How COVID-19 will shape income protection in the short to long term Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the income protection market experienced relatively strong growth, with this trend set to continue this year. Here we look at the trends that ... Read More
[WATCH] COVID-19’s impact on US consumer spending The US is undoubtedly heading for a recession which will hit consumer spending. However, this is different from the financial crisis of 2008-09. Fiona O’Donnell, Mintel Director of ... Read More
COVID-19: Canadian industries respond with strength and stability As uncertainty and anxiety affect the Canadian populace, brands have reassured consumers that they would continue to serve them while taking the necessary precautions to keep them safe ... Read More
How Fintech can improve the financial lives of consumers The majority of Canadians believe that technology can change the financial industry for the better, according to an upcoming report on innovations in banking in Canada. In the ... Read More
Brexit, economic confidence and the steady erosion of the middle ground We've just published our Economic Outlook report. As always, there’s lots of interesting and surprising data in the report. The headline finding is that despite the political chaos ... Read More
Brexit: what’s next for consumer spending? When Mintel decided to run our Bitesize Briefing event on consumers’ reactions to Brexit on 23 May, we were still being told that we’d be leaving the EU ... Read More
Is Robinhood the next Bloomberg? Robinhood Markets made a significant strategic play in late March that positioned the company beyond the parameters of a typical fintech startup: It acquired daily e-newsletter company Market ... Read More
LendIt Fintech 2019 day two: Explainability, wellness and personalization At LendIt Fintech 2018, Upgrade announced a new personal credit line product, combining the best elements of both a personal loan and a credit card. Renaud Laplance, CEO ... Read More
LendIt Fintech 2019 day one: Machine learning and financial health LendIt Fintech 2019 is the world's largest conference dedicated to financial services. The day began with a keynote featuring two CEOs - Roger Hochschild of Discover and Douglas ... Read More
Are online banks a new threat to credit cards? The Federal Reserve recently announced that interest rates would once again remain flat. Despite no longer living in a rising rate environment, consumers are still in a higher-rate ... Read More
[watch] Why is Apple launching a new credit card and how can existing providers adapt? With Apple announcing the launch of a new consumer credit card our financial services analysts Irene Salazar and Douglas Kitchen discuss why the tech giant has made the ... Read More
BB&T and SunTrust announce technology-driven merger BB&T and SunTrust, the two largest regional banks in the South, have announced their intention to merge. The move represents by far the largest deal since the 'financial ... Read More
