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Dec 14, 2020

A Look Back At 2020, Our December Fintech, Data & Analytics Update

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Dear Clients and Friends: As we come to an end to one of the most tumultuous years most of us have seen in 40 years, we take a moment to reflect on what has become a tale of two cities. One of them – ours – is in remarkably good shape, given the state of the world. As you will see in our report, m&a values and volumes in the eleven segments of the FinTech, Data and Analytics world that we follow – and sometimes lead – is again strong: public markets are up, banks are lending, interest rates are low, and…

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Dec 12, 2020

What’s Next For InsurTech After Record Fundraising Quarter?

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Dear Clients and Friends, Marlin & Associates (M&A) is pleased to share our latest market update on the Insurance Technology (InsurTech) sector. If there is any silver lining to this global pandemic, it’s been the spur it has caused to apply digital technologies to solving common industry challenges such as underwriting and selling policies, processing claims, and making better use of data. As we know, digital transformation of the insurance industry is not new. Many of these efforts have long been “in the works”. What is new is the increased sense of urgency by industry executives to take advantage of the…

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Nov 12, 2020

Our Post-election FinTech, Data and Analytics M&A Update: A Slow Return To Predictability

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Dear Clients and Friends: Our report on m&a values and trends in the FinTech, Data and Analytics world is here. It’s all about the need for predictability. Investors are constantly trying to predict the future – and that has not been easy over the past nine months. Without predictability, many business executives, home buyers, venture capitalists and others are hesitant to buy, invest, hire or transact. There is too much risk. And when they do transact, it’s often at lower values. But things seem to be improving. Uncertainty around the future of a COVID-19 vaccine has been huge on everyone’s mind. It not…

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Oct 12, 2020

Payments – Are Cross Border Payments A Benefactor In The Pandemic Affected World?

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Dear Clients and Friends, Marlin & Associates (M&A) is pleased to share our latest reporton m&a values and trends in the Payments Technology sector. As you will see in the report, after a few slow months, m&a activity and values in this sector have come back strong – driven in part by (i) significant shifts to online spending during a never-ending pandemic that has accelerated trends across the B2B, B2C and P2P spaces that were already in place well before the coronavirus upended daily life; (ii) customer demand for ever more speed and transparency for these transactions; (iii) regulations that are driving…

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Oct 8, 2020

Why Is the State of our Union so Complicated? Our October Report on M&A in the FinTech, Data and Analytics Industry

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Dear Clients and Friends: As you will see in the report that follows, the state of m&a market among midsize companies in the financial technology, data and analytics world we serve is strong. It seems as if we always say that. It’s a bit like the President of the US telling assembled congressional leaders each year that “The State of Our Union is Strong” – no matter what is happening with wars, trade, inflation, poverty, unemployment, social unrest, etc. It’s usually true. The State of our Union and our industry often seems so diverse, resilient and strong that we can pass off most…

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