Tagged: research

August 19, 2024 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy consultants at OC&C have shared a report unveiling a significant opportunity for Embedded Finance for scale SaaS ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and payroll providers. Embedded Finance refers to the “integration of financial products into non-financial customer journeys.” The value chain for embedded finance typically… Read More

August 19, 2024 @ 7:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, the global firm focused on alternatives data and insights, recently released its Investor Outlook H2 2024 report. Their Investor Outlook report series occurs on a biannual basis and is based on surveys conducted in-house. Alternative investors’ responses provide exclusive insight “into their current sentiment… Read More

August 19, 2024 @ 7:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini has shared a detailed analyst note, addressing the following: When Will The Pain Subside? Examining Signals After the Crypto Sell-Off? In Gemini’s previous analyst note, “Where Are We in The Crypto Cycle?” the crypto firm looked at how macro indicators could… Read More

August 19, 2024 @ 4:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Auto insurance purchasing volume set a new record for the second consecutive quarter, according to new research from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU). The number of U.S. consumers shopping for auto insurance “was up 7%, compared to Q2 2023 (YoY).” This trend has been driven in recent… Read More

August 18, 2024 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to the Bank of Ireland fraud data for the first half of 2024, the volume of investment fraud attempts has surged by 76% compared to the same period in 2023. Investment fraud happens when fraudsters, “posing as legitimate firms, offer consumers investment opportunities on… Read More

August 18, 2024 @ 9:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank has shared embedded banking ROI insights from the Forrester Report. ClearBank has, from its inception, been focused on “providing the infrastructure that enables firms to innovate, differentiate and grow.” A core element of that vision is the Embedded Banking proposition “that offers firms the… Read More

August 17, 2024 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MIMOS Berhad, the applied research and development arm of the Malaysian Government, has signed an MoU with the Worldcoin Foundation, Tools for Humanity (TFH) and MyEG, an e-government services provider, to integrate Worldcoin technology into the country’s digital infrastructure. The intent of the MoU is… Read More

August 16, 2024 @ 1:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The points, miles and perks that have come to define the modern credit card marketing playbook are being replaced by cashback rewards and lower fee cards as cardholder financial health1 grows increasingly strained. According to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction Study, “only… Read More

August 16, 2024 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Compass Mining has shared the latest updates in a Bitcoin Mining Industry Report for the month of July 2024, focused on key operational developments. As noted in a blog post by Compass Mining, the Bitcoin price closed the month of July “at $64,619 increasing by… Read More

August 16, 2024 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has released the report, entitled 2024 Crypto Crime Mid-year Update Part 1: Cybercrime Climbs as Exchange Thieves and Ransomware Attackers Grow Bolder As noted in the report from Chainalysis, aggregate illicit activity on-chain “has dropped by almost 20% year-to-date, demonstrating that legitimate activity is… Read More

August 16, 2024 @ 6:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Carbon emissions from AI and crypto are surging and tax policy can help, according to an update shared by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Crypto mining and data centers now account “for 2 percent of global electricity use and nearly 1 percent of global emissions,… Read More

August 15, 2024 @ 6:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Secondary to Bitcoin by market cap, Ethereum has been neck and neck with Bitcoin over the last year across major inflection points, the team at CoinGecko noted in a new report. Over one year, however, CoinGecko pointed out that Ethereum lags behind Bitcoin “at 31.6%… Read More

August 14, 2024 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the parent company of LendingClub Bank, America’s leading digital marketplace bank, has released new data revealing a surprising lack of consumer awareness “regarding the true cost of their credit card debt in today’s high interest rate environment.” LendingClub conducted a national… Read More

August 13, 2024 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG has released two reports, Venture Pulse Q2’24 and Pulse of Fintech H1’24, which show that Ireland is following the global trend with investment up in the broader VC market, investment in fintech, is also up – “bucking the global trend.” 24 venture capital (VC)… Read More

August 12, 2024 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US venture market continues a slow evolution by way of correcting expectations and valuations, “at least in some arenas of the market,” according to an update from PitchBook. Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI & ML) is “driving interest across the strategy, with company… Read More

August 12, 2024 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) data shows spending at the 2024 Olympic Games is boosting the French economy The biggest share of overseas spend “comes from U.S. Visa cardholders, with most significant increases in year-on-year spending from Japan and Brazil.” Visa, the official payment technology partner of… Read More

August 12, 2024 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech investments in China made a modest recovery towards the end of 2023 and trickled over into 2024. Among the top ten fintech deals in ASPAC, five originated from Chinese Mainland and Chinese Hong Kong. Despite the regulatory hiccups in China, fintech is poised “to… Read More

August 11, 2024 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum turned Inflationary in 2024 for the first time since 2022 according to an update from CoinGecko. CoinGecko‘s latest report has looked into just how much ETH has been burned. As of August 5, 2024, the Ethereum network has “burned a total of 465,657 ETH… Read More

August 11, 2024 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Automotive lending has been quickly transformed by artificial intelligence (AI) with the promise of faster, more accurate and more cost-effective credit decisions and approval processes. Auto dealers are not exactly ready to embrace the new technology. According to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Dealer Financing… Read More

August 10, 2024 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The past few years have seen an unprecedented change within the payments market, according to a report from Juniper Research. Juniper Research explains that “the rise of eCommerce has led to a widespread transition to digital payments across markets, with cash use decreasing rapidly.” In… Read More