Trends & Signals
By: Matt Ehlers
Explore the latest insights, thought leadership, and research from FCAT®
Research into Reality: Accelerating the First Spatial Trading Application
June 9, 2026
Learn how FCAT’s Emerging Technology team turned spatial computing research into reality and how these new technologies could help shape the future of financial services.
Ask an FCAT Researcher: David Bracken on Synthetic Data
November 19, 2024
Generative AI models have been trained by enormous amounts of data scraped off the internet, but as new data becomes scarce, companies are increasingly experimenting with synthetic options.
Ask an FCAT Researcher: Jeff Cain on Dynamic Paychecks
October 14, 2024
Direct deposit, it seems, is on the verge of an extreme makeover.
Ask an FCAT Researcher: Anjali Lai on the New Gender Gaps
September 12, 2024
“…Men and women may be separating financial accounts in new ways because they have different goals in life and different ideas about how to fund their ambitions.”
Ask an FCAT Researcher: Vanessa Kargenian on Using Blockchain to Manage Fraud and Illicit Finance
July 23, 2024
Vanessa Kargenian leads FCAT Research’s efforts around blockchain and crypto. Lately she has been digging into the world of enterprise blockchain adoption, and how blockchains can help mitigate illicit finance and fraud activity.
Ask an FCAT Researcher: Deanna Laufer on Shrinking Families
June 18, 2024
Deanna Laufer leads FCAT’s research efforts around what we call the “Next America” — focusing on how we work, play, raise families, and experience aging — and the ways in which these trends are constantly evolving.
Ask an FCAT Researcher: Anjali Lai on the Digital Afterlife
May 10, 2024
FCAT researchers work to frame the future, documenting trends and taking inventory of the technologies expected to shape the next five years. Recently, researcher Anjali Lai has been delving into the issues around the massive amounts of data we...
A New Era of Associate Engagement: Building a Fortnite Experience
March 19, 2024
At first glance, it might not seem like Fortnite would have a place within Fidelity. After all, the act of saving for retirement is not embedded within the wildly successful video game that in some months has attracted more than 100 million users.
Meet the Hosts: Jack Neureuter
January 17, 2024
A conversation with Jack Neureuter, a research associate with Avon Ventures, the venture fund affiliated with FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments.
Meet the Hosts: Ryan Stuebe
August 3, 2023
A conversation with Ryan Stuebe, Director of Bitcoin Mining within the FCAT Blockchain Incubator.