All articles by Alexander Love

Alexander Love

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Technology in financial services: where’s the return?

Financial institutions have spent heavily on emerging technology, without always thinking too hard of when or how the payback will arrive. For investors, M&A dealmakers and corporate strategists, the task is to establish which projects can generate revenue or reduce operating costs, where spending is essential to contain risk and which technologies warrant an early investment despite a distant prospect of returns.

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Financials M&A: mega-deals dominate

Financial services M&A activity rose in 2025: worldwide aggregate deal value jumped 38% year-on-year while the number of announced deals was 6% higher. Mega-deals did most of the work. The focus of growth was Europe and Asia-Pacific, while North America lagged. And in a survey conducted early this year, established insurers named insurtech startups as their principal competitive threat.

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The technologies optimizing value in insurance

Insurance companies are using data management technologies to unlock multiple benefits across internal and external processes alike. We look at how insurers are delivering value by overcoming challenges and enhancing efficiencies.

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Why an effective working capital strategy is vital in the energy industry

We explore the advantages of an enterprise working capital management strategy for the energy sector, the current market trends, and how confidence is growing.

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How lenders can overcome the challenge of writing unprofitable loans

Unprofitable loans are a persistent challenge for finance providers in an economic environment characterized by frequent interest rate fluctuations, rising inflation, and decreasing consumer affordability. However, technological solutions are now helping to resolve this issue, matching loans with greater precision to the appropriate consumers, and improving loan acceptance rates while balancing out risk, volume, and profitability for the lenders.