JPMorgan gives in: ‘Yes, you can have your crypto funds’: In a first from a big US bank, JPMorgan is offering some of its retail clients a choice of five funds. This could help the banking giant dissuade customers from moving funds to fintechs—and spur other incumbents to make similar rollouts.
TikTok's power: The platform released numbers from commissioned research showing its influence over music and the impact brands can have when they use it right.
Retail space owners look for other sources of income: Real estate firms in NYC are turning to physical ads to supplement income in their still-empty storefronts.
Fifth Third puts Midwestern branches on chopping block: The US bank plans to shutter 42 branches and use the savings to fund tech improvements. Its actions are in keeping with moves across the sector.
Spending on travel and entertainment and goods and services saw strong growth driven by Amex’s rewards revamp—and the issuer can keep riding this wave by gearing rewards and solutions to younger consumers.
Revolut throws a bone to free-tier users: The UK neobank will now pay interest on its Standard customers’ deposits. The new terms will keep Revolut competitive with fellow neobanks and incumbents in its home market.
We spoke with Paul Nasse, managing director for Northern Europe at Integral Ad Science, about the changing digital media landscape and how advertisers can best navigate the rocky road of brand risk.
The pandemic supercharged ecommerce sales in the US, accelerating the digital market about two years into the future in terms of its penetration of total retail sales.
Anthem, Humana JV could be a golden distro channel for DTx makers: The payers are developing a cloud-based pharmacy benefits management platform,—we unpack why its pricing transparency feature makes it a good choice for DTx vendors trying to get their therapies on drug formularies.
Taboola buys Connexity: The merger will help Taboola's publisher clients tap into ecommerce dollars while also helping Connexity's retail clients diversify away from Amazon.
HBO Max streaming galore: Warner Bros. announced it will make 10 movies specifically for streaming next year as it moves ahead with a hybrid box office approach.
Lawmakers try to chip away at Section 230: The proposed legislation would remove liability protection for companies that spread health misinformation via algorithms. But the difficulty of defining “misinformation” and determining which content was algorithmically amplified presents challenges to the bill’s adoption.
The chip designer unveiled a new plastic-based microchip prototype. Chips made out of flexible material like plastic, paper, or metal foil could dramatically increase the number of everyday objects capable of internet connectivity.