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Finance Industry Reports

Sourced research on the Finance fields our courses prepare you for, from the work itself to the standards and skills behind it.

Micro-Degree Financial services and professional finance

Credit Analysis and Small Business Finance: United States Industry Report

This report covers small business credit in the United States. Credit analysis here means judging whether a small firm can repay, what collateral and guarantees support...

  • United States (national)
  • Latest available data
  • 12 min read
Micro-Degree Finance: financial services and professional finance (international tax and tran...

International Tax and Transfer Pricing: Market Structure, Rules and Provider Landscape

This report covers transfer pricing and international tax services for multinational groups, with a global scope and jurisdiction examples from Australia, the United...

  • Global, with jurisdiction-specific examples from Australia, the United States and Japan; no EU-specific source is in the evidence base
  • Latest available data
  • 10 min read
Micro-Degree Financial services: payments and transaction processing

Digital Payment Systems: Market Structure, Volumes, Competition and Risk

Digital payment systems move money through card networks, account-based fast payment rails, batch clearing networks such as the ACH Network, and digital wallets and...

  • Global, with India (UPI) and United States (ACH Network) as national examples; figures are as published by each source
  • Latest available data
  • 10 min read
Micro-Degree Financial services: non-life property and casualty insurance, underwriting, clai...

Insurance Underwriting, Claims and Reinsurance: Global Industry Report

Non-life property and casualty underwriting remained profitable in the latest available data, with premiums growing faster than claims across OECD reporting...

  • Global, with OECD reporting-jurisdiction averages and named global reinsurers where the source gives them
  • Latest available data
  • 11 min read
Micro-Degree Financial services: retail and commercial banking

Retail and Commercial Banking Operations: Market Structure, Economics and Risk

Retail and commercial banking combines deposit taking, consumer and business lending, payments, cards and digital service, supported by back-office operations such as...

  • Global framework, with euro area, UK and United States examples
  • Latest available data
  • 11 min read
Micro-Degree Financial services: private wealth management and estate planning

Private Wealth and Estate Planning: Industry Report

Private wealth and estate planning sits within a large, concentrated asset and wealth management market. Global assets under management reached 147 US$ trillion, and...

  • Global, with United States estate tax and fiduciary rules and United Kingdom supervisory data where noted
  • Latest available data
  • 10 min read
Micro-Degree Financial services: asset management

Asset Management Strategies: Market Structure, Economics and Regulation

Global asset management is a large, fee-based industry whose recent revenue growth has come mainly from rising markets rather than from managers themselves. Industry...

  • Global for market figures; United States for SEC regulatory references
  • Latest available data
  • 10 min read
Micro-Degree Finance: tax compliance, tax administration and related professional services

Personal and Corporate Tax Compliance in the United States: Market Structure, Evidence and Outlook

This report covers personal and corporate tax compliance in the United States, with OECD comparative data as a secondary reference. The latest available IRS projections...

  • United States at federal level, with OECD comparative data across 58 advanced and emerging economies as a secondary reference
  • Latest available data
  • 9 min read
Micro-Degree Finance: insurance (life and health)

Life and Health Insurance Operations: Global Industry Report

This report examines life and health insurance operations with a global scope and regional detail for Europe, the United States and China, using the latest available...

  • Global, with regional detail for Europe, the United States and China
  • Latest available data
  • 10 min read
Micro-Degree Financial services: regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering (AML)

Regulatory Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering: Enforcement, Standards and Operating Pressure in Financial Services

This report examines regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) programs in financial services. Global standards come from the Financial Action Task Force...

  • Global (FATF standards); United States federal enforcement (FinCEN, SEC, FINRA) as the main national example
  • Latest available data
  • 10 min read
Micro-Degree Financial services: structured finance and securitization

Structured Finance and Capital Raising: Industry Report

Structured finance uses securitization and related instruments to transfer cash flows or credit risk from pools of assets, and it remains a significant funding channel...

  • Global, with US and European securitization as the primary quantified markets
  • Latest available data
  • 9 min read

Updated Oct 2026

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