Richard Laycock is Finder’s NYC-based senior content marketing manager & insights editor, spending the last decade data diving, writing and editing articles about all things personal finance. His musings can be found across the web including on NASDAQ, MoneyMag, Yahoo Finance and Travel Weekly. Richard studied Media at Macquarie University, including a semester abroad at The Missouri School of Journalism (MIZZOU).
Education
- Bachelor of Media, Macquarie University
- Diploma of International Communications, Sydney Institute of Business Technology
- Data Analytics, General Assembly
Educational organizations
- Macquarie University
- The Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri
- Sydney Institute of Business Technology
- General Assembly
Latest articles by Richard Laycock
20 articles written by this author
NFT gaming statistics
Finder's NFT Gaming Adoption Report looks into which countries are seeing the most game.
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How Canada will be investing in 2022
Finder's Retail Investor Sentiment Report polled 39,573 Internet users across 26 countries to see how they'll be investing their money in 2022.
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NFT statistics
The definitive ranking of the NFT adoption across 26 countries.
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Finder Cryptocurrency Adoption Index
Finder's Cryptocurrency Adoption Index measures the growth of cryptocurrencies across the world through a regular survey.
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Buy now, pay later (BNPL) stats
The Finder Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) report looks into the biggest regrets people have using BNPL services in 23 countries.
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Ethereum (ETH) price prediction 2024
A panel of industry specialists give us their predictions on the price of Ethereum to 2030.
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Bank of Canada interest rate forecast report
Finder BoC Report: Canada’s Largest Overnight Rate ReportKey findingsEvery panellist (100%) believes the Bank of Canada will hold the rate July 14Majority of economists (74%) believe the rate will hold for just 12 – 18 monthsMost economists (78%) believe there will be some political or economic risk to ending pandemic emergency support programsHousing forecasted to […]
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World stock market: How Canadian investors rank globally
Equity markets are an integral component of wealth building, but how many people actually put money into the stock market? To find out the overall adoption rate of equities and the use of online stock trading platforms, Finder surveyed more than 23,650 investors across 16 countries.The results of the Finder: World Stock Market Statistics survey […]
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Canadian mortgage statistics
Discover average mortgage sizes around Canada and much more with our comprehensive guide to mortgage statistics.
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Student loan regret
Furthering education shouldn't be a decision you regret, but 81% of Canadians who took out a student loan would rethink their decision. Those findings and more from Finder's student loan regret survey.
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