Tagged: survey

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 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 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

August 29, 2024 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FloQast has announced the results of Market Study: The Role of Finance Automation in Reducing Stress and Retaining Talent in the DACH Region, the company’s latest research initiative. The survey explores the status of automation and digitalization “in finance and accounting teams in Germany, Austria,… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As inflation remains stubbornly high, research shows millions of working Americans still live paycheck to paycheck, with little or no money to adequately save for the future or cover an untimely expense. Fortunately, many employers are “embracing new high-impact financial wellness benefits to help team… Read More

July 24, 2024 @ 6:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

American retail investors are significantly more likely to ignore ESG (environmental, social & governance) factors than consider them when investing, according to data from the latest Retail Investor Beat (RIB) from trading and investing platform eToro. In a study of 1,000 American retail investors, just… Read More

July 14, 2024 @ 5:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Due to the increasing reporting requirements of the EMIR REFIT, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued a survey to assess financial entities’ level of preparedness ahead of the changes coming into force, which “will see the number of reporting fields increasing significantly from… 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

June 29, 2024 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FloQast recently announced the results of its latest survey, Embracing Financial Transformation: What It Is, Why Organizations Should Want It, and How to Achieve It. The survey released by FloQast explores factors of “both awareness and understanding around the concept of financial transformation among accounting… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Latest Regional PMI survey data from NatWest showed a broad-based increase in business activity across the UK in May, with growth being recorded simultaneously in “all 12 nations and regions monitored for the first time in more than a year.” At the same, there was… Read More

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

A survey of more than 21,000 people in Spain, the “first of its kind” to give a voice to Worldcoin users, shows just how “important” digital proof of humanness has “become in the country—and the extent to which people recognize the value provided by World… Read More

June 7, 2024 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A survey of payment professionals by Thunes, a global money movement innovator, and Visa, an enabler of digital payments, reveals conflicted attitudes among Europeans on cross-border payment interoperability, highlighting “the challenges firms face in integrating across multiple markets and systems.” The survey findings reveal that… Read More

May 16, 2024 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumers are willing to spend an average of 9.7% more on sustainably produced or sourced goods, even as cost-of-living and inflationary concerns weigh, according to PwC’s 2024 Voice of the Consumer Survey, released recently. The survey, which collected “the perspectives of more than 20,000 consumers… Read More

May 16, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK consumers are expecting to save more this year yet are unaware that the interest earned on their savings could result in being eligible to pay tax, according to an update from NatWest. Almost a third (31%) of savers are “expecting to save more and… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A majority of small and mid-sized business owners expect their revenues to increase this year, and their worries over a recession have declined substantially, according to the 2024 Bank of America Business Owner Report, conducted in partnership with Bank of America Institute (NYSE: BAC). While… Read More

May 2, 2024 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New research from Mambu reveals that just over a quarter (26%) of Gen Z Muslims solely use Islamic banking, though 85% of them are interested in banking “with a financial institution that offers Shariah-compliant products.” More than 560 banks worldwide adhere to Islamic principles; however,… Read More

March 22, 2024 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Now in its third year, Brightflag’s annual Corporate Legal Operations Compensation Report captures data to help legal operations professionals, General Counsel, and HR leaders better understand fair market compensation and recent salary trends. The survey that forms the basis of the report was conducted in… Read More

February 16, 2024 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

More employees than ever — nearly 9 out of 10 — are feeling stressed about their finances, with almost half saying they’re just getting by. Despite budgets for salary increases reaching a 22-year high in 2023, 48% of workers are worried they “don’t have enough… Read More

February 12, 2024 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Businesses in Australia are reportedly faring well despite changing economic conditions, says Westpac’s latest business snapshot. Australian businesses are largely managing “slowing consumer demand and are cautiously optimistic as they head into 2024.” Westpac’s latest Quarterly Business Snapshot), which “analyzes millions of daily business banking… Read More

February 12, 2024 @ 6:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs survey signalled a drop in recruitment activity across Scotland at the start of 2024. Both permanent staff placements and temp billings “fell sharply in January, with the latter posting the first decline in three months.” Subdued… Read More