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76% of Shopify revenue came from financial services last year.
Embedded finance is undefeated as the best way to drive for SaaS businesses if they solve adjacent customer problems
If you want to give yourself a solid kick, ask yourself - "What will it cost me if I *don't* act?"
People postpone endlessly because they don't think about or connect fully with the costs of inaction.
Think about what's down the road.
Act now.
๐ฎ So, as we embark on this new year, I predict it will be a combination of the familiar and the unexpected. My wish for all of you is a steady growth, predictable and highly manageable #year.
๐ฅ Here's to a #fantastic year ahead of us, filled with absolutely everything. Cheers!
๐ ย it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. Wages experienced a decline in growth, consumer credit debt balances reached record highs. However, the key takeaway here is to not buy into scaremongering #scenarios. Life, in any given year, is a mixture of positive & negative events.
Contrary to the much-advertised recession, we managed to avoid it. The highly anticipated doomsday scenario of inflation did not materialise, as it remained at #manageable levels ranging from 3-7% Looking ahead, discussions have begun about the descent of interest rates in 2024.
โ ย By the end of 2023, we witnessed the S&P 500 up by 24.23%, the Nasdaq up by 43.42%, and the Dow up by โonlyโ 13.70%. Travel numbers even exceeded pre-Covid levels, and unemployment reached lows not seen in the past 50 years.
The collapse of the SBV and its subsequent ripple effects seemed to cast a dark shadow over the year. However, as the year progressed, it became evident that 2023 was not the doomsday scenario that many had feared, especially in terms of the markets.