Review of 2019 Credit Trends

January 9, 2020

The United States played a starring role as the rest of the world watched the President become the third leader in history to be impeached by the House in December. Our chief protagonist kept investors guessing by prolonging the ongoing US-China trade wars while simultaneously applying a slew of tariffs across Europe, South America, and elsewhere in Asia.

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Best Practices in Social Listening FINANCIAL SERVICES AND INSURANCE

whitePaper | December 23, 2019

Whether you’re obtaining new clients or recruiting talent, the Financial Services space is incredibly competitive. In order to meet the collaborative and transparent demands of clients, firms must work to develop an involved community that’s loyal to them. With that goal in mind, customer satisfaction and relationship development are imperative, and—as clients seek out advisors and agents that are thought leaders and specialists, and Financial Services firms strive to become exactly that—personal branding is more important than ever. In fact, branding must become a focus of all client-facing employees.

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CREATING A DATA PRIVACY ARCHITECTURE

whitePaper | August 14, 2020

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) fundamentally change the way an organization needs to store its data. These and other regulations tend to have several common elements. First, there is a requirement to protect all data, both from disasters and from cyber-attack. Second, there is a need to organize data in such a way that the organization can meet requirements to retain data for a specific time.

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Security Essentials for FinTech Apps

whitePaper | November 29, 2022

Based on our experience of building financial and banking products, we can state that there are corners FinTech companies should never cut. The past shows that core security features and software compliance should be an integral part of any MVP coming to the market. Therefore, you either put it in the MVP backlog from the very beginning or use a prebuilt software that already comes with the core security components.

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How to transform banking with Personetics’ revolutionary app

whitePaper | July 5, 2022

What customers expect from their banks is changing. Trends which were developing slowly have accelerated since the onset of the pandemic. A new generation of financial services has emerged as a result, and traditional banking models are struggling to keep pace.

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The rise of open banking consumer report

whitePaper | June 27, 2022

Seldom is a whole landscape changed by a singular innovation, but when it happens, it’s undeniable. Online retail, smartphones and cloud computing have all profoundly impacted the way our society operates, both in our business and personal lives.

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Decentralized Finance (DeFi): Foundations, Applications, Potentials, and Challenges

whitePaper | July 15, 2022

Since the inception of Bitcoin in 2008, financial markets have seen a sharp increase in market capitalization for various blockchain-based assets in recent years. Yet, Bitcoin still represents the most popular cryptocurrency, with a market capitalization amounting to approximately USD 370 billion as of mid 2022. The recent phenomenon of blockchain-based applications such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the emergence of decentralized finance (DeFi) have also contributed to the mushrooming of digital assets. In particular, DeFi has experienced tremendous momentum, with cryptocurrency investments locked to the Ethereum blockchain exceeding USD 100 billion by the end of 2021. DeFi has witnessed a rapid increase in market value in 2021, accompanied by a growing user base and the emergence of new, innovative use cases. Against this backdrop, we believe that exploring and developing a comprehensive understanding of DeFi marks a worthwhile endeavor.

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Sprott

Sprott is a global asset manager providing investors with access to highly-differentiated precious metals and real assets investment strategies. We are specialists. Our in-depth knowledge, experience and relationships separate us from the generalists. Sprott’s best-in-class investment products include innovative physical bullion trusts, mining ETFs, and private equity and debt strategies. We also partner with natural resource companies to meet their capital needs through our merchant banking and resource lending activities. Sprott is based in Toronto and has offices in Connecticut, Carlsbad and Vancouver. Our common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TSX: SII.

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