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Company Insights
Innovation and Patenting activity of Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services Ltd Q4 2023
GlobalData, the industry analysis specialist, has released its latest company patent databook "Innovation and Patenting activity of Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services Ltd Q4 2023". The databook highlights patenting activity of the company in terms of growth in filings and grants, regions protected, impact of various themes, sector applicability of technologies protected. It provides contextual analysis of technical peers, their strategy, dominance (Grant share) and their recent activities. This is an on-demand databook that will be delivered upon request....
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Thematic Analysis
Internet of Things (IoT) in Financial Services – Thematic Intelligence
Internet of Things (IoT) in Financial Services Thematic Report Overview The Internet of Things is reaching maturity with IoT-related deals and patent activity across the financial services sector declining since 2021. But the progress of IoT in financial services depends on the ability of tech companies to create new devices with smooth user experiences and the ability of financial services companies to comply with data handling laws. The primary driving force behind the adoption of IoT in financial services has...
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Consumer Insights
Financial Services Perspectives and Insights from the 2023 Consumer Survey
Financial Services Perspectives and Insights Overview The Financial Services Perspectives and Insights report highlights the key findings from GlobalData’s 2023 Financial Services Consumer Survey. It explores customer attitudes and preferences towards their financial services providers in the retail banking, payments, and wealth management spaces. Data is broken down by both regions and generations to highlight the key differences between them. Topics explored include the impact of financial fraud, preferred payment methods, buy now pay later usage, premium accounts, and investment...
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Thematic Analysis
NewStrategic Partnerships in Fintech – Thematic Intelligence
Strategic Partnerships in Fintech Thematic Report Overview Strategic partnerships for fintech companies can include traditional vendor relationships, new niche fintech partners, big tech partners, and/or bank-as-a-service of distribution arrangements with firms outside of financial services. The right partnership can deliver overnight scale via access to new markets or customers or neutralize a disintermediating threat.Moreover, working with proven partners and business models for distribution or as a tech partner will be more attractive. The ‘strategic partnerships in fintech’ thematic intelligence report...
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Sector Analysis
NewUnited Kingdom (UK) Financial Advisors Market Overview by Financial Advice Firms, Opportunities and Threats, 2023 Update
United Kingdom (UK) Financial Advisors Market Report Overview The UK financial advisors market is undergoing a period of consolidation, as a result, the composition of the market is changing slowly but surely owing to ready sellers and willing buyers. Single advisor firms still dominate the market. However, the average number of advisors per firm is rising, indicating a shift towards medium-sized and large outfits. Financial advisors play an important role in serving retired individuals and those approaching retirement. However, the...
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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
NewWorldline – 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...
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Company Insights
NewHuawei Pay – Competitor Profile
Huawei Pay was launched in 2016 via a collaboration between payment scheme China UnionPay and smartphone brand Huawei, with the aim of competing in China’s exponentially expanding mobile payments market. Huawei Pay offers a ranges of payment services, including in-app and in-store payments. It offers both NFC payment as well as QR code payments for in-store purchases. To ensure privacy and security for payments, Huawei Pay utilizes tokenization and biometric authentication such as fingerprint recognition. Challenging the dominance of established...
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Consumer Insights
NewMass Affluent Banking in Greater China – Regional Breakdown by Market Trends, Investment Preferences and Competitor Benchmarking
Mass Affluent Banking Market in Greater China Report Overview Emerging affluents and mass affluents make up most of the affluent population in the Greater China region. The population of affluents has been exponential in the last decade in the region. However, the growth is expected to slow down in the upcoming years as the economies mature. Despite low growth, the number of mass affluent customers in the region is exceedingly large, offering a huge market to the financial providers looking...
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Company Insights
NewM-PESA – Competitor Profile
M-PESA is a mobile-based fund transfer and micro-level banking service available to customers of Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile network. Introduced in 2007, the service has become a primary channel for fund transfers in the country. Originally developed as a low-cost microfinance loan repayment system, it was extended as an open platform to remit funds and make consumer payments due to its rising popularity. This was largely a result of factors such as the high cost of remitting funds through banks,...