Tagged: s&p global market intelligence

March 18, 2025 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

While certain sectors of Fintech have dipped in interest when it comes to capital markets activity, payments continue to be a hot sector of Fintech. According to S&P Global Market  Intelligence, capital markets continue to support payments innovators as technology is changing the way we… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Risk capital is experiencing a period of heightened risk, it seems, as venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) financed firms have registered all-time high bankruptcies, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. S&P reports that bankruptcy filings made by US companies backed by PE… Read More

January 16, 2024 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

  CI has reported on the moribund activity for venture capital and private equity for some time now. Again and again, we receive reports that VC and PE cratered in 2023. Today, once again, S&P Global Market Intelligence has shared another gloomy report stating that… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 12:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Financial research factor S&P Global Market Intelligence has distributed a report on Fintech, pointing at real time payments as an opportunity that is experiencing choppy adoption depending on the jurisdiction. S&P says that the rollout of FedNow, the US government’s effort to power instant payments… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

The biggest banks in the US continue to see a decline in total assets, including deposits held at these banks. According to a report distributed by S&P Global Market Intelligence, a majority of the largest banks in the US reported a decline in total assets… Read More

August 11, 2023 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Private equity deals have declined by 36% during the month of July when compared to the same month last year. This is according to S&P Global Market Intelligence which reports 828 private equity deals in July 2023 versus 1290 deals July 2022. The global economy… Read More

June 7, 2023 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

S&P Global Market Intelligence has distributed a brief on traditional banks, providing a list of banks by assets as well as deposits. According to the report, a majority of the largest US banks posted increases in assets in the first quarter as failures and exited… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Global private equity investments hit a 12-month low, according to a report. S&P Global Market Intelligence says in April 2023, private equity “plunged,” with deal value sinking by a whopping 66.8% year over year to $27.05 billion from $81.57 billion a year ago. Private equity… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 5:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prior to the US government’s decision to backstop all deposits, under the management of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), bank accounts were ONLY insured up to$250,000. While this amount has not been much of a problem in the past, last week, the world changed,… 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 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

October 25, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Data points highlighting flagging markets, including private investments in early-stage firms, continue to litter our inbox. The missives should arrive as no surprise as inflation is at a multi-decade high, the US economy is in a recession (or will soon be in one), and the… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

PeerIQ, a top online lending data and analytics operation, has been selected along with several other firms to submit proposals to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) aiming to boost the utilization of modern technology tools. PeerIQ is joined by Palantir Technologies, S&P Global Market… Read More

March 2, 2020 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

We have already seen multiple Fintech funding reports for 2019. Today, S&P Global Market Intelligence is distributing their spin on the numbers targeting the US only. According to this report, Fintech companies in the US raised $14.8 billion in 2019. Of the six Fintech segments… Read More

November 11, 2019 @ 10:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has partnered with Deloitte and S&P Global Market Intelligence to develop a prototype platform for a Fintech Research Platform to help pair Fintech startups with investors and financial institutions. The goal of the platforms is to help fintechs partner… Read More

March 8, 2016 @ 4:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

FinTech Sandbox, a nonprofit that helps FinTech startups access data and build great products, today announced a series of celebrations marking its one-year anniversary. The biannual FinTech Sandbox Demo Day will be held on March 24, 2016 at Fidelity Investments headquarters. Sandbox sponsors, data partners,… Read More