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Where do we go from here for BNPL?

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is the latest reincarnation of consumer borrowing and has quickly dominated the conscience of the consumer, the media, concerned regulators and incumbent mobile/electronic payment platforms and wallets. Here, I briefly trace the origins of consumer debt for context and then bring the narrative forward to a current review of the...

11 August 2022

Amazon Prime Day sees UK card transactions increase by 12%

Amazon held its annual Prime Day event on the 12/13th July this year. In an environment where online spending has continued to decline from the highs reached in 2020 and 2021 and the current cost-of- living crisis is biting hard, we were curious to know whether this squeeze on incomes might have dulled the consumer...

04 August 2022

Micro Data Grocery Analysis – The Day Aldi Came to Town

The current cost of living crisis has seen a significant shift in consumer spending patterns as household budgets have been increasingly squeezed. The Grocery sector traditionally acts as a reliable barometer for the wider economy, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that since April, there has been a noticeable shift in consumer spend towards Discounters – Aldi,...

18 July 2022

Anonymized Transaction Data is Essential for Global Economic Health

Fable Data was recognized by the Hedge Fund Industry as the *Best European Alternative Data Supplier 2021. Put simply we are experts at supplying and interpreting anonymized real time banking and credit card data. This strength enables us to have a finger on the pulse of the latest global economic and market insights. And why...

07 July 2022

Deutsche Bundesbank includes Fable Data in their Weekly Activity Index

Fable Data announces that the Bundesbank has included our real-time anonymized transaction data in their Weekly Activity Index. For more details about their Wöchentlicher Aktivitätsindex, click here. Fable Data was the first to bring this powerful form of data to the European market, and is delighted to be able to support the work of the...

14 May 2022