Tagged: Research Report

February 1, 2023 @ 5:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Personetics, the global leader in financial data-driven customer engagement, released a report titled “Spotlight on North America: Banks and Credit Unions Need to Promote Customers’ Financial Well-Being.” The report, based “on a study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Personetics, details the opportunities and… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As this year’s week-long Chinese New Year holiday comes to an end, Ant Group would like to share some observations on Chinese consumers’ spring festival spending and trends. These findings “provide a snapshot of recovering consumption in China’s domestic market and outbound tourism market.” Main… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Money laundering is “crucial” to all financially motivated crime because it’s what enables criminals “to access the funds they generate from their activities,” the team at Chainalysis explains. Otherwise, why commit the crimes in the first place? The same is true in cryptocurrency. The goal… Read More

January 29, 2023 @ 6:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hong Kong credit and charge card payments market is set “to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.9% between 2022–2026 to reach HKD 831.9 billion ($106.7 billion) in 2026, driven by a significant shift in consumer preferences towards non-cash payment methods… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2022, global M&A activity “remained resilient despite harsh macroeconomic headwinds that persisted throughout the year,” according to an update from Pitcbbook. Compared with 2021, M&A value “declined 13.7% to $4.7 trillion but was strong relative to historic levels and marked its second-best year.” Pitchbook… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In order to get a better understanding of the current state of the industry, the Ferrum Network team conducted a survey “to gather insights from participants about their involvement in and views on Web3.” In order to get a better understanding of the current state… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over the last 30 years, financial crime has increasingly become “a concern to governments around the world,” according to an update from Juniper Research. Today, there is widespread recognition that “economically motivated crime poses a long-term threat to the stability and development of societies’ economies… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 7:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized finance (DeFi) builds on distributed ledger technologies (DLT) “to offer services such as trading, lending and investing without using a traditional centralized intermediary,” according to finding shared by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The fact that DeFi components can be programmed “may open… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a report titled, Monitoring the Currents of the Crypto Market, Matías Andrade and Kyle Waters from Coinmetrics noted that the digital asset market is “experiencing a surge in activity as we kick off the new year. The update from Coinmetrics points out that Bitcoin… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom has consistently taken a strong position on cybersecurity, “recognizing the need to drive awareness and responsiveness on a national scale,” according to an update from Hypr, the passwordless service provider. It reportedly “established the National Cybersecurity Centre in 2016, has among the… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

2022 was an impactful year in “the fight against ransomware,” according to an update from Chainalysis. Ransomware attackers extorted “at least $456.8 million from victims in 2022, down from $765.6 million the year before.” As always, they have to caveat these findings by noting “that… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Criminals have always found efficient ways “to launder the proceeds of their crimes and avoid increasingly stringent anti-money laundering regulations,” according to an update from CertiK. One such technique, uncovered by CertiK, poses “a direct threat to Web3 projects.” Criminal organizations are using this scheme… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MX, a key player in Open Finance, released a new report on the features, functionality, and support that consumers want from their financial providers. MX’s latest survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers “shows 1 in 4 consumers feel that financial providers don’t do enough to support… Read More

January 16, 2023 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

For the past 17 years the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report has warned about “deeply interconnected” global risks. Conflict and geo-economic tensions have “triggered a series of deeply interconnected global risks,” according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023. These include energy… Read More

January 11, 2023 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In Q3 2022, Insurtech companies globally “raised $1.6 billion in VC across 134 deals, representing a 51.1% decrease in QoQ deal value,” according to an update from Pitchbook. This was “the lowest amount of invested capital since Q2 2020 and the lowest deal count since… Read More

January 11, 2023 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New Kriya (previously MarketFinance) research shows high levels of awareness of Embedded Finance among UK B2B SMEs. But with implementation intent being 3 years on average, “this means thousands of UK firms are leaving money on the table,” the report from Kriya reveals. UK SME… Read More

January 11, 2023 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new report from SlowMist takes a close look at the major events in the blockchain industry that took place in 2022. The report from SlowMist provides an overview of the security status of each area within the industry and delves into “common attack techniques.”… Read More

January 11, 2023 @ 6:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Coinmetrics has released the State of DeFi Tokens in 2023 Report. Authored by Matías Andrade and Kyle Waters, the Coinmetrics report reveals that decentralized finance (DeFi) is “a rapidly growing application of blockchain technology that aims to provide financial services, such as… Read More

January 11, 2023 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Four in five (80%) SMBs (small to medium-sized businesses) consider payments and a seamless checkout experience “as critical to growth.” New research among 200 U.S. brick-and-mortar SMBs commissioned by leading payments platform, Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), revealed “that 69% of merchants want to reduce the time… Read More

January 9, 2023 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European P2P market is expected to lower its growth in 2023 “as financial institutions grapple with inflation,” according to an update from Robo.cash. Robocash analysts see several possible scenarios for the European P2P market development in 2023. The baseline scenario “implies that the market… Read More