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Wealth has plunged as liquid assets held by the affluent will decline by 10% overall in 2020, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData expects a fall of 7% in wealth globally, which is down 10pp from the company’s pre-COVID-19 forecast of 3% growth. GlobalData also expects the liquid assets for High […]
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Kirkland & Ellis were top legal advisers by value and volume in global financial services sector in H1 2020
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Kirkland & Ellis were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the global financial services sector in the first half (H1) of 2020 based on deal value and volume, respectively. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised on 14 deals worth US$68.3bn, which was the highest […]
Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan were top financial advisers by value and volume in global financial services sector in H1 2020
Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the global financial services sector in the first half (H1) of 2020 based on deal value and volume, respectively. Morgan Stanley advised on 16 deals worth US$67bn, which was the highest among all advisers, while JP Morgan led in volume […]
Taiwanese payment cards market growth expected to sustain the COVID-19 outbreak, says GlobalData
Taiwan is among least affected nations from the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. With the government introducing comprehensive stimulus measures and easing international travel restrictions, a rise in consumer spending is expected which will in turn drive growth in card payments, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData revised forecasts, the value […]
Card and online spending to accelerate as Belgium slowly opens up hospitality sector
COVID-19 has hit the Belgian economy hard, but the hospitality sector slowly opening up should give it, and the payments industry, a much-needed boost, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData expects M-commerce to be one of the beneficiaries of the pandemic, as well as bars and restaurants reopening. The company forecasts […]
COVID-19 makes e-commerce even more preferred among shoppers in Hong Kong, says GlobalData
The growth of Hong Kong e-commerce market has been revised up, considering the positive push due to coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, according to estimates by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s E-Commerce Analytics reveals that the e-commerce market in Hong Kong is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate […]
India’s move to ease lockdown restrictions drives card payments, says GlobalData
Card payments in India are gradually recovering on the backdrop of increase in consumer spending as the country has now entered unlock phase, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData revised forecasts, the value of card payments in India is estimated to grow by 8.4% in 2020. The value is expected […]
COVID-19 accelerates shift to digital payments in APAC region, says GlobalData
COVID-19 has fast-tracked the transition to digital payments across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region as consumers opt for the comfort and safety of digital channels rather than expose themselves to disease vectors such as cash, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Consumers globally and in Asia are increasingly going digital and are embracing […]
Competition between marketplace lenders will be fierce as COVID-19 will strengthen established players, says GlobalData
Tightening of regulations and a likely upcoming recession will increase investor caution and turn consumers to traditional banks and building societies, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. *GlobalData’s 2020 Financial Services Consumer Survey (time period – one year, collected in January 2020 with sample size of 400) shows that when UK consumers […]
Australian card transactions to pick up as country slowly re-opens, says GlobalData
The gradual resumption of domestic travel and the gradual lifting of lockdown in Australia will give a much needed boost to Australia’s essential tourism sector and consequently, payments industry, which includes card transactions, will pick up. With the consumers looking to avoid COVID-19 vectors such as cash transactions and preferring the contactless and online spending, […]
Spanish economy hit hard but spending is expected to increase as lockdown loosens, says GlobalData
Spain’s reliance on its tourism sector has seen its economy and payments industry suffer during the pandemic, but bars and restaurants reopening will provide a much-needed boost, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData still expects a decline in card growth in 2020, compared to its pre-COVID-19 forecasts. This is because despite consumers […]
Robo-advice to take center stage during COVID-19 crisis, says GlobalData
Robo-advice is increasing among all age groups, according to a survey by GlobalData*. In the US, the number of baby boomers using a robo-advisor rose from 7.2% in 2019 to 7.8% in 2020. On the other end of the age spectrum, in 2019 only 13.6% of Generation Z used robo-advisors, but 16.4% are users in […]
German payments industry to pick up as it eases out of severe lockdown, says GlobalData
COVID-19 has hampered the growth in Germany’s payments industry, but it will start to benefit from the gradual lifting of lockdown measures, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Germany has been one of the worst affected countries by the pandemic, but its lockdown is set to be relaxed to revive the economic activity […]
Prime Minister’s planning reforms to spur mortgage boom through greater housing affordability in urban areas
Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s radical changes to the planning system as part of his plans to guide the UK out of the COVID-19 pandemic; Katherine Long, Banking Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view on the effect it would have on the UK mortgage and wider home loans market: […]
Chinese banks dominate critical growth parameters, finds GlobalData
GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, analyzed the year-on-year (YoY) change and 5-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenue (interest income + non-interest income), net profits and total assets of the top 25 publicly-traded global banks by revenue. The analysis suggests that the Chinese banks lead in the core growth parameters. All the […]
UK consumers and vendors avoid cash but online spend offsets some of the damage, says GlobalData
The overall decline in payments during this crisis has been partially offset by a rise in online spending, but non-essential spending plummets, according to GlobalData’s statistics. Several prominent retailers have temporarily closed their stores and moved to online-only sales, and online payments solutions, such as Paypal, Visa checkout and Masterpass, stand to benefit from the […]
COVID-19 offers wealth managers with chance to reach out to new investors, says GlobalData
Millennials, and to a lesser extent Gen Xers, have been rushing into financial markets to capitalize on the steep increase in volatility as they adjust to COVID-19 disruptions. While there is a potential for steep losses, this also offers wealth managers the chance to reach out to new investors with targeted material to build a […]
Buying behavior in countries hard hit by COVID-19 still focused on essential purchases only
The majority of consumers around the world are purchasing only as much as they intend to consume in the near future, according to GlobalData’s Consumer Purchasing Behavior Tracker. Over 50% of consumers in all but three of the 11 countries surveyed indicated they were only focusing on immediate needs. Ben Carey-Evans, Analyst at GlobalData, comments: […]
South Korea to see rise in card payments amid COVID-19 pandemic, says GlobalData
Electronic payments, in particular card payments, have been on a sustained growth curve for the last few years in South Korea, which is among the few countries globally that have been successful in combating the COVID-19 outbreak. With the government now easing lockdown restrictions, a rise in consumer and commercial spending is expected to further […]
Italian payments industry set to move away from cash dominance as consumers look for safer methods, says GlobalData
With the COVID-19 unlikely to cease in the near future and the lockdown still continuing, the consumers in Italy are opting to shift away from cash payments to mobile and online payments, which are supposed to be safer modes of payments, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData has revised its forecasts for […]