Gwenn Bézard

Co-founder Gwenn Bézard is the head of research and consulting at Aite Group. He oversees the firm’s analyst team across the Banking & Payments, Securities & Investments, Insurance, Fraud & AML, Cybersecurity and Research Design & Data offerings. He is passionate about developing talent within the firm and producing high-quality research that speaks to the practical challenges and opportunities faced by financial institutions and the technology vendor community.

Mr. Bézard has over 20 years of experience in research within the financial services and insurance sectors. Prior to co-founding Aite Group, he was a senior analyst within Celent's banking group, where he helped build an industry-leading payments practice. Before that, Mr. Bézard was with BNP Paribas, where he headed the research team of L'Atelier, the bank's technology and internet intelligence division. He also served as an analyst at Plénitudes, a management consulting firm that specializes in change management.

Mr. Bézard is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and holds a Maîtrise degree in contemporary history from the University Rennes II, France, and he is fluent in English and French.

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Thursday, February 11, 2021 | 11 a.m. ET

Central Bank Digital Currencies: What Are They, What Do They Mean, and Should We Care?

Central bank digital currencies are quickly going from an obscure topic to a mainstream discussion item in banking and payment circles. Most bankers and payments industry participants are at loss over the concept. If you feel lost in translation, rest assured you are not alone. Join Aite Group...

Gwenn Bézard

Friday, April 17, 2020 | 11 a.m. ET

CARES Act: The Impact on U.S. Financial Institutions

On March 27, 2020, the U.S. president signed into law the US$2 trillion U.S. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide economic relief to U.S. households and businesses in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The CARES Act has a number of implications for financial...

Gwenn Bézard, Dennis Gallant, Shirley Inscoe, Inci Kaya, Spencer Mindlin, David O'Connell, Leslie Parrish

Analyst Views

September 19, 2016

The Next Breakthrough in Usage-Based Auto Insurance Underwriting: Ambient Data

Over the past 18 months, U.S. auto insurers have expressed renewed interest in usage-based insurance as consumers become more comfortable with the concept. Some U.S. insurers are seeing growing uptake for their telematics insurance programs. Over 30% of new customers are now opting for usage-based insurance at Nationwide and Progressive, for instance. The maturation of smartphones as telematics...

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September 15, 2016

Autonomous Driving: A Call for Insurance Telematics

There is no shortage of speculation about how personal auto insurance may become obsolete in a driverless era, how auto manufacturers’ product liability may compete with personal auto insurance, and how ridesharing may replace personal car ownership and vaporize the need for personal auto insurance. Those topics make good cocktail conversations, but they have little practicality for insurers...

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