The Spot card’s vast acceptance network could make Citi a formidable player in the BNPL space and threaten business for incumbent players like Afterpay and Klarna.
Amazon trashes wasteful measures in UK: The company's announcement comes just six weeks after public outcry about how it was destroying millions of unsold items per year at a single warehouse.
Every state in the lower 48 now has a Chase branch: The banking giant can boast of a physical presence in all 48 contiguous states. It’s expanded into 10 states this year alone—this push is a contrarian bet, as other banks have been cutting branches.
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Meanwhile, the separate phased migration of legacy BB&T and SunTrust accounts to Truist’s combined digital platform will help limit the bleeding, should major glitches happen.
Digital health apps are a dime a dozen: There are more digital health apps on the market than ever before, per IQVIA. We unpack how digital health app devscan make sure their apps don’t get washed away in the sea of 350,000+ available to consumers.
On today's episode, we discuss Spotify's Q2 performance, what to make of its ad revenue growth, and how its podcast investments are getting on. We then talk about where Amazon wants to take Alexa, social audio's monetization issue, and the significance of the NBA and iHeartMedia podcast partnership. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer senior forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Peter Vahle.
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Facebook pursues privacy patina: Homomorphic encryption would potentially allow Facebook to target ads based on encrypted data without decrypting it. Though Facebook hopes this could help expand encryption while preserving privacy, it does nothing to address concerns over Facebook’s access to intimate personal data.
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