Tagged: research

November 6, 2024 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sumsub has revealed its first global fraud index showcasing 103 countries’ susceptibility to digital fraud. To assist regulatory bodies, governments and businesses in understanding and preventing digital fraud, Regtech company Sumsub shares an interactive world map Regtech Sumsub, a verification platform, releases the Global Fraud… Read More

November 5, 2024 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazilians’ financial health index average rose to 56.7 points in 2024, the highest score in the past three years (an increase of 0.5 points compared to 2023). This data comes from the fourth survey round calculating the Brazilian Financial Health Index (I-SFB). The Brazilian Federation… Read More

November 5, 2024 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian research released recently highlights a strong interest among U.S. consumers in using generative AI for personal financial management. The tech and data company has reportedly surveyed consumers across the country to understand current perceptions about generative AI and how frequently Americans are tapping into… Read More

November 4, 2024 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New research reveals that more than two-thirds of younger Australians use some kind of budgeting methods. It comes as digital banking platform Ubank introduces a Bills account in addition to their Spend and Save accounts. Australian digital bank, Ubank, has officially rolled out a new… Read More

November 4, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, released its quarterly Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) report for Canada, including data from April to June 2024. As noted in the latest report, Canada’s weak small business sales performance continued in the three months to June. The data… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Asset tracking is described as the practice of understanding and keeping track of a company’s physical assets, according to an extensive report from Juniper Research. Juniper Research explained in its latest report that asset-tracking software offers an improved way of gathering, effectively analyzing, and applying… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite the ongoing and seemingly never-ending war and regulatory issues, cryptocurrency adoption has been growing steadily across Eastern Europe and is said to be driven by institutions and DeFi activity. This, according to report from Chainalysis. As the world’s fourth largest crypto market, Eastern Europe… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights has released the latest State of AI Q3’24 Report. CBInsights noted that the quarterly AI (artificial intelligence) deal count surged to reach “highest” level since Q1’22 peak. In Q3’24, CBInsights revealed that the global AI deal count surged “24% QoQ to reach 1,245 —… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, the global firm focused on alternatives data and insight, has recently released its Real Estate Q3 2024 Quarterly Update report. The report shared with CI by Preqin revealed that the gradual rebound in global real estate fundraising this year “stalled in Q3 2024, as… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK small business sales growth continued to slow over the last quarter (July to September), not helped by rising late payments times, according to the  Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data from Xero, the small business platform. As noted in the research report, this quarter,… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has released its report, entitled Q4 2024 Exploring APAC’s Fintech Pathways: Part II: Southeast Asia. PitchBook has shared a deep dive into Southeast Asia’s fast-evolving fintech developments by navigating regional market nuances. According to the research study, the APAC region has many relatively strong… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the RiskOps platform, offering AI-powered solutions to protect people and payments against financial crime, reveals that 42% of French citizens will use fingerprint authentication to secure their payments, especially among the younger generation aged 18-34, where the rate is 56%. Although 32% of respondents… Read More

October 30, 2024 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has today launched a new report with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) which reveals a game-changing $185 billion market opportunity for SaaS platforms, a substantial 25% increase since 2022. BCG’s analysis reveals this market growth is… Read More

October 30, 2024 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Capgemini Research Institute’s World Payments Report 2025 reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments. Now marking its 20th edition, the report “predicts instant payments will account for 22% of all non-cash transaction volumes by 2028 globally.” Since the inaugural… Read More

October 30, 2024 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Inflation rate reports (CPI) don’t significantly affect the Bitcoin (BTC) price, according to an update from CoinGecko. Having launched back in 2009 after the Great Financial Crisis, Bitcoin (BTC), now the flagship digital currency, reportedly had few macroeconomic “stress tests to withstand.” The extensive research… Read More

October 29, 2024 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crime experienced by individuals and households has generally decreased over the last 10 years with some notable exceptions. Latest estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) showed that there were an “estimated 9.2 million incidents of headline crime” (which includes theft, robbery,… Read More

October 29, 2024 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Most Australian tech professionals (81%) feel it is challenging to keep up with the pace of change, with 76% acknowledging their own role has evolved significantly over the last couple years, according to research from KPMG. Research for the KPMG Global Tech Report has recently… Read More

October 28, 2024 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Forrester Consulting recently shared a detailed research report focusing on recurring payment friction in the US markets. Forrester revealed that it has surveyed 297 US payment “decision makers” in mixed B2B and B2C firms and B2B-only firms in order to gain a better understanding of… Read More

October 28, 2024 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Innovative tech in stationary retail optimizes processes and has a positive impact on the shopping experience for consumers in Germany, according to a new report. One example of this is self-checkout tills (SCO tills). While they are still used more frequently by younger customers, the… Read More

October 28, 2024 @ 2:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Infosec VC (venture capital) funding in North America and Europe is in the midst of a “rebound,” according to a report from PitchBook which noted that that the ecosystem is driven primarily by late-stage rounds. PitchBook pointed out that they have tracked $8.8 billion in… Read More