Tagged: predictions

March 9, 2022 @ 7:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blend Network recently released its first annual Predictions in Development Finance report. Set out in this report is an analysis of “the challenges and obstacles, but also the opportunities within the market,” the team at Blend Network noted in a blog psst. The development finance… Read More

January 12, 2022 @ 3:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at ComplyAdvantage, an AI-enhanced financial crime detection firm, notes that from regime change in Myanmar and Afghanistan to a “spotlight on environmental crime at COP26 and the explosive Pandora Papers leak, 2021 has been another landmark year for compliance professionals.” ComplyAdvantage writes in… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 4:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Two senior vice presidents from e-commerce platform Fluent Commerce recently shared their predictions for the industry trends that will shape 2022 Jamie Cairns, SVP channel & alliances, Fluent Commerce Supply chain disruption will continue “The global pandemic has meant huge disruption to retailer’s supply chains… Read More

January 2, 2020 @ 5:47 pm By Timothy Li  |  

To my Fintech friends, this is my 4th annual “Top Ten” Fintech prediction. I started this tradition at Crowdfund Insider back in January 2017. As we are saying goodbye to an incredible Fintech year of 2019, I see another seismic change in 2020 for our… Read More

December 30, 2019 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ripple, a provider of enterprise blockchain solutions for payments, recently announced its cryptocurrency predictions for 2020. The company’s executive team discussed their thoughts about digital currency and what they expect in the upcoming year. Sharing his thoughts, CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, stated: “I think… Read More

December 29, 2019 @ 8:00 pm By Rowland Park and Simon Gregory  |  

Throughout the past year, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other forms of technology within the financial services industry has continued apace. This will increase further as it dovetails with enriched natural language processing (NLP) through 2020 and into the coming decade and lead… Read More

December 18, 2019 @ 7:42 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Senior Executives from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have provided reflections on what we might expect regarding financial market infrastructures in 2020. The DTCC is a market infrastructure provider that automates, centralizes and standardizes the processing of financial transactions. It’s responsibilities include, “settling trading… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 5:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

As the end of the year closes, Crowdfund Insider receives a good number of comments on past events as well as future expectations. Earlier this week, CI received a comment from Charles Lu, CEO of Findora, a confidential network protocol for financial services like online… Read More

December 15, 2019 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta is one of those Fintech unicorns that is killing it but not getting a whole lot of coverage because it is not consumer facing. Marqeta provides the digital rails to enable businesses to create innovative payment programs and cards allowing companies to customize their… Read More

January 2, 2019 @ 11:06 am By Timothy Li  |  

As we head into a market correction, 2019 and beyond will be very interesting for the evolving Fintech industry. This sector of finance saw significant M&A activity and massive fundraising during the 2nd half of 2018 and I predict that we will see more of… Read More

December 19, 2018 @ 8:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

It’s the end of the year and that means its time for predictions. More specifically, some crypto predictions! 2018 was a tumultuous year in regards to the digital asset sector as regulatory clarity became a hot topic of debate and discussion. While some national jurisdictions… Read More

February 4, 2018 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the world, held their annual summit at the International  Convention Center in Jerusalem this past week. Beyond the presentations by the many cool tech startups that make up their portfolio companies,  OurCrowd took a moment to… Read More

January 17, 2018 @ 1:30 am By Timothy Li  |  

Last year, I boldly predicted 10 Fintech movements that will take place as Earth makes another perfect rotation around our Sun. It’s always fun to look back and see how wrong I was, so let’s stump the chump! Here are my original predictions. Let’s score… Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, challenger bank Monzo announced its plans for the next twelve months. The company reported that in 2018 it wants to focus closely on making upgraded Monzo accounts better for its customers. Monzo revealed a list of items needed to be done and their… Read More

February 22, 2017 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a month and a half into the new year, UK-based Seedrs announced its predictions for equity crowdfunding campaigns in 2017. While sharing details about last year’s successes, the Seedrs team stated: “2016 was a record-breaking year for Seedrs with over 134 deals funded and… Read More

February 2, 2017 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Software AG, a publicly traded company based in Germany, has published a list of predictions for the banking industry for 2017. Yes, we all know that banking is moving to our smartphones and the corner bank branch is going the way of the dinosaur. The… Read More

January 27, 2017 @ 7:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly one month after ringing in the new year, Stuart Law, CEO and co-founder of peer-to-peer lending platform Assetz Capital, provided his alternative finance predictions for 2017.  Law’s upcoming year’s predictions come just after Assetz Capital announced it originated £200 million in loans since launching in 2013. As previously reported,… Read More

January 8, 2017 @ 5:30 pm By Timothy Li  |  

The following are my top ten Fintech predictions for the coming year. While 2016 has been a momentous period in Fintech innovation there is more to come. 10 – Sensors Internet of Things (IoT), Wearables, Smart Home and Connected Car will bring massive change to… Read More

January 2, 2017 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last year due to time constraints I was unable to publish my list of Crowdfunding/Fintech predictions for 2016. This year I am back once again, for better or worse, peering deep into my crystal ball with a list of prognostications for the coming year. The… Read More

December 27, 2016 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

  Michael Markowski is making a bold prediction stating Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will be the first company to breach the $1 trillion mark in valuation.  It is only this year that Microsoft topped $1 trillion in total lifetime revenues.  Microsoft is in the race for securing… Read More