Inside Hong Kong’s New Faster Payment System
Last year, only 25 real-time payment systems were operational worldwide — that number is growing rapidly. By September of this year, 40 such rails...
Mintel Comperemedia announces key financial services marketing trend for 2018
Mintel Comperemedia has announced ‘DIY Financial Wellness’ as a key marketing trend set to impact the North American financial services industry in 2018. Mintel predicts...
Hispanic Small Business Owners Set Sights on Significant Growth in 2018 and Beyond
Hispanic entrepreneurs are increasingly optimistic about the future – what lies ahead in the next year and even the next decade to come –...
Bank of America 
India and Southeast Asia are emerging economic giants
China may dominate the headlines, but international investors and corporates would do well to pay attention to two other rapidly emerging economic giants: India...
HSBC 
BlackRock survey: Boomers cut-out on ETF revolution
Even as ETF adoption surges, a surprising group of investors appears to be holding back. Boomers (aged 52-70) are in their peak investing years,...
Deloitte predicts 2018 will be a year of change for dubai’s real estate market
Deloitte the business advisory firm, has launched the fourth annual Middle East Real Estate Predictions, Dubai, which predicts 2018 will be a year of...
Scottish business confidence low but ‘modest’ job creation on horizon, according to new Business...
Bank of Scotland’s Business Barometer for January 2018 shows:
• Overall confidence for firms in Scotland is at 18 per cent .
• Firms’ confidence in...
10 Big Financial Technology Trends for 2018
1. Massive Investments in Digital Transformation
Experiences with non-banking industries such as retail and communications have shaped consumers’ expectations from banks and credit unions. As...
Business confidence jumps to its highest level for 9 months
Lloyds Bank’s Business Barometer for January 2018 shows:
• Overall business confidence increased by 7 points to a 9-month high of 35%
• Economic optimism rose...
How big data and AI has revolutionized financial trading
Many banking and finance companies have already taken advantage of big data analytics to simplify the process of personalized offers, targeted cross sales and...