Global Findex Gender Brief: Women and Financial Inclusion
Worldwide, 78 percent of men have an account, compared to 74 percent of women.
Global Reports & Market Data (2026)
442 documents
Distributed Ledger Technology Experiments in Payments and Settlements
Central banks in Brazil, Canada, the Euro Area/Japan, Singapore, South Africa, and Thailand have conducted large-value interbank payment DLT experiments.
Pulse of Fintech H2 2019
Global fintech investment across M&A, PE, and VC reached $135.7 billion across 2,693 deals in 2019.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2020
In 2019, almost CHF 2.3 billion was invested in 266 Swiss start-ups, representing an 85.5% increase compared with the previous year.
Development Report 2020
At the end of 2020, OeEB's total committed portfolio reached EUR 1.44 billion, comprising EUR 1.32 billion in lending projects and EUR 120 million in equity projects.
Institutional Arrangements for Fintech Regulation and Supervision
The IMF note examines the institutional frameworks for fintech regulation and supervision across 10 selected jurisdictions.
Euroscape 2020: Decacorn Unleashed
Venture capital investment in private cloud companies in Europe and Israel reached $9-9.5bn YTD 2020, up from $7-7.5bn in 2019 YTD.
State of Fintech: Investment & Sector Trends to Watch Q4 2019
In 2019, global VC-backed fintech funding reached $34.5B across 1,913 deals, a 15% year-over-year decline largely due to 2018 being inflated by Ant Financial's $14B round.
Regulation of Crypto Assets
In May 2019, major crypto exchange Binance suffered a cyberattack resulting in $41 million in Bitcoin being stolen.
The Rise of Digital Money
E-money and i-money represent new forms of digital money competing directly with traditional cash and bank deposits.
Insurtech 10: Trends for 2019
Market commentators estimate that the insurance industry will be fundamentally transformed in 3 or 4 years and in no longer than a decade.
Euroscape 2019: The Rise of Europe
Accel has invested $3.8bn across 225 SaaS companies globally.
The VC Factor: Data-driven Insights About VC-backed Start-ups in Europe
From 2007 to 2015, investors poured around €35 billion into early and later-stage start-ups located in the 28 EU countries.
Unpacking the InsurTech Landscape
Global insurance tech investment reached $2.56 billion in the first three quarters of 2018.
Global Healthcare Private Equity and Corporate M&A Report 2018
Total disclosed healthcare private equity deal value reached $42.6 billion in 2017 across 265 deals.
Asia Pacific Private Equity Report 2018
Asia-Pacific private equity deal value reached an all-time high of $159 billion in 2017, a 41% increase over 2016.
Global Private Equity Report 2018
Global buyout deal value, including add-ons, grew 19% to $440 billion in 2017, while deal count grew 2% to 3,077 deals.
Development Report 2017
OeEB reached a committed total portfolio of €1.08 billion at the end of 2017, with 90.5% invested in lending projects and 9.5% in equity projects.
Development Report 2016
OeEB directly (co-)financed projects provided 29,134 jobs, while reaching 38,720 microborrowers and 21,849 SMEs.
Pan-European Private Equity Performance Benchmarks Study 2013
The study analyzes net performance data for 1,455 European private equity funds from vintage years 1980 to 2013 representing €400bn of total commitments as of 31.12.2013.
Pan-European Private Equity Performance Benchmarks Study 2012
The study analyzed 1,416 European private equity funds formed between 1980 and 2012 representing €393 billion in capital under management.
The Globalization of Venture Capital
The study volume contains XV + 606 pages detailing global patterns of international venture capital firms.