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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Asia Pacific Buy Now Pay Later Business and Investment Opportunities Databook - 75+ KPIs on BNPL Market Size, End-Use Sectors, Market Share, Product Analysis, Business Model, Demographics - Q1 2025 Update" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The BNPL payment market in Asia Pacific is expected to grow by 14.5% on annual basis to reach US$211.7 billion in 2025. The BNPL market in the region experienced robust growth during 2021-2024, achieving...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market News Alerts Reports: DarioHealth Corp. (Nasdaq: DRIO)* emerges as a potential hidden gem in digital health as competitor Hinge Health prepares to go public at a multi-billion-dollar valuation, highlighting a dramatic valuation gap that savvy investors are beginning to notice. With Hinge Health filing for a potential April IPO at a valuation that according to recent reports could reach $3-6 billion despite recent market volatility, DarioHealth's comprehensive AI...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced today that the U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibition industry continues to rebound, recording strong improvement in the fourth quarter of 2024. Tempered performance for completed events – especially in exhibition attendance – set back the Q3 2024 Index value to 89.3 after strong performance in the first two quarters of the year.1 In Q4, the stronger performance of exhibitor participation and Real Revenues...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: RDFN) — Young Americans are losing their momentum when it comes to homeownership, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Just over one-quarter (26.1%) of Gen Zers owned their home in 2024, essentially flat from 2023 (26.3%) and 2022 (26.2%). Before that, the Gen Z homeownership rate had increased each year since Gen Zers started aging into potential homeownership in 2017 (except 2022, when it stayed fl...

ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, reports the following “first look” at February 2025 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived from its loan-level database representing the majority of the national mortgage market. Data as of Feb. 28, 2025 Total U.S. loan delinquency rate (loans 30 or more days past due, but not in foreclosure): 3.53% Month-over-month change: 1.45% Year-over-year change: 5....

NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In “A New Era of Globalization,” PGIM’s Megatrends research team dives into the concept of a dual-track globalization era....

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: RDFN) —The typical U.S. homebuyer’s monthly housing payment is $2,793, just a few dollars shy of the all-time high, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Housing payments are sky-high because sale prices keep rising and mortgage rates remain high. The median home-sale price rose 3.3% year over year during the four weeks ending March 16, and the weekly average mortgage rate is 6.65%, its lowest level s...

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Supplyframe Commodity IQ intelligence highlights a fundamental shift – from certainty to chaos – for the global electronics supply chain in Q1. Standard seasonal buying patterns have gone haywire as imposed tariffs, threats of tariffs, and retaliatory tariffs have spurred an unseasonal electronic component sourcing surge in Q1. Whereas excess inventories once dominated supply-chain dynamics, new supply constraint concerns have arisen, with component demand...

NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The tech sector remained the most shorted sector for the third consecutive month, with heavily shorted securities in February including Apple, IBM, Super Micro, SoFi, and Texas Instruments, according to Hazeltree's latest Shortside Crowdedness Report. Hazeltree, a leader in active treasury and intelligent operations technology for the alternative asset industry, also identified Kering SA and H&M as the most shorted large-cap stocks in EMEA, with Kering an...

TORONTO & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Real Brokerage Inc. (NASDAQ: REAX, “Real”), a technology platform reshaping real estate for agents, home buyers and sellers, today released results from its February 2025 Agent Survey. The findings indicate that housing inventory is rising in many markets, leading to longer listing times and increased price reductions as sellers adjust expectations. Meanwhile, Real’s Agent Optimism and Transaction Growth indexes moderated in February, though remain eleva...