The increasing prioritisation of health and wellness provides a durable long-term structural tailwind for the estimated US$120 billion global health and fitness industry. We unpack the opportunities for Virgin Active as it looks set to benefit from its premium positioning, improving member engagement and disciplined growth strategy.

Behind a morning coffee purchase sits a vast, interconnected network of requests and approvals moving between customers, merchants and banks. Like passengers navigating a busy airport, payments travel across shared infrastructure networks and pass through multiple checkpoints before arriving safely at their destination. Fiserv provides the software and processing infrastructure that helps move payments across several critical touchpoints in the financial system.

Disney’s theme parks, products and streaming platforms may be its most visible businesses, but they all earn from the same source: its content. By owning some of the world’s most valuable stories and characters, Disney can continue generating revenue from the same content through films, sequels, spin-offs, streaming, parks and merchandise for decades to come.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, only one in five adults have access to a conventional bank account, leaving much of the population outside the formal financial system. This creates a major challenge when short-term credit is needed. Optasia addresses this gap by providing the technology that assesses the creditworthiness of unbanked borrowers and connects them with telecom operators and lenders for credit.