Fintech Investment and Innovation in African Financial Services: Trends and Drivers
The article was submitted on 29 July 2026, accepted on 15 November 2026, and published on 25 December 2026.
Venture capital Reports & Market Data (2026)
Key number
265 billion €
European infrastructure capital raised (2020 – H1 2025). SECA (Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association) p.57
Key number
€724 million
EIF social investment commitment in 2025. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) p.9
307 documents
FinTech Mergers and Acquisitions in India: Rethinking Competition and Regulatory Oversight in the Age of AI
Amazon executed a $200M acquisition of BNPL lender Axio in early 2025 to expand into Indian digital lending.
Does Academic Lineage Generate Excess Returns? Evidence from Deep-Tech Venture Capital
Mutual fund managers earn up to 7.8 percent a year more on firms whose board members share their educational networks.
Dynamics and Fragilities of the Moroccan Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: From Seeding to Sustainable Growth
Morocco's National Entrepreneurship Context Index (NECI) score declined from 4.3 to 3.9 during the 2024–2025 period.
Short and Long Shadows of Financial Investments
Financial markets operate across two temporal horizons: the speculative Short Future Shadow and the physical Long Shadow.
H1 2026 European Private Equity Activity
Preliminary fundraising figures for European PE/VC funds in H1 2026 reached €67.6bn, representing a 6% increase from the revised H1 2025 figure of €63.8bn.
Sustainability Investing in Family Offices: Evidence from Singapore
Family offices globally manage an estimated US$10 trillion in assets, with total sector numbers ranging from 8,000 to 17,000.
Limited Capital? Explaining Transatlantic Divergences in Artificial Intelligence Startup Financing
In the Post-period, AI accounts for around 60% of VC investment volume in the US, compared to roughly 31% in Europe.
Current Strategies for Financing Enterprise Development: An Innovative and Harmonious Approach
Asset tokenization serves as a digital financing mechanism converting real asset rights into blockchain-based tokens (page 2).
The Siege Curve: How Disruptive Technologies Are Really Adopted
Gartner forecast generative AI spending of $644 billion for 2025, even as OpenAI reported 800 million weekly ChatGPT users in October 2025.
Financial Investors and For-Profit Providers as New Players in Global Healthcare: The Politics and Practices of Health System Financialisation
An international workshop was organized in May 2025 to evaluate the impact of for-profit providers and financial investors in healthcare across national borders.
Beyond Kelsen and the Boi Gordo Case: The Pyramid of Responsive Regulation as a New Paradigm for Cryptoactives in the Brazilian Capital Markets
Formal legal subsumption fails to fully address decentralized finance, tokens, and autonomous organizations, requiring criteria based on agent behavior, risk, and proportional state response [p.1].
Mining Tech Startup Landscape 2026
Funding concentration is high, with five startups holding 44% ($2.8B) of total disclosed capital, while US startups hold 71% of the global total.
Registered Venture Capital Plans: Fixing Canada's Entrepreneurship and Scale-Up Crisis
Canada's business entry rates fell from 24.5% in the 1980s to roughly 13% pre-pandemic, with fewer than 1.5% of small businesses ever scaling into medium or large firms.
Electronic Money: Expected Changes in the Economy, Banking System, and Daily Life in Uzbekistan by 2030
At the beginning of 2026, the registry of electronic money systems of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan contained 12 registered systems.
From Emotional Impulse to Recurring Revenue: Consumer Psychology, Unit Economics, and VC Investment Evaluation of AI Companion Hardware for Gen Z
Generation Z (born 1995–2010) represents the primary target demographic for early-stage AI companion hardware startups.
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Performance in Saudi Fintech Firms: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation - A Path Analysis Approach
The study population comprises 96 fintech companies licensed in Saudi Arabia by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority.
Islamic Financial Technology and Startup Financing
Islamic crowdfunding currently accounts for only 3-5% of total FinTech funding in the Arab Gulf region.
Challenges and Opportunities of Capital Market Efficiency in the Digital Era
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No Trail, No Trust? Digital Record Auditability and Lender Decision-Use in SME Finance: A Focused Critical Review and Evidence Mapping
The critical review assesses evidence on digital record auditability in SME lending, analyzing 8 maximum-contrast analytical cases out of an assessment register of 220 study records.
Peculiarities of Startup Ecosystem Formation in Ukraine
The share of innovative products in Ukraine's total output does not exceed 2%, compared to 85% in the US, 75% in Japan, and 55% in Germany.
The Importance of Financial Support Mechanisms in the Development of Small Business and Private Entrepreneurship
Access to finance remains one of the main structural barriers to small business growth due to a lack of collateral, credit history, and stable cash flow.
The Trillion-Dollar Illusion?
OpenAI disclosed $122 billion in committed financing at an $852 billion post-money valuation in March 2026.
AI Investment and the UK Startup Ecosystem: Competing with Silicon Valley in the Age of Generative AI
UK AI venture financing registered a compounding annual growth rate exceeding 25% between 2016 and 2023.
How Environmental, Social, and Governance Mediates the Impact of FinTech Investments on Bank Performance in Gulf Countries
Worldwide investments in FinTech reached US $226.6 billion in 2021, driving digital financial innovation globally.
Profiting From Prediction
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Private Markets - Focus Infrastructure
SECA represents the Swiss private equity, venture capital, and corporate finance industries with a base of more than 550 members.
The Relationship between Venture Capital Dimensions and Innovation Performance among Start-Ups in the Eastern Cape
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Business Sentiment and FDI Dynamics in Brazil: An Econometric Assessment of Investor Confidence, 2000–2025
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Protecting Innovation in Startups: A Legal Decision-Making Matrix and Transaction Costs
The research analyzes intellectual asset protection strategies across 10 selected business operations using a three-criterion decision matrix.