ChatGPT gets a voice and eyes: The sensory integration is a strategic move to counter the rising competitive threat and move toward achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Getty targets premium AI image content: It’s partnering with Nvidia to launch an AI image generator, using high-quality data for realistic AI creations. Detailed prompts will be key.
Revolut keeps tripping itself in front of UK regulators: Just as it did last year, the aspiring super-app got an extension for filing its full-year results. Is this any way to win a banking license?
The Senate rolls another one, trying to pass marijuana banking bill: Ten years on, it’s still not clear that US cannabis companies will ever gain easier access to traditional banking services.
On today’s podcast episode, host Bill Fisher is joined by our researcher Man-Chung Cheung and analyst Carina Perkins to examine TikTok’s ecommerce plans around the world, looking at what’s driven success in some markets and held it back in others.
Advertising comes to Amazon Prime Video: Amazon’s venture into streaming ads is expected, but its ad-free pricing could upset users.
BNPL players are reimagining how consumers access lines of credit—while also seeking elusive profits
In-car and biometric payments are both taking off, and Mercedes and Mastercard want to capitalize on these new growth avenues
The digital broker hopes revenues from credit cards can offset its disappointing trading volume and a shrinking user base. It might not work
Advertisers say Google is underselling its ad inflation: The DOJ’s suit against Google revealed that the company quietly raised prices as much as 10%.
US mobile in-app ad spend will be about four times higher than in-app purchase spend this year, at $159.24 billion compared with $42.37 billion, according to our forecast.
Snapchat turns to social commerce for ASEAN growth: TikTok's broad reach and engagement overshadows personal content sharing platforms.
Reduced user experience spurs ad blocker usage: YouTube retaliates, emphasizing creator compensation and potential terms of service violations.
How can we tell if our Facebook page is helping us make money? Though banks are active on social media, many still wish they could clearly connect their posting activity to actual business results.
Consumer spending should be solid this holiday season: Our forecast expects holiday sales to rise 4.5%, while Deloitte and MasterCard expect similar above-average gains.
In-store sales data is a massive opportunity gap. The biggest gap between how retail media networks (RMNs) perform today versus their most desired attributes was with in-store sales data. With nearly 90% of grocery sales still occurring in physical stores, RMNs that deliver seamless omnichannel sales attribution will be well positioned to capture consumer packaged goods (CPG) advertising budgets.
We project US in-store retail media ad spend will nearly quadruple by 2027, but that’s starting from a fairly small base of $240 million this year, according to our forecast. Here are tips from experts on building an in-store retail media network.
TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat are where Gen Zers spend most of their daily time. Across the US population ages 18 to 24, time spent on TikTok will average 58 minutes per day in 2023, compared with 38 minutes for Instagram and 30 minutes for Snapchat.
Consumers expect free shipping: Nearly three in four shoppers will opt for slower shipping if it means they don’t have to pay.
For the past few years, some of the biggest names in ad tech—The Trade Desk, PubMatic, Magnite—have held onto CTV as a shiny growth narrative. Although investors’ enthusiasm seems to have started subsiding, CTV does represent a massive long-term opportunity for ad tech stakeholders. In the near term, a good deal of programmatic CTV ad dollars will transact directly with platforms that are still committed to keeping their content and data behind garden walls.