Sampath Sharma Nariyanuri, CFA, is a financial technology research analyst supporting 451 Research, a technology research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence.Full Bio
Sampath Sharma Nariyanuri, CFA, is a financial technology research analyst supporting 451 Research, a technology research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. He is responsible for producing proprietary analyses of digital payments and digital banking sectors in Asia-Pacific. Additionally, he tracks global real-time payments and fintech funding trends.
Sampath publishes in-depth market reports and articles, which estimate the market opportunities, evaluate the emerging business models and assess the implications of the digital transformation of financial services for industry stakeholders.
Prior to the fintech analyst role, Sampath worked as a news editor at SNL Financial/S&P Global Market Intelligence for more than seven years, covering banks, fintechs, insurance companies and asset managers. His previous experience includes working as a senior reporter at Outlook Profit and as a market data specialist at Reuters.
Sampath has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times of London and The Times of India, among other media publications. He is a CFA® charterholder and holds a post-graduation diploma in online media from the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai, India.Minimize
Fintech funding falls 42% to $35B in 2023, but downturn may be nearing end
Introduction Venture capital flows into financial technology companies fell for the second year, dropping 42% year over year to $35.45 billion in 2023, according to our analysis of S&P Global Market Intelligence data. Funding deal volumes dropped 35% to 2,124 as venture capitalists retreated from deploying capital amid a tightened funding environment. In 2022, fintech funding c...
Fintech funding hits new low in Q3 2023, but late-stage investing resilient
Venture capital flows into financial technology companies plunged globally by 36% year over year to $6 billion in the third quarter of 2023, according to our analysis of S&P Global Market Intelligence data. Funding deal volumes dropped 39% to 484 transactions. However, in what could be an encouraging sign for the industry, mature startups, which were hit the hardest in the prev...
Global fintech funding nearly halves to $23B in H1 2023
Introduction Venture capital funding of fintech startups has plunged globally by 49% year over year to $23 billion in the first half of 2023 amid an economic downturn, according to our analysis of S&P Global Market Intelligence data. However, it is worth noting that the slide in aggregate funding value started during the second half of 2022. Compared with H2 2022, fintech fundi...
