Tagged: Research Study

February 20, 2023 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research defines Open Banking as the practice of “sharing, and to an extent control, personal financial information between FIs (Financial Institutions) and TPPs (Third-party Providers), mostly in the form of Fintech developers, subject to customer consent via the use of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces).”… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new insight report – The perfect payment partner? What merchants are looking for from their PSPs – from Banking Circle, the next generation technology-led Payments Bank, suggests that the services currently “offered by Payment Service Providers aren’t going far enough to support the shift… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for client lifecycle management (CLM), released its annual findings on US-issued financial institution fines. The study, which analyzed year-over-year (YoY) penalties levied by US financial regulators, revealed “that the total value of penalties issued rose 151% YoY; that US… 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 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 @ 8:28 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 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 @ 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 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

January 7, 2023 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than half (51%) of consumers in the United Kingdom believe physical wallets will become a lot less relevant as virtual payments continue to grow in adoption. This, according to the latest research shared by Mastercard (NYSE: MA). Mastercard teamed up Central Saint Martins on… Read More

January 7, 2023 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With Singapore consumers living their lives online, nearly eight out of 10 (around 77%) would like the option to control their data instead of leaving it up to the discretion of firms and governments, according to Consumer Data Confidence Research shared by Visa (NYSE: V)…. Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies are the backbone of the global economy, according to an update from the World Economic Forum (WEF). They create “close to 70% of jobs and GDP worldwide.” But, amid warnings of a global recession, research from the… Read More

January 1, 2023 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the real estate platform that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home, released a report “identifying the top ten luxury second home markets across the U.S. in 2022.” To determine the top U.S. markets, Pacaso reportedly “analyzed second home mortgage rate lock… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As digital assets became more widely accepted, the need “for corresponding tooling to meet accounting, reporting and tax requirements of both individuals and corporate users grew,” according to an update from FT Partners. Initially operating largely out of sight, tax authorities across the globe “noted… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to a survey, removing disputes from the payments ecosystem has “become the number one concern for sellers, with a tertiary concern of first-party-misuse1.” As noted in an update from Verifi, the question is – how do you stop disputes and still do right by… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A joint research effort between the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology into the technical feasibility of a potential central bank digital currency “is now complete.” The Boston Fed’s work on CBDC with MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative is known as… Read More

December 24, 2022 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The World Economic Forum has launched the ASEAN Digital Generation Report 2022, the sixth edition of the report since 2017. This year’s report “examines digital financial services, gaps in access and where businesses, governments, and civil society organizations need to improve financial inclusion.” The report… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

When it comes to payments, Latin America is “diving deeper into alternatives,” according to an update from EBANX. Beyond Borders 2022/2023, a recent study by EBANX, a Brazilian fintech that processes payments for global players in rising markets, “shows that alternative payment methods (APMs) have… Read More