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Singletrack secures private equity investment

Singletrack, the capital markets client engagement and analytics expert, today announced a significant capital growth investment from Accel-KKR, a leading technology-focused private equity firm.

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Fintechs increasingly focused on ethical and sustainable growth - report

A new whitepaper issued by The Payments Association, (previously the Emerging Payments Association or EPA), aims to become a how-to guide to ethical and sustainable growth (ESG) for the FinTech industry.

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Marqeta: 77% of Gen Z favour mobile over physical wallets

Marqeta, the global modern card issuing platform, has today released its 2022 State of Consumer Money Movement report looking at consumer payment, banking and shopping preferences, showing digital adoption is on the rise. The company surveyed of 4,000 consumers across three continents, including 1,000 UK respondents, showed that 61% of consumers feel confident enough with contactless payments to leave their wallet at home and just take their phone – a figure that rises to over three quarters (77%) for UK Gen Z respondents (i.e. those aged 18-24).

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UK firms could save £1.3bn using instant payments - report

In a new report, Prime Time for Real Time, published by ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr) predicts that by 2026, £1.3bn could be made in cost savings for British businesses and consumers through real-time payments – helping to generate an additional £2.6bn in economic output, equivalent to 0.11% of formal GDP.

/crypto

NFT market returns to growth

After a somewhat successful year for the NFT market in 2021, sales began to dip in January and have been plummeting ever since.

/predictions

BIS paper on CBDCs in emerging market economies

In recent years, emerging market economy (EME) central banks have increasingly engaged in projects related to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

/payments

BNPL has Americans confused - survey

Findings from a new survey on consumer sentiments and understanding around Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) illustrates that while BNPL is growing in popularity among consumers with 31% of consumers having used the service, there are still several misconceptions and a prevalent lack of understanding around how BNPL companies operate, compete with traditional credit card companies, and serve consumers.

/payments

US Faster Payments Council releases latest barometer

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), in partnership with Glenbrook Partners, today released results from the 3rd annual Faster Payments Barometer.

/people

Tiku Patel joins Tesco Bank board

Tesco Bank has today unveiled its board's new independent non-executive director, Tiku Patel – CEO of private equity owned technology and analytics driven motor finance provider, Blue Motor Finance.

/payments

Canadians cautiously optimistic about financial outlook – but continue to tighten spending

Despite the economic turbulence from the pandemic, new data from Payments Canada indicates that Canadians feel that the worst may be behind them and are cautiously optimistic about their financial well-being.

/sustainable

Banks need to accelerate practical implementation to meet climate risk deadlines

Acin has today published a barometer charting the preparedness of the world’s leading banks and asset managers to meet upcoming challenges in managing climate change-related risks.

/payments

44% of Indonesians use digital payments platforms at least four times a week

Kadence International Indonesia has released the results of its latest research, Digital Payments and Financial Services Usage and Behavior in Indonesia. The report was based on an online survey of 1,000 respondents conducted during July 2021 in six major cities in Indonesia: Greater Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar, Medan, and Palembang.

/payments

More than half of Canadians experience payments friction

Consumer payment options and frictionless transactions are critical to drive business advantage in an era of digital payments — Canadians seek more payment choices, including to pay bills and taxes.

/markets

BIS: Quantifying the HFT 'arms race'

We use stock exchange message data to quantify the negative aspect of high-frequency trading, known as "latency arbitrage". This means arbitrage opportunities that are sufficiently mechanical and obvious that capturing them is primarily a contest in speed.

/wholesale

Mosaic and Limeglass drive digitisation of research and analytics for banks

Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the real-time capital markets data analytics company, and Limeglass, the financial research innovation company, have formed an alliance to enable banks to unlock the value buried deep within the research reports associated with the transactions their clients are involved in.

/crypto

CBDCs can makes cross-border payments more efficient - report

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have the potential to enhance the efficiency of cross-border payments, as long as countries work together.

/cloud

AI users outperforming peers says survey

Unit4, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for people-centric organizations, today announced the findings of Finance, AI and the future of decision making, Unit4’s global survey of finance professionals.

/retail

UK shoppers struggle to be understood by chatbots

Lucidworks, provider of the Connected Experience Cloud, shared results from a survey of 800 respondents about shopper behaviour and preferences in the U.K. and U.S.

/markets

DTCC paper calls for increased adoption of central clearing in US treasury market

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today released a new white paper that explores the risks created by U.S. Treasury market fragmentation.

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More than half of Brits still use cash every week

New research from Diebold Nixdorf has found that over 50% of the public are still using cash on a weekly basis, reinforcing the importance of access to cash as lockdown restrictions ease.

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