Tagged: insights

October 1, 2024 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK business confidence dipped to a three-month low in September, the Lloyds Bank Business Barometer has found. The survey, which ran from 2nd – 16th September, revealed that overall UK business confidence fell three points to 47%, its lowest for three months, but remained higher… Read More

September 30, 2024 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NYDIG Research has shared an extensive updated highlight the path for options on Bitcoin ETFs along with other key blockchain and crypto industry insights. With the SEC approving IBIT options, the research report from NYDIG looks “at the next steps required for options to begin… Read More

September 27, 2024 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a digital payments company, announced several new product updates at its global enterprise customer event, Thrive, held in Barcelona, Spain. The company offers a suite of modular payment solutions “that help businesses reduce the complexity and cost of payment processing while increasing performance and… Read More

September 27, 2024 @ 9:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New research released by KPMG provides insight into whether consumers would reduce some of the buying and saving behaviors that have become more prevalent during the cost of living crisis, if they had more disposable income available to spend. KPMG UK’s Consumer Pulse survey gauged… Read More

September 26, 2024 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis recently shared key insights from its 2024 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report. According to the Chainalysis research report, the MENA region ranks as the seventh-largest crypto market globally in 2024, with “an estimated $338.7 billion in on-chain value received between July 2023 and June 2024,… Read More

September 26, 2024 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As summer comes to a close and the nights draw in, new research from NatWest Premier reveals that half (50%) of Brits admit “to overspending, with fear-of-missing-out being the primary driver for 25%.” Furthermore, around one in five agree “that the pressure to keep up… Read More

September 25, 2024 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Capchase SaaS Benchmark Report for 2024 has been released. Capchase notes in a new blog post that its third annual SaaS Benchmark Report is officially live. Last year’s report used data from 900 B2B SaaS companies “to define what success looks like in a… Read More

September 22, 2024 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

E-commerce enablement investments have reportedly increased QoQ, producing $1.9 billion across 101 different deals, improvements of 2.4% as well as 9.8%, respectively. This, according to the latest research report from PitchBook. However, PitchBook pointed out in its latest report that YoY contractions “were sharper, with… Read More

September 22, 2024 @ 6:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Bank is warning of a rising scam where rogue retailers are using fake websites to trick people into purchasing items that are never dispatched, costing victims an estimated £6.6 million so far. Tens of thousands of credit and debit card customers “have sadly fallen… Read More

September 20, 2024 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FloQast announced the results of Exploring Strategic Compliance: The Next Frontier, the company’s latest research initiative aimed at shedding light on the trends and challenges facing compliance teams. The survey reveals that 47% of compliance professionals are “focused on simply finding a better, easier way… Read More

September 19, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eastern Asia is the sixth largest cryptocurrency economy in the world this year, accounting for 8.9% of global value received between July 2023 and June 2024. This, according to an update from Chainalysis. Chainalysis noted that the region received “more than $400 billion in on-chain… Read More

September 16, 2024 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MX Technologies, Inc., an enabler of actionable intelligence for consumers and the financial providers that serve them, shares its latest survey findings, which reveal mobile banking can make or break a consumer’s experience. Sixty-five percent of consumers would stop using “a financial provider’s app if… Read More

September 16, 2024 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly a quarter (24%) of Brits have ‘no idea’ how much they’ve saved into their pension while almost half (42%) admit confusion over how much they need to save for retirement, according to new research from PensionBee. In response to these challenges, pension savers are… Read More

September 15, 2024 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global, signalled a softening of UK labour market conditions during August. Latest data showed that permanent placements “continued to fall, and at an accelerated pace, amid reports of reduced demand amongst companies for… Read More

September 13, 2024 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the financial technology platform of for global businesses, has recently released a report titled Strategies to reduce your total cost of payments. The research report, supported by data from 100 global, enterprise businesses, aims to highlight opportunities to boost revenue and “cut costs… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Three in five UK consumers reportedly fear falling victim to fraud, as life gets busier in September. This, according to an update from UK Finance. UK Finance notes in a blog post that half of the people say “they feel busier when coming back from… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than two-thirds (76%) of financial services operations leaders in the US believe that using AI would enable them to make faster, more effective decisions, but 62% lack the data management capabilities and data environment to capitalize on the technology’s potential. That is according to… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has released an update entitled, Blockchain in the Modern Payments Landscape: Synergy and Transformation. Binance Research has shared that key takeaways as follows: This Binance Research report looks at “the state of modern payments, its main pain points, and how blockchain payments can address… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has shared key insights focused on Russia’s cryptocurrency pivot as well as legislated sanctions “evasion.” In response to mounting financial pressures of Western sanctions, Russia enacted significant legislation “legalizing cryptocurrency mining and permitting the use of cryptocurrency for international payments.” Chainalysis added that the… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG has recently commented on the latest Money and Credit data from the Bank of England. Karim Haji, Global and UK Head of Financial Services at KPMG, shared key insights on the newest Money and Credit data from the Bank of England (for the month… Read More