Tagged: research

November 26, 2022 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solaris, which claims to be Europe’s “leading” embedded finance platform, published a new report on the evolution of embedded finance. The study, conducted in cooperation with the Handelsblatt Research Institute, “analyzes the market potential for the mobility sector in the four largest European markets of… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capchase, which claims to be the leading provider of non-dilutive capital to SaaS companies, recently shared its Pulse of SaaS report “to provide the most comprehensive view of SaaS startups’ performance following recent economic changes.” The Pulse of SaaS Report “found, when compared to the… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent study by global fintech platform Airwallex revealed that small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) businesses in the U.S. “plan to expand in 2023.” While the pandemic and uncertain market conditions have impacted many businesses this year, a vast majority of SMEs (82%) still “plan… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capital (VC) pre-money valuations remained robust through Q3 2022, as bearish macroeconomic outlooks spread across Europe,” the team at Pitchbook noted. Pitchbook also mentioned that “the drop off in public market capitalizations has not filtered into the VC ecosystem, with the valuations of VC-backed… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research defines embedded finance as: “Any use case where financial services, such as banking, insurance or lending, is integrated into non-financial user experiences.” User experiences in this sense will “commonly mean eCommerce checkouts, for example, where payment options are embedded to avoid having to… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Low carbon building practices, crucial to achieving greenhouse gas emissions targets, “attracted record levels of venture capital funding in 2022 with investment levels soaring to $2.2bn.” Venture capital raised by companies involved in green building design, building materials procurement and lower carbon construction methods “has… Read More

November 21, 2022 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial wellbeing Fintech Wagestream, with research and analysis from Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand, has launched the inaugural Australian State of Financial Wellbeing Report in a bid “to identify how employers can better alleviate financial stress in the workplace for struggling employees.” The report is… Read More

November 19, 2022 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech platform Airwallex announced that UK-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remain optimistic about international expansion next year, “with almost three-quarters (70%) planning to expand into, or further into, foreign markets in 2023.” The independent research, which surveyed 500 UK SME decision makers in… Read More

November 18, 2022 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The reports keep rolling in, highlighting a slowing environment for private firms. Venture capital, along with private equity activity, has been in decline for some time now – a fact that should come as no surprise to anyone. Giga high inflation and the inevitable reaction… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s not your “imagination.” Digital scams are “everywhere in our daily lives.” And as the holiday season approaches, fraudsters are “counting on you to let your guard down and take the bait,” according to an update from Visa (NYSE: V). Whether in the workplace or… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, boomed in 2021. This year, the story is rather different. According to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, through Q3 2022, there have been 78 SPAC initial public offerings (IPOs). This compares to 444 for the nine-month period… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos has shared their latest Insight report, which looks at the alternative lending market of Mintos’ home country: Latvia. Forming part of Northern Europe’s Baltic region, Latvia is “a relatively small EU country with a modest population of 1.9 million.” As a… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Originally coined in 2015 by Chris Messina, conversational commerce has become “an increasingly familiar term in the communications and eCommerce markets,” according to an update from Juniper Research. It refers to “the intersection of messaging apps and online retail.” Juniper Research defines conversational commerce as:… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 5:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Connect 2022, Europe’s Fintech event for the entire ecosystem, recently released its 2022 Industry Benchmark Report, Fintech in Flux: Thriving in the Age of Uncertainty, showing that customers “remain the biggest focus, with 86 per cent of respondents investing in AI to stay competitive.”… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hilary Wiek, CFA, CAIA Lead Analyst, Fund Strategies & Sustainable Investing at Pitchbook, notes that through the first quarter of 2022, one-year private fund performance was still “at historically high levels, as more muted performance in Q1 2022 was still overcome by three quarters of… Read More

November 10, 2022 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Trulioo, a key player focused on global identity verification, shows consumers consider identity verification vital and “reassuring during onboarding and throughout their relationship with crypto exchanges.” The research, highlighted in the “Crypto customers call for reassurance in uncertain times” report, reveals that 70%… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 9:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank Research, the Research Service of CaixaBank, has launched its “Real-Time Economics” website, which is described as “the most complete initiative of its kind in the world, offering quality information practically in real time on the country’s economic reality.” The company’s Research Service is “making… Read More

November 8, 2022 @ 1:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cyber risk landscape is “rapidly evolving,” with cyberattacks increasing in severity and sophistication. Hackers now “use triple extortion techniques and ransomware-as-a-service has lowered entry barriers for cybercriminals.” In addition, increased digitalization of critical infrastructure has made it “more vulnerable to cyber threats – with… Read More

October 29, 2022 @ 2:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pi, a fraud risk management (FRM) platform founded by Paytm Labs designed to address high-volume applications for fintechs using machine learning (ML), has published a new report on “the impact of fraud on consumer confidence.” The research report, titled “Fraud vs. Friction: How the need… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crypto Council for Innovation has distributed information gleaned from a survey that indicates US voters are supportive of digital assets, with 13% stating they hold crypto. The national survey polled 1,200 likely voters and was conducted for the Crypto Council by a bipartisan team… Read More