Tagged: research

July 22, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matías Andrade and Tanay Ved have recently shared key takeaways from a Coin Metrics report which noted that Mt. Gox creditors are finally receiving repayments, “with approximately $9 billion worth of Bitcoin set for distribution in July.” As mentioned in the Coin Metrics report, the… Read More

July 22, 2024 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After nearly breaching all-time highs in 2024 Q1, the total crypto market cap returned some of those gains in Q2, “dropping -14.4%, closing at $2.43 trillion in June,” the team at CoinGecko noted. 2024 Q2 brought Bitcoin’s long-anticipated fourth halving, which “went off without a… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 8:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockbuster deals to Stripe and AlphaSense buoy an otherwise flat quarter for the Fintech sector, according to an extensive update from CBInsights. On the surface, Q2’24 was a return “to growth for fintech, with funding increasing 19% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) to $8.9B,” the CBInsights report revealed…. Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 6:24 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Amid the accelerating shift towards digital banking, nearly half of banking customers in Ghana still favor traditional banking methods, according to the 2024 PwC Ghana Banking Survey Report. The survey reveals that 47% of respondents prefer to conduct their banking transactions through conventional means, highlighting… Read More

July 20, 2024 @ 5:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Coinvestors, a blockchain venture fund-of-funds and co-investment program with a combined portfolio of more than 1,250 blockchain enterprises and projects, including 95 blockchain unicorns, announced its bi-annual Meet the Blockchain Unicorns report which includes the most comprehensive list of blockchain unicorns globally – “including… Read More

July 19, 2024 @ 6:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mid-market private equity investment activity in the UK declined by 11% in the first half of 2024, as challenging macroeconomic conditions persisted, according to KPMG UK’s latest mid-market Private Equity analysis. The firm’s most recent M&A research study revealed “that 321 mid-market transactions were completed… Read More

July 18, 2024 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital identity is not the easiest concept to define, according to an update from Juniper Research. That’s because it overlaps with other, similar, areas. Juniper Research noted that the crossover “with areas such as security, privacy and data management can be significant, and in some… Read More

July 17, 2024 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sumsub is pleased to introduce the ‘2024 Fraudlympics,’ ahead of the upcoming competition in Paris this summer. As part of an awareness campaign, Sumsub unveils new internal data revealing that Nigeria is the country with the highest spike in fraud rates, “across a range of… Read More

July 17, 2024 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eight out of 14 UK sectors saw output grow in June, according to latest data from the Lloyds Bank UK Sector Tracker. While this was three fewer than in May (11), when the Tracker reported “a 15-month high when the economy moved back into growth… Read More

July 15, 2024 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The recent election of Labour in the UK is likely to result in “major changes” to fintech and payments markets, according to an analysis shared by Juniper Research. Juniper Research notes in a blog post that as industry watchers, they wanted to “examine the new… Read More

July 14, 2024 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The embedded finance market is now ranking and evolving, according to an update shared by CBInsights. The report notes that this is taking place where integrated financial services are maturing, emerging, and plateauing. This latest research report uses the CB Insights TECH Framework in order… Read More

July 14, 2024 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross-border payments are becoming increasingly important to international economies. Around 63% of global consumers use international real-time payments (RTPs) services to send money to family and friends and 51% use them only to pay for goods and services, according to the 2024 Financial Services Consumer… Read More

July 13, 2024 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a survey of crypto participants, a majority 81.6% believed that the crypto bull run was not yet over. This, according to an update shared by CoinGecko. At least 1 in 2 participants, or 52.3%, “estimated that the current bull run was still at its… Read More

July 13, 2024 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

While public blockchains are inherently transparent and traceable, illicit actors turn to cryptocurrencies “to launder ill-gotten gains for the same reasons people use them for legitimate purposes: they are cross-border, virtually instant, and generally inexpensive to transact,” the team at Chainalysis noted in a blog… Read More

July 13, 2024 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Millions of U.S. consumers have used Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) loans with 89% stating they are satisfied or very satisfied with the credit product. A survey from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) also revealed that 85% of BNPL users would recommend such loans to others. The… Read More

July 11, 2024 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

46% of Gen Zers (ages 18-27) rely on financial assistance from parents and family, according to new research from Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC) Better Money Habits financial education team. In addition, 52% of those surveyed said “they don’t make enough money to live the… Read More

July 10, 2024 @ 11:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Research has examined key Web3 developments in June 2024 to provide an overview of the ecosystem’s current state. Binance Research analyze the performance of crypto, DeFi, and NFT markets. Despite a strong start to the month of June, the market “encountered major sell-offs and… Read More

July 10, 2024 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research has revealed 66 percent of travel companies are seeing their profit margins impacted by outdated or complicated payment systems, with nine in 10 expected to prioritize modernising their financial operations this year. In a report released by global payments and financial platform, Airwallex, and… Read More

July 10, 2024 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pilot‘s CFO Services team recently published their Q1 Market update on the Venture Capital landscape. Their main takeaways are as follows: Deal activity in Q1 remained roughly flat QoQ, but varied by segment: pre-seed and seed-stage saw notable declines while late-stage saw moderate increases, with… Read More

July 10, 2024 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto market sentiment has become divided just two months after the Bitcoin Halving, with no strong consensus sentiment, the team at CoinGecko noted. According to a recent survey shared by CoinGecko, 49.3% of crypto participants “still felt bullish about the market, even amid the pullback… Read More