Tag: COVID-19

Covid was the ‘earthquake,’ but investors now need to prepare themselves for the growing ‘aftershocks’, warns the founder and CEO of one of the...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is due to end on Thursday September 30 By Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown ‘’With long...

Investor confidence takes a knock despite ‘Freedom Day’ as infection rates soar. Investor confidence in the UK falls by 5% in July. Investor confidence...

The Mastercard Foundation (www.MastercardFdn.org) has announced that it will deploy $1.3 billion over the next three years in partnership with the Africa Centres for...

International remittances collapsed by 7% last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of the remittance crisis disproportionately affects developing countries which rely...

After a year marred by a pandemic and Brexit negotiations, the future seems uncertain for FinTech in the UK in 2021.  By William Hosie, graduate...

With the outbreak of a novel virus, the year 2020 marked itself in history as one of humankind's most challenging times. COVID-19, one of...

Data presented by Buy Shares indicates that 14 selected major global banks cumulatively lost $635.33 billion in market capitalization. The loss was majorly induced...

Returns from venture funds globally reached a record high despite the unfolding Covid-19 crisis eFront has published its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report, showing...

The rumors of the second COVID-19 wave have been circling the market. With a significant number of vendors still battling the consequences of the...

Fintech startups raised $ 8.8 billion in the first half of 2020, which compared to last year's figures, represents a 20% year-on-year drop, according...

The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a new threat to the world. As it has affected almost every continent of the world, most countries...

We are all facing the most challenging time of the decade. The fear of an unprecedented global epidemic poses a significant threat to humanity....

How the current crisis is becoming a game changer and how the future can be secured with new digital strategies Lockdown, remote, the "new normal"...

· 64% of UK adults have been reliant on technology to manage their finances since March, up from the 42% before the lockdown · Checking...

Data gathered by Buy Shares indicates that fintech leaders raised a total of $3.81 billion in the second quarter of this year. The significant...

It has been quite difficult, to say the least, for both employees as well as employers who have been forced to work from home,...

State Street Corporation has found that insurers appetite for alternatives increases while they look to increase focus on active management State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT)...

Over the past few months COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a massive crisis in the global economy. We’ve seen continual upheavals in economic activity and...

Premier League clubs’ combined revenues passed £5 billion for the first time in the 2018/19 season, a year-on-year increase of 7%, according to the 29th...

· Pandemic greatly amplified existing vulnerabilities of the financial sector, corporates and sovereigns · Policy responses to pandemic essential to preserve financial stability · Euro area...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create uncertainty, many fintech companies (“fintech’s”) are under stress on a number of fronts. At the same time,...

Many of the financial business implications of COVID-19 will be felt in the IT department, according to Gartner, Inc. CIOs should take eight actions...

Crises raise endless challenges, but there are also opportunities. Companies need to find a way to move forward in an agile manner, able to...

Will the crisis result in the rise or demise of the 4th Industrial Revolution? By Hirander Misra, CEO of GMEX Group and Asad Sultan, CEO...