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Company Insights
NewClick to Pay – Competitor Profile
Online payment solution Click to Pay was launched by Mastercard, Visa, American Express, and Discover in October 2019. The solution was initially known as Secure Remote Commerce and was developed based on EMV Secure Remote Commerce industry specifications. It was rebranded as Click to Pay in July 2020. The solution is administered by EMVCo, the international association of the six leading card scheme networks (American Express, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, UnionPay, and Visa). The solution brings four major international card schemes...
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Company Insights
NewAmazon Pay – Competitor Profile
Amazon Pay was launched in 2007 as Pay with Amazon, before being rebranded to its current name in 2017. The solution enables users to pay for purchases on third-party partner merchant websites and apps using payment methods saved on the user’s Amazon profile. In the US, Amazon Pay accepts credit and debit cards from major scheme providers including Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, Diners Club, and JCB. In India, users can add funds to their Amazon Pay balance and use...
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Thematic Analysis
NewCloud Services Sector Scorecard, Q1 2024 Update – Thematic Intelligence
The thematic screen of GlobalData’s cloud services sector scorecard is led by the global hyperscalers Microsoft and Amazon, with Alphabet and IBM also in the top 10. Microsoft and Alphabet, in particular, are aggressively investing in generative artificial intelligence (AI), developing foundational large language models (LLM), and building the infrastructure to offer related services to customers. In recent months, Alphabet launched its Gemini AI model, Microsoft launched its own AI chips and also invested in Mistral, and Microsoft’s strategic partner...
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Sector Analysis
NewAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Market Opportunity Assessment, Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Unmet Needs and Forecast to 2029
This report covers the 8MM (US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Japan and Canada) and provides an Excel-based forecast model for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) market through 2029. The prevalence of ALS is increasing at a steady rate, in line with population growth in the 8MM, at an annual growth rate (AGR) of 0.79%.The diagnosed prevalent cases of ALS across the eight major markets (8MM: US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Japan, and Canada) are expected to increase from...
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Company Insights
NewBlock – Competitor Profile
Block (formerly Square) is a US-based payment services provider that was launched in 2009. Effective from December 10, 2021, Square changed its legal name to Block. However, the company continues to offer its merchant services under the Square brand name, enabling businesses to accept payments through methods including debit and credit cards issued by all major scheme providers, as well as NFC-based solutions such as Google Pay and Apple Pay. For offline payments, the company offers an array of traditional...
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Company Insights
NewFiserv – Competitor Profile
Fiserv is a leading global provider of payments and financial services. It provides a wide range of services, including electronic payment processing for electronic bill payments; account-to-account transfers; debit and credit card processing and services; internet and mobile banking systems; card and print personalization services; loan origination and servicing products; as well as fraud and risk management services. Launched in 1984, the company offers its services to over 10,000 financial institution clients in over 100 countries. The company mostly offers...
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Company Insights
NewUnilever – Digital Transformation Strategies
Unilever is a manufacturer and supplier of fast-moving consumer goods. The company's product portfolio comprises food, beauty, personal care, beverages, home care, vitamins, minerals, and supplements. Some of its well-known brands are: Bango, Ben & Jerry’s, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Magnum, The Vegetarian Butcher, Wall’s, Axe, Dove, Lifebuoy, Lux, Rexona, Sunsilk, Vaseline, Cif, Comfort, Domestos, Omo, Seventh Generation, Equilibra, Liquid I.V., Olly, Onnit, and SmartyPants, among others. It sells products to brick-and-mortar store partners, small family-owned shops, online retailers, and value retailers....
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Company Insights
NewManulife Financial Corp. (Manulife) – Digital Transformation Strategies
Manulife offers insurance products and financial services. It operates under the Manulife brand across Canada, Europe, and Asia, and under the John Hancock brand in the US. The company’s reporting segments are Asia, Canada, US, Global Wealth and Asset Management (Global WAM), and Corporate and Other. The Asia reporting segment offers insurance products and insurance-based wealth accumulation products across Asia. The Canada reporting segment offers insurance products, banking services and insurance-based wealth accumulation products in Canda. It also runs a...
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Company Insights
NewAvis Budget Group (Avis) – Digital Transformation Strategies
Avis offers car sharing as well as car and truck rental services to customers across the world. The company conducts its operations under several brand names, including Avis, Zipcar, and Budget, among others. Avis licenses the use of its brand trademarks to licensees in countries in which it does not operate directly. Avis and its licensees operate in about 180 countries. Avis has two reportable business segments: the Americas and international. The Americas business segment primarily comprises vehicle rental operations...
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Company Insights
Worldline – Competitor Profile
Worldline Group is one of the world’s leading payment and transactional service providers, offering end-to-end solutions covering the entire payment value chain. It has omnichannel solutions for merchants, banks, acquirers, payment services providers (PSPs), businesses, and governments. Worldline operates its services in 170 countries, supporting payments in 140 currencies. Worldline operates through three segments—Merchant Services, Financial Services, and Mobility & e-Transactional Services—offering acquiring and processing, card issuing processing, clearing and settlement, open banking, and mobile banking services. Previously, it had...