RADAR™ is modular, just like the systems it studies.”
Why the Market Needs It
As the pace of transformation accelerates, the cost of guessing is rising. Banks need current, empirical insight, not anecdotes.
They need visibility into what peers are doing now, not just what case studies claimed then.
CB RADAR™ provides that visibility, bridging data with experience and helping executives make grounded, defensible decisions.
“Modernization doesn’t fail from lack of ambition, it fails from lack of intelligence.”
Building a Continuous Feedback Loop
Each new RADAR release will build on the previous dataset, creating a longitudinal view of industry change.
Over time, this will show not just what banks are doing, but how modernization maturity evolves across the industry.
That longitudinal approach turns CB RADAR™ into an early warning system, helping banks anticipate where strategies, vendors or operating models may be drifting off course.
The Role of CSP
Core System Partners remains at the center of this effort, combining independent data collection with field experience from transformation programs worldwide.
Our goal isn’t to publish headlines.
It’s to give banking leaders practical clarity in a market that’s only getting noisier.
“CB RADAR™ exists to separate signal from noise and insight from opinion.”
What Comes Next
The next edition of CB RADAR™ is already in motion.
Data collection for 2026 will expand coverage beyond the core, incorporating emerging patterns in digital integration, AI enablement and ecosystem partnerships.
As more institutions participate, the RADAR series will become a shared intelligence platform, one that continuously raises the collective standard of transformation excellence.
Closing Thought
CB RADAR™ 2025 marked a milestone in market transparency.
But the real value begins now , as the data grows, the insights deepen, and the community widens.
The mission stays the same:
To help banks modernize with confidence, grounded in fact, not noise.
Explore CB RADAR™ 2025 and stay tuned for the next evolution of the RADAR Series, where clarity becomes competitive advantage.
And if you want to benchmark your own institution’s readiness against the market, you can also try our Core Banking Transformation Readiness Scorecard, which helps you see how your bank stacks up against the themes revealed in CB RADAR™.
CB RADAR™ is not a vendor pitch. It’s a reality check. And in a market where every decision carries long-term consequences, clarity is your strongest advantage.
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