Business Profile

whitePaper | May 19, 2023

The big banks have not had an easy time of things recently. Already facing plenty of challenges from the likes of challenger banks, fintech, regulation and technologies like cryptocurrencies, the pandemic forced the pace of change to grow even faster.

whitePaper | October 10, 2022

Over the last decade, $5 trillion of market value has been created in financial services.¹ The sector’s gross profit pool has swelled to an amount larger than any other major group – larger than software, e-commerce, semis, and even healthcare. Since financial services are ingrained into nearly every aspect of our life and work, it is a natural target for disruption and innovation. Fintech has just experienced its very first venture-fueled innovation cycle with the percent of venture dollars rising from <5% of dollars deployed in 2011 to ~22% in 2021.² Hundreds of billions of dollars invested in the space has fueled a new wave of technology evolution around the world from omni-channel payment providers to B2B payments and fully re-bundled digital banks.

whitePaper | June 7, 2022

When the Bitcoin protocol came into existence in January 2009, it was introduced as a peer-to-peer version of cash that would eliminate the need for financial institutions and other trusted intermediaries. Many of the early adopters of Bitcoin and other cryptoassets that have come since have viewed these innovations as a means to disrupt the traditional banking system.

whitePaper | February 21, 2020

Does a “regular” bank that does not deal in complex instruments still need real-time risk management? To date, banks have generally accepted having risk analyses available one or two days after the fact. And for years, they have made ends meet with this delayed risk insight. So why invest in something new? Why rock the boat?

whitePaper | November 14, 2019

Municipal bond funds experienced strong flows in 2019, as tailwinds from the country’s new tax code (the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act “TCJA”) and low interest rates found investors flocking to the asset class for the tax benefit. Add in strong year-to-date performance, and investors may be asking if they missed the boat and if it’s too late to invest in municipal bonds. Yet, there are clear and distinct reasons why municipal bonds are still an attractive investment for investors today.

whitePaper | February 17, 2023

Managing a cross-border business brings with it a range of opportunities for growth, as well as some challenges! An informed approach to managing global payments and foreign currency exposure for one payment or thousands—will benefit your business, saving time, protecting your bottom line, and allowing you to take advantage of new opportunities. The foreign exchange market can feel, well, ‘foreign’. What moves markets? Why does one currency weaken and another rise? In the following pages, we’ll discuss some of the causes and effects of currency volatility, and strategies for staying on top of your foreign currency exposures and mitigating risk.