Bolt

Understand your customer. De-risk your decisions.

Bolt Insight gives financial services teams across retail banking, payments, fintech, cryptocurrency and investment the qualitative research, quantitative research and consumer intelligence they need to understand customer behaviour, validate product decisions and stay ahead of a rapidly changing market.

The problem we solve

Financial services organisations generate enormous amounts of data. Transaction volumes, conversion rates, churn figures, product uptake. But data alone rarely explains why customers make the financial decisions they do, why trust breaks down, why a product fails to land or why a competitor is winning share. Bolt Insight bridges that gap. Whether you work in retail banking, payments, fintech, cryptocurrency or investment services, our AI-powered consumer research platform combines qualitative research, quantitative research and hybrid methodologies to give financial services teams the human understanding behind the numbers. Trusted by organisations including Visa and Kraken, Bolt Insight brings real consumer truth into financial services strategy, product development and customer experience.

We understand the numbers. We don't always understand the people behind them.

What we offer

What we offer financial services teams

Qualitative research, quantitative research and hybrid methodologies — all within the same consumer intelligence platform. Built for the speed financial services demands and the rigour every product decision deserves.

Qualitative Research at Scale

Bolt Insight runs AI-moderated, one-to-one consumer conversations across 50+ markets and 25+ languages simultaneously. Explore customer attitudes toward financial products, uncover trust barriers and understand the emotional drivers behind financial decision-making — with the depth of qualitative research and none of the traditional timelines.

Quantitative Research

Global surveys and advanced quantitative data analysis across 120+ countries. Measure customer satisfaction, track product awareness, monitor brand perception and validate strategic decisions with robust consumer data — all within the same consumer intelligence platform.

Hybrid Research

Qualitative and quantitative financial services research working together, not in silos. Bolt Insight connects the emotional and contextual truth of customer experience with the statistical confidence needed to inform product strategy, communications and customer acquisition.

Social Listening

Stay connected to shifting consumer sentiment around financial services, fintech innovation and emerging categories like cryptocurrency. Bolt Insight surfaces the trends and cultural signals shaping your customers' financial behaviour before they show up in your data.

How it works

How it works forFinancial Services Teams

Design smarter financial services research

Bolt Insight's expert research team co-designs studies with you, built around the specific decisions your financial services organisation needs to make. Customer experience research, product development, brand perception, communications testing, market entry. Every project starts with the outcome it needs to deliver.

Get closer to your customer

Real customers. Real conversations. Real time. Bolt Insight runs dynamic, AI-moderated qualitative and quantitative research that captures genuine consumer attitudes toward financial products, services and brands across markets — faster and more consistently than traditional financial services market research allows.

Make consumer intelligence compound

Every study feeds the next. Meta-Analysis connects consumer insights across products, markets and time periods. Dynamic Personas build a living picture of your financial services customer that evolves as behaviours and expectations change. The more research you run with Bolt Insight, the deeper your customer understanding becomes.

Built for yourreality

Qual, quant and AI agents all in one place. No more stitching together tools, agencies and data sources. Financial services consumer insights compound because they live together — from first study to always-on intelligence.

Speed that matches the pace of financial services

Consumer research delivered in days, not weeks. In a sector where customer expectations and competitive dynamics shift fast, Bolt Insight gives financial services teams decision-ready consumer insight without the timelines that slow traditional market research down.

Global reach for global financial markets

Run qualitative and quantitative consumer research across multiple markets simultaneously. Bolt Insight is built for financial services organisations operating at international scale, delivering consumer intelligence that reflects genuine local attitudes toward money, trust and financial products.

Research built on trust

Bolt Insight was founded by brand-side researchers who understand what it takes to generate insight that holds up under scrutiny. We are SOC 2 Type II Certified, privacy-first by design and never trained on client data — giving financial services organisations the confidence that their consumer research meets the highest standards of data integrity.

Proof points

15M+ consumers interviewed worldwide, across 50+ qualitative and 120+ quantitative research markets.

5,000,000+
consumers interviewedacross multiple categories
50+
Global Markets25+ Languages
10x
more cost efficientthan traditional research

Ready to see it in action?

Ready to understand the people behind your numbers?

See how leading financial services organisations are using Bolt Insight's AI-powered consumer research platform to build stronger products, deeper customer relationships and more confident strategies.