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The financial services industry is on the brink of disruption, as the use of technology poses a challenge to market players and their existing products and services and associated costs. Thus it is important to revisit one of the oldest industries and re-conceptualize how it will thrive in the future aligning itself to looming social and technologi...

This study looks at the changing landscape of the insurance industry in terms of emerging insurable markets, new business models, evolution in operations, and the value chain, as well as disruptors and opportunities to various lines of insurance. Readers of the study will come away with insight into new markets, technologies, and trends that they m...

Mexico’s demographic favorability through the next decade, its focus on education to fully capitalize the growing working and escalating digital accessibility, and its growing start-up business support mechanisms advocates the expanding Mexico’s culture of innovation. Though Mexico spend less than 1% of GDP in research and development compared to o...

The study covers the digital transformation initiatives of JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPMorgan) which has a legacy dating back to 1799. Since then, it has expanded aggressively with a number of mergers and acquisitions. JPMorgan provides both retail and corporate financial services to consumers, corporations, governments and institutions in more than 100...

Consumers' interest in connected devices has been one of the significant drivers of innovation in the sector. Over the years, as the cost of sensors declined, the number of IoT-enabled devices has increased steadily and they have become more affordable and viable. However, consumers continue to be wary about data privacy and sharing. The applicati...

The study covers the digital transformation initiatives of Citigroup Inc. which offers financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions across 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citigroup was founded in 1812 in New York and has since then expanded aggressively to offer numerous financial products to cater to t...

The growing use of digital payments in Asia-Pacific (APAC) paves the way for innovation and new use cases that address user pain points payment solutions, such as self-checkout, enhance customer experience while software point-of-sale (softPOS) accelerates the merchant onboarding process. The APAC market will become more aware of the benefits of ne...

Fintech companies are disrupting the traditional banking and financial services ecosystem by leveraging innovative technologies in order to provide value-added services. Paytech appears as the most exciting subsector of the Fintech industry. Indeed, most technology innovations are used to perform payment transactions in a disruptive way: faster, an...

Cross-border payments and remittance transaction, even if essential, appear as a commodity for most customers; as a result, the fee structure has to be lowered to not appear as a pain point during the transaction, especially for the digital channel. Moreover, the rapid growth of mobile penetration across the world can be attributed to the growth of...