While B2B technologies and embedded finance are two hot fintech trends, the intersection of the two will make things interesting in the coming months.
Citi has pledged to digitize every aspect of their business and so the company has started to text the idea...
A white paper from Juniper Research projects mobile wallet transactions to increase to $1.35 trillion globally in 2017, an annual increase of 32%; the data shows that the Far East and China are currently accounting for most of the market transactions with growth specifically from Alipay and WeChat; PayPal and Apple are also noted as leading market providers; in the European market the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) is also expected to be a factor supporting near-term growth in mobile wallet transactions. Source
Recent research by Juniper Research reports that fintech platform revenues are to reach $10.5 billion globally by 2020, up from $5.2 billion expected this year; factors contributing to the rise are: an acceleration in P2P lending, crowdfunding becoming a viable alternative to traditional lending mechanisms and the deployment of next generation analytics platforms. Source
According to a new report by Juniper Research the number of digital banking users could surpass 3.6 billion by 2024;...
In the "Top 10 Disruptive Technologies in Fintech" report, Juniper identifies the emerging technologies that are disrupting and influencing financial services in 2017; the top three include PSD2 and open APIs, regtech, and chatbots; at the top of the list, open APIs are a trend influencing financial services globally and Europe's PSD2 legislation is expected to help accelerate innovation. Source
Juniper Research has released a study titled, "Fintech Futures: Market Disruption, Leading Innovators & Emerging Opportunities 2016-2021"; study finds that fintech platform revenues generated from supporting the insurance industry will total approximately $175 billion in 2016; the analysis projects that these platform revenues will grow at an annual rate of 34% with revenue of $235 billion globally by 2021; Juniper Research says growth will be driven by machine learning, increased use of mobile apps and blockchain technology. Source