Fintech News

JANUARY 7, 2024

But to fully realize the sector’s potential, stakeholders must focus on nurturing a robust ecosystem by enhancing capital access, attracting and retaining top talent and fostering a strong demand for payment solutions, a new report by Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA) says.

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MAY 30, 2016

And to make sure that everyone starts off 2016, Part II on the same footing, we thought we would bring you a few of the top trending stories, as well as hot data/research topics, that will give you a head start on that all-important planning for 2016 and beyond. Store Front Business Index: Main Street USA, A-OK? Digital Banking.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Small and medium-sized businesses can be fickle when it comes to adopting new technologies, for instance, or SMEs can feel hesitant to adopt emerging solutions, like on-demand services. New research from Grand View Research estimates that the cloud-based ERP industry is set to reach a $48.22 Brexit vote. A 1.61% decrease in U.S.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Thanks to a decline in demand for Apple’s iPhones in China, Goldman Sachs is warning the iPhone maker could post earnings that disappoint. The analyst did note that the newest crop of smartphones Apple unveiled in September could counter some of the weakening demand, but that overall the decline could hurt the bottom line for Apple.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

PYMNTS research on consumer shopping habits showed that 24 percent of all consumers say they have taken at least one of their routine shopping activities online and do not plan to revert to shopping in stores for this activity, even after the pandemic is over. eCommerce spiked because consumers demanded it and drove it. D2C Explodes.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 24, 2016

It’s 2016, and the red hot fintech sector has evolved immensely since Finovate first launched 10 years ago. This, combined with increased demand for alternative lending, makes lending a prime space for disruption. The post Fintech with The Jetsons at FinovateFall 2016 appeared first on Finovate. Collaboration.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Lore joined Walmart after selling his startup Jet.com to the retail giant for $3 billion in 2016. McMillon praised Lore’s ability to quickly accelerate eCommerce growth and meet the digital demands brought about by COVID-19. . In an interview with Recode on Friday (Jan. He officially leaves his post on Jan. Some 17 percent of U.S.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

” Citi concluded that commercial card adoption is largely driven by businesses’ demand for greater visibility into spend and cash flow, as well as the tools’ ability to streamline financial controls and governance and promote efficiencies. . Reports in The Asset on Thursday (Oct. Reports in The Asset on Thursday (Oct.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Vince Cacace , CEO of Vertebrae, told PYMNTS that AR in 3D has become a high-demand technology for all kinds of products and retailers. “We It started when Founder Stephen Lease was training for a marathon in 2016. Market research showed that goodr needed to upgrade its photography and add virtual try-on, which was the No.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Kaspersky researchers studied 174 municipal institutions and their 3,000 subset organizations that were targeted in 2019. These organizations can’t typically pay the large ransoms that corporations do, but they tend to acquiesce to demands more easily. . The amounts for municipal ransoms range from $5,300,000 to $1,032,460, on average.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

s alternative finance market grew by 43 percent in 2016, and researchers are pointing to small businesses (SMBs) as a key driver of that expansion. billion was raised through alternative finance platforms like crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (P2P) financing in 2016, up from about $4.3 billion driven by startups and SMBs in 2016.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

New research from Sage finds that small businesses in the U.K. Those costs can rack up in a number of ways, researchers found. Sage researchers, for another report, its annual Payments Landscape study, also found that the importance of cash is on the wane. The Cardtronics 2016 U.S. are losing out on $11.8

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

That’s according to a new report from Research and Markets, which said the IoT insurance market is being driven by the adoption of IoT products in developed and developing economies and growing demand for cloud platforms and other services in the insurance industry. Research and Markets is projecting the market size to go from $1.1

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APRIL 26, 2018

We’re clarifying the difference between researchers that act in good faith and people who don’t,” Uber Chief Information Security Officer John Flynn told the newswire. Knowledge of the hack came to Uber via an anonymous email demanding payment, and the company paid the person to destroy the data.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

According to new research from the organization, based on interviews with more than 12,000 business executives around the globe, the WEF said those were the top issues, although concerns varied from one country to the next. Cyberattacks worried executives in three of the eight regions covered in the research.

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MARCH 2, 2018

percent growth we saw in 2016,” said Ramon T. Llamas, research director for IDC’s Wearables team. Going forward, the next generation of wearables will make the ones we saw as recently as 2016 look quaint.”. Interest in smartwatches continues to grow, and Apple is well-positioned to capture demand,” added Llamas.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Here is what research firms say about the future of mPOS. According to a press release from Market Research Future , North America is the leader in the wireless POS market as the region has “advanced technological infrastructure.” Mobile payment capabilities are on the forefront of retail executives and tech staff.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 30, 2024

billion transactions since 2016. The integration of instant payments into daily financial activities signifies a broader shift in consumer preferences and behaviours, reflecting a demand for quicker and more convenient transaction methods. These e-wallets are linked to bank accounts, credit cards, or prepaid balances.

