Tagged: insights

November 17, 2023 @ 6:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Holiday shopping season is a favorite time of year for many, but as consumers everywhere start preparing to open their wallets ahead of Black Friday, “a new type of threat has begun rearing its ugly head: AI-based fraud.” The recent boom in AI capabilities and… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nucleus Financial Platforms, one of the UK’s independent, adviser platform groups, launches the UK Retirement Confidence Index. The research study has reportedly “involved surveying more than 2,200 UK adults aged 50 and over by YouGov.” It’s based on responses “to the central question of how… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 5:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over three-quarters (77%) of senior finance executives globally expect the economic environment to improve over the coming year, “up considerably from two-thirds (66%) in 2022.” That is according to the latest Future of Finance Study by SIX – an annual survey “that canvasses the opinions… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 11:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ongoing economic challenges have caused two in five (41%) small business owners to sacrifice their salaries, and one in three (34%) to use their personal funds, “to keep their businesses running,” according to new research from global small business platform Xero. The Money Matters report… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Martin Kassing, the CEO and founder at Upvest, a Berlin-based Fintech that aims to make investing more accessible by enabling neobanks, asset managers, and incumbent banks to provide their customers with any type of investment product. With Upvest’s Investment API,… Read More

November 11, 2023 @ 1:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant Financial, the firm focused on the responsible on-demand pay solutions, partnered with HR Dive’s studioID to find out how companies perceive and use earned wage access (EWA) as a benefit to attract, retain and engage employees. The research study found that while many employers… Read More

November 11, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With macroeconomic conditions continuing to make it difficult for auto lenders to maintain or increase profitability, all eyes have “turned to digital channels as the most cost-effective and efficient means to do so.” According to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study, released… Read More

November 7, 2023 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The past year has been challenging for the Australian fintech sector, according to the KPMG Australian Fintech Survey Report 2023, “with both total investment and the number of deals materially dropping compared to the previous year.” This has led to a decline in the total… Read More

November 6, 2023 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, the global automated identity verification, released the results of a study surveying over 1,500 business leaders, examining perceptions, challenges and usages of artificial intelligence (AI). Respondents were from financial services, gaming, retail, healthcare, transportation, legal and telecom industries, “across the US, UK, and Italy.”… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enterprise fintech VC deal activity saw a slight uptick in Q3. Deal value rose from $3.9 billion in Q2 to $4.1 billion, “representing a 5.1% QoQ increase. On a YoY basis, however, deal value was down 33.0%, highlighting the more conservative deployment of capital from… Read More

November 3, 2023 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG UK has announced the promotion of over a thousand partners and colleagues, as the professional services firm “continues to invest in the development of its talent. ” The latest round of promotions “includes 56 new partners and 116 directors.” A further 833 colleagues have also… Read More

November 2, 2023 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, released new data revealing shoppers’ priorities this holiday season. While consumers face continued economic uncertainty, the survey of 2,000 gen pop Americans revealed “they are still planning to spend: 3 in… Read More

November 2, 2023 @ 11:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard’s (NYSE: MA) new borderless payments report reveals consumers globally are setting up side hustles and considering working or living abroad, prompting the acceleration of cross-border payments. Small businesses are also increasingly “reliant on international payment networks with three in five sourcing more suppliers internationally… Read More

November 1, 2023 @ 8:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Milan Velev, Nexo’s Chief Security Officer, who shared key insights with CI regarding the importance of setting standards for crypto platform security. Milan Velev from Nexo explained why crypto investors and traders need to prioritize security. He also commented on their… Read More

October 31, 2023 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the parent company of LendingClub Bank, America’s leading digital marketplace bank, released key findings from the 27th edition of the Reality Check: Paycheck-To-Paycheck research series. The Savings Deep Dive Edition “examines consumers’ ability to preserve their savings in the current economic… Read More

October 31, 2023 @ 6:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Small business owners are more optimistic about the future than they were a year ago, with slightly more than half (54%) “saying their business is financially healthy, but inflation is still having a negative effect.” According to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Small Business Banking… Read More

October 30, 2023 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New data from Tradeshift shows transaction volumes across global supply chains dropped at their fastest rate in eighteen months in Q3. More than one million businesses “use Tradeshift’s business commerce network to exchange invoicing and purchase order information relating to trade transactions across global supply… Read More

October 29, 2023 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Injective, the blockchain built for finance, published its DeFi Trader Survey 2023. The research draws from various cryptocurrency trading communities, “aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of how professionals and amateurs approach cryptocurrency trading, their motivations, and valuable lessons for the wider trading community.” Most… Read More

October 29, 2023 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Almost no one is “happy” with the nation’s financial system— “only 9% of Americans are satisfied with it, and only 22% think it’s better than any other country’s,” according to an update shared by Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). But young people are “especially disillusioned by it,” the… Read More

October 28, 2023 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since the end of 2022, the SaaS market has been in “a downward trend, and founders, investors, and customers alike are seeing the effects,” according to an update from Capchase. Everyone is tightening their purse strings, and many SaaS companies are “noticing that it’s become… Read More