Sam Duncan

Practice Leader

Sam Duncan is a practice leader for HFS Research, based in Cambridge, UK. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a degree in economics. His interest in macroeconomics focuses on how the evolution of technology accelerated globalization. He also studied law, accounting, and investment management.

Since joining HFS, Sam has developed his understanding of blockchain and continues exploring the latest applications of the technology across various industries. He applies his economics background to keep up with the latest banking and financial services industry trends, with a particular interest in insurance. He is a regular contributor to the HFS Market Index, a quarterly report that breaks down the performance and key events of the leading service providers throughout the previous quarter.

When he's not keeping up with the latest market developments, Sam enjoys playing for his local rugby club and can often be found sampling the output of local breweries.

Content By Sam Duncan

Point of View

Bringing people together early is the key to success for distributed ledger technologies

We recently spoke with several industry veterans to understand the struggles enterprises face when moving their blockchain projects into production.

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Highlight Report

HFS Highlight: WNS could finally make its mark on the crowded BFS space with its FinTech strategy

We spoke with WNS and some of their growing roster of disruptive clients to find out more about the provider’s unique move into the FinTech market.

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Point of View

Banks must digitalize debt collection processes to survive the pandemic

While BFS as a whole may have been less impacted by the pandemic as other industries, some segments, such as collections, are much more exposed.

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Highlight Report

HFS Highlight: Celonis’ newly launched EMS solution brings it one step closer to being THE platform

Celonis’ Global Ecosystem Day saw the vendor announce its Execution Management System (EMS) and the acquisition of automation firm Integromat

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Market Analysis

Market Index Q2 2020

This update to the HFS Market Index gives an overview of the IT and business services market performance.

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Point of View

Pinpointing major areas of growth will be the key to provider’s survival in the pandemic economy.

Every industry is experiencing different challenges thanks to the pandemic, and service providers must develop a unique strategy to support them

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Highlight Report

HFS Highlight: Will the pandemic grind the Mphasis growth story to a halt? We don’t think so…

HFS recently attended Mphasis’ Virtual Analyst and Advisor Day to check how this dynamic mid-tier growth firm has been faring during this cruddy year.

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Hot Tech

HFS Hot Vendors Q3 2020

We present the HFS Hot Vendors Report for Q3 2020. The HFS Hot Vendors are an exclusive group of emerging players with a differentiated value proposition for

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