The total value of contactless payments made with UK Barclays cards surged nearly 50% YoY thanks to regulatory changes and broader acceptance.
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| Feb 22, 2023
Denied credit due to low credit scores, many UK consumers are turning to more expensive options to weather the cost of living crisis.
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| Nov 9, 2022
TikTok commands attention in the UK market: Though it doesn’t make the top 10 among mobile apps in terms of consumer reach, the app leads in time spent per user.
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| Sep 8, 2022
Visa and Mastercard blamed fraud and intensifying competition for higher post-Brexit cross-border fees in responses to the UK Parliament.
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| Aug 26, 2022
It released draft legislation to provide more safeguards for UK consumers, many of whom are under financial strain.
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| Feb 15, 2023
Investment soared sevenfold in 2021 for UK-based fintechs—here’s why we expect that trend to carry through 2022.
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| Feb 8, 2022
The TikTok train continues to gather steam, with growing user numbers, engagement rates, and ad revenues. But UK marketers have a lot to consider when marketing on TikTok—where catching the eye of users is an entirely different proposition than it is on other social platforms.
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| Aug 1, 2022
This year, TikTok users in the UK will grow by 12.6% for a total of 17.5 million. TikTok, which overtook Twitter users last year, will surpass Snapchat users by year-end and continue its upward climb.
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| May 4, 2022
Amazon pauses its UK grocery store expansion: Disappointing sales and stiff economic headwinds at its 19 Amazon Fresh locations drove the retail giant to halt its plans to open hundreds more sites.
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| Aug 22, 2022
As the cost-of-living crisis continues, the British Retail Consortium has warned there may be “more gloom than glitter” this Christmas. With families preoccupied with making ends meet, what can retailers expect from the festive trading period? This Analyst Take will explore how shopping habits might change, what will happen to total spend this holiday season, and how retailers can maintain loyalty and attract new customers amid inflation.
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| Dec 5, 2022
The initiative, launched by Zopa Bank and ClearScore, aims to help UK consumers make better financial choices.
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| Sep 22, 2022
The Payment Systems Regulator is concerned that rising fees are harmful to merchants.
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| Apr 4, 2022
British firms are capitalizing on consumers and small businesses seeking out more flexible and interest-free payments.
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| Nov 4, 2022
Inflation is taking a toll on UK households: The rising cost of living has shoppers cutting back and trading down as some workers strike for wage increases.
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| Jun 24, 2022
We tease the most in-demand emerging mobile banking features neobanks can offer to can offer to monetize users from our UK Neobank Emerging Features Benchmark 2021 report.
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| Oct 27, 2021
The smashed record shows that investors have fully recovered their confidence in the sector and aren’t ready to shut off the tap.
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| Jan 10, 2022
TikTok is Gen Z’s No. 2 social commerce destination and is almost as popular as Facebook among millennial social buyers, per Klarna.
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| Dec 5, 2022
While overall social network user numbers are rising slowly in the UK, there’s much greater movement in terms of the platforms being used.
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| Feb 14, 2023
Consumers may not believe the Bank of England’s bold claim, and the regulator has warned several banks to make improvements.
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| Jun 14, 2022
The number of digital video viewers in the UK continues to grow. This year, almost three-quarters (74.9%) of the population, totaling 50.6 million, will watch digital video.
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| Mar 31, 2022
More than three-quarters of consumers in the country are ditching physical wallets for mobile payments.
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| May 31, 2022
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| Apr 27, 2022
Freetrade will push ahead with plans to launch in new markets after hitting £1B ($1.28B) in assets under administration. But other retail brokerages have had the same idea.
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| Nov 5, 2021
Embedded finance fintechs and those with disruptive potential are still attracting investment despite the funding decline.
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| Feb 1, 2023
As UK inflation continues to surge unabated, shopping habits are in flux. Consumers are cutting back on discretionary spending, as well as switching to private labels, and shopping around more to find better deals. Our previous Analyst Take discussed how retailers should react to these trends. This follow-up will consider how different categories are being affected and share our take on retailers that are well positioned to weather the inflationary storm.
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| Sep 4, 2022