Tagged: mckinsey

June 23, 2026 @ 3:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

McKinsey & Company’s latest “Week in Charts” update, published on June 16, 2026, paints an optimistic picture of the fintech industry’s trajectory. According to the analysis, the sector has entered a new phase of consistent expansion and stronger financial performance. If current momentum holds, global… Read More

May 28, 2026 @ 1:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

McKinsey& Company has recently examined the growth of neobanks and various Fintech challengers. The report from McKinsey spotlights the growth and profitability of neobanking platforms. The latest Global Banking Annual Review from McKinsey & Company draws attention to a clear shift underway in financial services…. Read More

September 24, 2025 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an era of economic volatility and technological disruption, recent McKinsey insights offer guidance and AI-focused insights for financial industy professionals. The first update from McKinsey addresses the post-2023 banking crisis vulnerabilities, urging midcap institutions (with $10-100 billion in assets) to pivot toward stable retail… Read More

August 21, 2023 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The business case for the adoption may be improving for the tokenization of assets – typically securities or real-world assets that may benefit from distributed ledger technology to remove intrinsic friction from current standards. This is according to a recent report produced by McKinsey entitled,… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the operations of small businesses across the globe. European SMEs are the lifeblood of the region’s economy and a recent report claims that nearly half of these companies might shut down within the next 12 months. According to research… Read More

January 7, 2019 @ 8:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, global consultancy firm McKinsey published a widely read report on the emerging blockchain industry, titled, Blockchain’s Occam problem. In brief, McKinsey said that blockchain is failing to live up to its perceived potential. While billions of dollars are being spent on experimentation… Read More

January 7, 2019 @ 11:08 am By Cali Haan  |  

Management consultancy McKinsey & Company have published an elegant analysis of enterprise blockchain called “Blockchain’s Occam,” stating: “A key to finding the value is to apply the technology only when it is the simplest solution available.” Blockchain has been touted as a revolutionary technology capable… Read More

March 29, 2018 @ 7:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Spotcap, an SME focused online lender based in Berlin, recently held a roundtable on the future of finance. Individuals from prominent firms joined with the Fintech lender to assess progress made so far. Representatives from Deutsche Bank, Figo, GP Bullhound, McKinsey along with Spotcap debated… Read More

January 21, 2018 @ 8:02 pm By AdaPia d'Errico  |  

As Oprah Winfrey put it during her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes on January 7th, 2018. The reverberations of her words have re-ignited, for anyone who thought it was a just a trend, the importance of #metoo, the industry-agnostic movement. Actually, it is all-encompassing… Read More

October 29, 2017 @ 9:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

McKinsey recently published a report on the global banking industry. While stating the financial recovery has helped old finance regain their footing the future is not quite so clear. According to the authors; “New digital entrants are also having an impact on bank performance, particularly… Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 4:00 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Pan-European marketplace for savings products, Raisin has become the poster child of Fintech disruption as it managed to convince 75,000 investors to put more than €3 billion into savings accounts held at foreign banks. We spoke with Tamaz Georgadze, co-founder and CEO, who explained to… Read More

November 19, 2016 @ 5:06 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

Accenture recently highlighted that Fintech investments in the Asia-Pacific region have accelerated over the past six years, growing from $103 million in 2010 to nearly $10.5 billion by the end of September 2016. Fintech investments in Asia are outpacing those in Europe and the U.S…. Read More

August 5, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

Why do we want more women in business? Practicing gender equality is usually not the reason one starts a company. Are men making a mess of our economies and companies? Is “the men’s world” not functioning or failing in creating sustainable growth within our economies?… Read More