Tagged: research

April 15, 2024 @ 1:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Abrigo, a provider of financial crime prevention and risk management solutions for U.S. financial institutions, announced new survey results revealing how Americans and small businesses are struggling with check fraud, along with misperceptions about the growing problem. More than one thousand adults in the U.S.,… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Alliance Bernstein has published a research report on crypto addressing the stablecoin market. Authored by Gautam Chhugani and Mahika Sapra, the report shares that annualized transfers of stablecoins are around $6.8 trillion. While Tether (USDT) and Circle (USDC) dominate the dollar-based stablecoin market and most… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European megafunds raised record amounts of capital in 2023, according to an update from PitchBook. Most notably, the top five funds contributed “to a record concentration of over half the year’s fundraising figure in Europe, with CVC Capital Partners raising a global record €26 billion… Read More

April 14, 2024 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cyberattacks have more than doubled since the pandemic, according to a recent update shared by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). While companies have historically suffered relatively modest direct losses from cyberattacks, some have “experienced a much heavier toll,” the IMF report notes. US credit reporting… Read More

April 12, 2024 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The subscription model involves paying in periodic intervals for goods or services based on a prearranged capacity, the team at Juniper Research notes in a report. The research report explains that the subscription economy is an umbrella term for the market surrounding subscriptions, “including subscription… Read More

April 12, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Half of consumers say they have cut non-essential spend in the first quarter of the year and consumers are four times more likely to save than spend, according to new research from KPMG UK. KPMG UK’s Consumer Pulse survey tracks the quarterly confidence and spending… Read More

April 12, 2024 @ 4:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, released a Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) report which shows New Zealand small business labor productivity remains below pre-pandemic levels, putting additional pressure on small businesses. The report, Small business productivity: Trends, implications and strategies, is based on anonymized… Read More

April 11, 2024 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The AI 100 has been released by CB Insights. It’s an annual list of some of the best / high-potential private AI companies in the world. From new AI architectures to precision manufacturing, this year’s AI firms are focused on tackling some of the hardest… Read More

April 11, 2024 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nick Maynard, VP of Fintech Market Research at Juniper Research, notes that cryptocurrency and payments platform Ripple has announced that it is launching its own US Dollar-backed stablecoin later this year. This move, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, “represents the latest in a… Read More

April 11, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform for businesses, has published new research revealing the billions the global retail sector loses to fraudulent activity annually. Working alongside the Centre for Economic Business and Research (Cebr), Adyen found that the retail sector “lost $429 billion to… Read More

April 11, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

When it comes to wealth, younger Americans (millennials and Gen Z) have catching up to do, the team at PolicyGenius noted in a recent update. Adult members of these generations “own just 74 cents for every $1 of wealth that baby boomers owned at the… Read More

April 9, 2024 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin experienced a solid rally of 67.0% during the quarter, marking as one of its most impressive first quarters to date, the team at NYDIG noted in a new report. This surge was primarily fueled by “the overwhelming demand for the recently introduced spot bitcoin… Read More

April 9, 2024 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In Singapore’s dynamic e-commerce landscape, payment cards reign supreme, commanding over 40% of the market share for online transactions in 2023. As consumers increasingly pivot “towards digital channels, the country’s e-commerce market is expected to register a robust 13% growth in 2024 to reach SGD22.3… Read More

April 9, 2024 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chinese investment in Australia fell 36 percent to AU$1.34 billion in 2023, compared to AU$2.1 billion in 2022, with healthcare overtaking mining as the key industry. It was the second lowest year in investment value “since 2006, and the joint-lowest year in number of investment… Read More

April 9, 2024 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The private credit market, in which specialized non-bank financial institutions such as investment funds lend to corporate borrowers, “topped $2.1 trillion globally last year in assets and committed capital,” according to an update shared by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). About three-quarters of this was… Read More

April 9, 2024 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to statistics from the SlowMist Hacked Archive, in March 2024, there were 33 security incidents within the Web3 ecosystem, resulting in total losses of approximately $139 million. The causes of these incidents spanned “a range of vulnerabilities, including smart contract flaws, insider malfeasance, flash… Read More

April 9, 2024 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global signalled a sustained deterioration in permanent staff placements “across Scotland during March. Although the rate of decline eased from the month before, the number of people placed into permanent roles fell… Read More

April 8, 2024 @ 10:51 pm By Michael Wong  |  

In the first quarter of 2024, funding for fintech startups saw a 16% decline from the previous quarter, contrasting with an 11% increase in overall venture funding, which reached $58.4 billion, according to the latest CB Insights Q1 2024 State of Venture Report. The fintech… Read More

April 7, 2024 @ 8:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the latest Coin Metrics State of the Network, the researchers take a data-driven look at the most important events that impacted the digital assets industry in Q1 2024. The demand and strength of inflows into bitcoin exchange-traded products “have been unprecedented, catching many by… Read More

April 7, 2024 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Six out of 10 or 60% of property managers reportedly experienced fraud during the last two years, according to the latest TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) research which finds outdated risk assessment methods leading to alarming levels of late detection. As the rental market grew over the… Read More