Trends

Last year, only 25 real-time payment systems were operational worldwide — that number is growing rapidly. By September of this year, 40 such rails were live, with 16 more expected to launch by early 2020. Demand is also heating up...

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 that the personal financial management tools of yesterday will evolve into do-it-yourself (DIY) financial improvement...

Hispanic entrepreneurs are increasingly optimistic about the future – what lies ahead in the next year and even the next decade to come – and see their heritage as an important advantage to their success. According to the second annual...

China may dominate the headlines, but international investors and corporates would do well to pay attention to two other rapidly emerging economic giants: India and Southeast Asia. India is home to 18 per cent of the world’s population and achieved...

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, but they lag behind their children and parents when it comes to using exchange traded...

Deloitte the business advisory firm, has launched the fourth annual Middle East Real Estate Predictions, Dubai, which predicts 2018 will be a year of change for Dubai’s real estate market, from the introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) to...

Bank of Scotland’s Business Barometer for January 2018 shows: • Overall confidence for firms in Scotland is at 18 per cent . • Firms’ confidence in their own business prospects is 22 per cent • Some job creation on the horizon, with...