Digital Lifescapes

There are numerous factors driving the adoption of financial technology (fintech) market development. Particularly within emerging nations, technology vendors and service providers are looking at ways to provide services to individuals who previously have never used financial services -- they're often referred to as the un-banked population. Fintech platform revenues to support lending and financing are set to reach $10.5 billion globally by 2020, doubling the $5.2 billion expected this year, according to the latest worldwide market study by Juniper Research. The analyst has predicted that growth would be driven by a combination of factors including an acceleration in peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, crowdfunding becoming a viable alternative to traditional lending mechanisms, and the deployment of next generation analytics platforms. Fintech Market Development Opportunities The study findings uncovered that, in the absence of credit checking bureaus in emerging markets, a credi...

Are you ready for the next wave of technology innovations to create opportunities in the new year, or are you concerned about the potential for a digital disruption to upset your current business model? Who knows what the future will bring? Industry analysts, that's who. Juniper Research has shared a list of their predictions for the top technology trends in 2016. I'll also publish the highlights of other industry analyst predictions between now and the end of 2015. Stay tuned... 2016 – The Year Virtual Reality Gets Real Juniper has identified 2016 as the watershed year for virtual reality (VR) headsets, both in terms of product launches and user adoption. Oculus, Sony, and HTC are among the leading technology industry players expected to launch new VR products over the next 12 months. The recent attention to and investment into virtual reality is helping to revitalize the industry and with major brand commercial launches imminent, Juniper says there is huge upside po...