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MARCH 2, 2017

In Q4 2016, developers built 25.5 million square feet of warehouses, equaling a 77 percent increase from the prior year, according to research from real estate broker Colliers International. Colliers’ national director of research, James Breeze, commented in a Wall Street Journal article on the future of warehouse market development.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

According to new Indeed research , cybersecurity experts are in high demand, but availability of these employees is low. Indeed said this gap in supply and demand for cybersecurity experts is worrying, considering the rising threat of cyberattacks and data breaches on U.S. 2016 saw a spate of big corporations — and even the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

According to Untangle Chief Technology Officer Timur Kovalev, small businesses struggle with limited budgets, time and workforces — forcing these firms to reassess their IT security investments and prioritizing which cybersecurity technologies demand the limited funding that’s available.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

And, according to research inside the new PYMNTS Global Cash Index United Kingdom Analysis, a Cardtronics collaboration, its grip on the crown is only getting stronger. Total banknotes in circulation surged in 2016, growing by 10 percent to a total of $70 billion — the fastest growth in a decade, according to the Bank of England (BoE).

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Fintech News

JANUARY 4, 2024

CoinDesk was previously owned by the Digital Currency Group (DCG), which acquired the media company back in 2016 for US$500,000. Deal activity in the technology, media and telecom continued their downtrend in Q2 2023, with deal value falling 32% from Q1 2023 to Q2 2023 on a 15% decline in deal volume. billion from US$47.4

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

India saw a busy year in B2B FinTech as the small business (SMB) community continued to demand enhanced financial services. The research suggested that small businesses planned to rebound in 2018, and set up a likely environment of optimism for 2019. It hasn’t been easy for the nation’s small businesses, however.

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Fintech News

MAY 19, 2024

Twimbit, a Singaporean research and advisory firm, identifies data monetization as one of the biggest growth opportunities for banks in Asia-Pacific (APAC), which, alongside super-app platforms, financial marketplaces, banking-as-a-services and buy now, pay later (BNPL) arrangements, are projected to contribute over 40% of banking revenue by 2030.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

International trade is seen in a positive light for smaller businesses in the country, with 77 percent reporting a positive view of it, researchers said. Exposure to globalization can fuel business expansion or threaten it, depending on strategy. Those potentials and threats, however, expand beyond foreign exchange challenges. 71 % of U.S.

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APRIL 22, 2019

According to a new report in the Financial Times , Gucci plans to open six call centers, including in such cities as Florence and Shanghai, as the retailer chases consumer demand for smartphone-enabled commerce, especially among millennials in the hunt for luxury goods. billion) in 2016, a 20 percent increase from the prior year.

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JUNE 10, 2016

Weakening global demand is starting to show cracks in the smartphone market, a new report has found. With 110 million enterprise smartphones and tablets shipped in Q1 2016, global smartphone shipments fell 21 percent to 92.2 million units from the previous quarter. On the other hand, the global business tablet market fell 34.5

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

A new report from research firm RBR revealed a strong demand for ATM services in developing markets, most notably in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa (MEA). RBR’s Global ATM Market and Forecasts to 2021 report noted a surge in the usage and demand of ATM services in developing markets around the world. That’s up 3.5

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

percent between 2015 and 2016. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo observed in a research note published within the last few weeks that iPhone sales may be suffering on dual fronts: lower Chinese demand and no planned refresh of the iPhone SE. As a whole, the gang of 19 has seen revenue drop 0.4

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Synapse Payment Systems

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The latest research suggests that the gift card market is currently valued at $162 billion in 2022 and will grow to $388 billion by 2027. Today, most customers want the option to be able to place orders online, so you are wise not to ignore this obvious demand. According to Pew Research , 97% of Americans own a cellphone.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

New research reports find the good news and bad news in those changes. Corporate demand for working capital similarly rose, according to some reports. combined spent $34 billion on software never used by businesses, researchers added. Corporate spending habits are in flux. Even so, Brexit and the U.S. SMEs in the U.K.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Smartphone sales worldwide fell in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, marking the first decline Gartner has seen since the firm started tracking sales in 2004. decline from 2016, Financial Times reported. iPhone sales for the month ending Dec. 3, while older models represented the remaining sales.

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APRIL 25, 2016

Plus, the latest analysis on alternative lending demand, expense management fraud and the gap between what CFOs have for their companies and what they need. billion worth of purchases went through Amex commercial cards in 2016’s Q1, American Express said in its latest quarterly earnings report. companies, reports said.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have a lot of working capital on the books, consumers across Asia still use a lot of cash, merchants are becoming more omnireadi, demand for gym management software solutions is on the rise and business professionals are using far too many apps to get through their daily tasks.

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JULY 22, 2019

Unfortunately, researchers warn, cyberattacks on local governments are probably going to be an increasingly common occurrence — and taking the stance of “it won’t happen to me” could be a costly one. . The modern version of ransomware, in which attackers demand payment in bitcoin, first emerged in 2013.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

is a big and growing business — sales of jeans were up 4 percent in 2016, and reached more than $40 billion in global sales in 2016, according to P&S Market Research. Levi’s calls it Project F.L.X., and it is designed to allow consumers to customize their own ideally and uniquely distressed finish on their jeans.

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