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Insights & Perspectives from the Cedar Consulting Team.

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID 19 BY SECTOR

April 17, 2020

COVID 19 has had an unprecedented humanitarian, social, economic impact across the globe. With regards to the economic impact, COVID 19 has had a drastic impact on global markets alike. This article aims to dissect the economic impact of COVID 19 on each sector by studying price trends among US sectoral indices, analyzing the supply chain and business impact and giving a broad reflection of sectoral outlook.
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CORONAVIRUS & THE FINANCIAL SECTOR: THE CO-RELATION, IMPACT & WAY FORWARD

March 14, 2020

Coronavirus or COVID 19 has triggered an economic collapse globally over the past few months and experts say that the worst is yet to come! This article attempts to dwell deeper into COVID 19’s impact on the financial sector, more specifically the impact on banks, banking technology companies and fintechs. The stock markets globally have gone into a freefall with major indices falling between 10-20% in the past couple of weeks, with all major countries entering a bear market (>20% decline from 52 week highs).
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U.S. BANKS AND THE COVID-19 CRISIS

March 14, 2020

Our financial sector is at the forefront of the COVID-19 impact on the global economy. The U.S. banking system is significantly stronger than the last crisis in 2007-2008. However, managing a range of operational risks that are critical in dealing with this crisis, including not losing sight of new cyber threats that may surface as a result. What are U.S. banks doing today?

CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON BANKS THE TOP TEN LIST FIXES

March 14, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is paralyzing world economies. To help combat the coronavirus pandemic that has jolted markets and banks, here are fixes and the suggestions for the best way forward out of this crisis. Of utmost importance is for banks to strengthen its banking technology & FinTech platform & offering, and use this opportunity to aggressively move many of their customers and transactions to digital and acquire new ones.

CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON BANKS – THE TOP TEN LIST

March 14, 2020
The black swan event of the Coronavirus is upon us. And it’s no surprise that the first industry to get affected that effects all economic and business activity is the financial services industry, especially banks.

TOP 10 FINTECH IDEAS FOR 2020

January 07, 2020
Investments in FinTech is on the rise and will continue into 2020. But how can Banks evolve from this FinTech disruption. Let’s take a closer look at the Top 10 FinTech To-Dos for 2020.

THE TOP 10 BUSINESS TO-DO LIST FOR 2020

January 01, 2020
As we enter into 2020 and also a new decade, it is time to reflect on the year gone by and look forward to a new one with new possibilities. We are witnessing an ever-evolving tech-driven world and there is a need for businesses to continually innovate and adapt to change. But how do we make an impact by reinventing and re-imagining our businesses?

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