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Roundhill Investments is unveiling the Roundhill Digital Payments ETF: PAYY, which plans to invest in companies that are a part of the digital-transaction ecosystem. Per a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, PAYY will be a passively managed fund that intends to track the Roun...

We’ve seen economic data in recent months moderate after record growth in the first half of 2021. In financials, the rise of many fintech companies and the growth of digital payments has really disrupted the traditional banking industry, creating new options for consumers. ...

The assessment starts with macroeconomic factors, but also considers evolving customer behavior as well as synergies derived by a higher degree of convergence between finance and technology. These all point to anemic growth in 2021 and accelerating into 2022, but not at the same rate ...

Tech startups are establishing new records almost constantly, in terms of both the total number of startups taking place as well as the quantity of money supporting the new firms. The force creating this startup explosion is Federal Reserve actions, as the Fed's largess has provided n...

valentinrussanov/E+ via Getty Images Credit card networks and payment technology stocks provide some relief from the sea of red in financial stocks today. With consumer spending expected to remain strong, payment-processing stocks stand to benefit. Recall that consumers in June expect mean ho...

The economic principle of replacing existing business processes and models with innovative and more efficient ones is nothing new. According to PYMNTS research, 86 percent of consumers have gone online or used a mobile app to pay bills at least once in the last 12 months, and 70 perce...

The US recovery is gaining momentum as the country reopens parts of its economy — boosted by government stimulus and vaccine rollouts. The impact of the global pandemic opened up new opportunities for equity investors. While growth stocks outperformed over much of the last ...

We find financial services to be such a compelling opportunity set for us as active investors. To truly understand the public investment opportunity set in financials, you must closely monitor private investment trends. Even if China’s closed-loop payments systems can be ex...

In the year of the pandemic, consumers are pulling out their digital wallets more often than they are physical wallets when they pay in store, according to a FIS study.For the first time, payments using mobile digital wallets overtook cash payments on in-store purchases on a global basis last...

The U.S. economy is set for a vaccine-fueled recovery in H2 2021, and if more fiscal support from Congress is available to bridge H1 pandemic weakness, financial stocks are well-poised for outperformance, write KBW analysts Frederick Cannon and Brian Kleinhanzl in a note to clients.However, i...