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“Fintech’s next phase” refers to the greater integration of fintech with commerce. Fintech companies are innovating to increase access to financial products and services, improve the security of payments, increase funding, and enhance the merchant…

Fintech is transforming financial products and services at a rapid rate globally. In Europe, regulation aimed at encouraging competition has increased the number and reach of fintechs. P2P platforms are becoming more popular and are moving into other…

Total transactions value growth slowed in Western Europe in 2023, with many consumers’ spending impacted by the still high inflation rates. Paper payments remained in decline, with electronic direct/ACH payments continuing to grow. Card payment…

While consumers in the Middle East and Africa region continue to increase their usage of card payments and the digitalisation of the financial industry also continues to advance, cash still remains important in many countries, especially the African…

Ongoing trends continued to be seen in 2023, with the use of cash declining and the digital transformation of financial cards and payments markets in the region a major theme in Latin America. Be it the Pix instant payments system in Brazil or the…

Financial cards and payments were significantly impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 2020, with the pandemic still affecting the industry in 2021. However, after the decline in consumer payment transactions value in 2020, a return to positive growth…

The use of cash continues to lose out to electronic direct/ACH and card payments in the Asia Pacific region, although paper transactions still remain important in some countries. Digital wallets continue gaining in popularity due to their…

The Southeast Asian market has evolved to version 2.0, positioning ASEAN as a pivotal component in local and global investors' strategies. With a rising cost of capital amid tightening monetary policies, long-term structural shifts in demographics…

Global cross-border transaction market is projected to exceed USD40 trillion in 2028, largely driven by trading. Fast, low cost and secure became the three key service requirements of embedded cross-border transaction solutions, while local…

Embedded finance is a critical factor in improving the customer journey and driving transformation. Leading embedded finance partners enable non-financial clients to offer diversified financial products and services, with simplified integration,…

Embedded finance is the critical factor to improve customer journey and drive transformation for services industries.. With travel recovery and sluggish volume sales of automotives, embedded finance is considered to have the most potential to build…

Embedded finance has been rapidly evolving from non-digital to digital. If finance is the fuel for the economy, then digital embedded finance is the invisible aviation grade fuel powering jets of digital businesses. Supportive regulations, improving…

From a product perspective, embedded payment market competition has been intensified with digital players, which are challenging the card operators. For deposit and lending, leading banks such as Goldman Sachs and CIMB have made their names in the…

Asia Pacific is a region characterised by diverse economies, cultures and demographics. In such an environment, loyalty programmes need to be crafted to meet local consumers’ preferences. Asia Pacific is facing a turning point where it can no longer…

Benefiting from growing smartphone penetration, supportive regulations and so on, a growing number of digital banks have been launched, challenging the incumbents. However, among all digital banks, less than a quarter are known to be profitable. Key…

Early digital banks in East and South Asia have generated profits. Their success in both developed and emerging markets is a good reference for new digital banks, especially in Southeast Asia. However, a few digital banks in Australia have failed.…

Besides building ecosystem partnerships, banks have to balance between convenience and data privacy and risk control, on alternative data usage. Also, BNPL poses a threat to banks’ growth, if banks do not undertake concrete actions on partnerships…

Discover Financial Services, based in the US, is one of the largest card network operators in the world. The company issues a variety of cards in its home market, while operating three separate types of networks: Discover Network, a primarily credit…

Consumer mobility is evolving as urbanisation, sustainability and growing technological savviness are driving demand for travel supported by dynamic payment solutions. Euromonitor International introduces the Digital Payments in Mobility Index to…

Technological advances are creating unprecedented change across consumer-facing industries. The Digital Consumer Survey, fielded in March and April, offers insight into the pace and depth of this evolution, tracking consumer behaviour, attitudes,…