Cryptocompare publishes research report ”Crypto Asset Taxonomy”

CryptoCompare, the global cryptocurrency market data provider published the ‘Cryptoasset Taxonomy Report’ on 16 October.  The report provides retail and institutional investors, regulators and the industry as a whole with an independent classification of cryptoassets, based on the depth, breadth and scope of CryptoCompare’s global datasets.

CryptoCompare indicates that more than 1,000 different cryptoassets have emerged in the last year alone. Each of these cryptoassets can be categorised and understood using numerous frameworks. CryptoCompare state that there is a clear requirement for a unified approach on how to categorise these assets, to make well-informed investment decisions.

Spark Labs Global Ventures published a research report titled "Fintech Industry Report 2016"

Spark Labs Global Ventures published a research report titled "Fintech Industry Report 2016 in May 2016.

Spark Labs propose that 3 Factors drive the emergence and growth of FinTech. 

There are three main factors from a consumer perspectives that led to the emergence of Fintech innovation and startups.

Deloitte's short research paper "Cleared for Takeoff - Five megatrends that will change financial services"

Deloitte has published  a short research paper titled "Cleared for Takeoff - Five megatrends that will change financial services".   This research report follows on from work that Deloitte did with the World Economic Forum (WEF)  over approx 18 months to conduct a large study about the future of financial services. The purpose of the WEF project  was to understand how disruptive innovations were reshaping the business of financial services as it exists today.

This report  looked at how clusters of innovation are affecting business in five areas of financial services: primary accounts, payments, capital markets, investment management and insurance.

ECN Review of Crowdfunding Regulation 2014

The second edition of ECN Review of Crowdfunding Regulation 2014 was published in December 2014 by the European Crowdfunding Network. The Report covers the legal frameworks in 30 countries across Europe, the USA, Canada and Israel.
Details of how crowdfunding of all types is treated under national regulation across Europe and beyond can be found in the publication.

A PDF copy of the report can be downloaded here.

The report indicates that we are still far from a single European market for crowdfunding, and could even be further from it a single than last year due to what can only be described as uncoordinated regulatory actions on national levels. ECN believe that they are able to work with its network members and stakeholders to establish guidelines for best practices, but confirms that we need to be realistic about the effect of such guidelines in a highly fragmented European market.

Fintech Investment Boom is an Opportunity for New York to Lead in Technology, According to Report by Accenture, Partnership Fund for New York City

A recent report, titled “The Rise of Fintech; New York’s opportunity for tech leadership,” was released for the FinTech Innovation Lab’s fourth annual “Demo Day” event in New York.  The report was made by Accenture in  partnership with the Partnership Fund for New York City.

The report  says that deals and investments in New York’s Fintech venture sector have been growing at twice the rate of Silicon Valley since 2008 and further the trend is accelerating innovation among New York’s global financial institutions.

Global fintech investment tripled between 2008 and 2013 from $928 million to $2.97 billion and is expected to double again to between $6 billion and $8 billion by 2018. The first quarter of 2014 was the most active on record, with $1.7 billion invested globally. Silicon Valley is still by far the world’s biggest recipient of fintech investment, but it is facing growing competition from New York. Banks, capital markets firms and insurers are increasingly aware of the benefit of having a fintech cluster close to home.

A Research Report on Crowdfunding regulation in Europe issued by European Crowdfunding Network

The European Crowdfunding Network’s report is titled “Review of Crowdfunding Regulation - Interpretations of existing regulation concerning crowdfunding in Europe, North America and Israel”

The report provides in depth cover of the current regulatory approaches to crowdfunding in 29 countries, considering the varying applications of the single market legislation to Crowdfunders across Europe both now and in the foreseeable future. The report also reviews Crowdfunding regulation in North America and Israel.

On 3 October 2013 the European Commission started a public consultation asking for opinions on a (possible) harmonised regulation of Crowdfunding until 31 December 2013.