It’s axed overdraft fees and charges for overdraft-protection services—as the number of big US players maintaining the old normal keeps dwindling.

TikTok’s adoption has exploded. In our inaugural forecast, we estimate that TikTok surpassed the 100 million user mark in the region last year. In 2022, users will surge 12.8% year over year (YoY) to 136.1 million. More than 3 in 10 internet users will be on the platform.

Black-owned brands are underrepresented on store shelves: While many retailers use Black History Month to support Black-owned businesses, addressing long-term inequities is a year-round challenge.

After more than doubling in 2020, US click-and-collect sales growth slowed to 9.7% in 2021, totaling $80.28 billion in sales.

TikTok and Instagram were once again the top US social networking apps of 2021, downloaded 94.0 million and 64.0 million times that year, respectively. Snapchat took third place with a 10% jump in downloads, leapfrogging Facebook, whose downloads fell by 11%.

RightHand Robotics brings in $66M to expand automation: RightHand’s funding is a prelude to the sector’s growing market share that could exclude human workers.

Insider Intelligence spoke with Dorian Morris, founder and CEO of Undefined, a wellness brand focused on providing consumers with plant-based and affordable beauty products.

As rare earths get rarer, Redwood Materials plans battery recycling for Fords and Volvos: Redwood Materials’ software-driven EV battery recycling could be the missing ingredient for the coming EV market boom.

On today's episode, we discuss the main takeaways from Snapchat and Twitter's Q4 performance. Then for "In Other News," we talk about why social platforms are pivoting toward more professionally created content and the significance of Snapchat testing mid-roll ads within Stories. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Jasmine Enberg.

Facebook Reels’ global rollout comes with fresh ad formats: The new banner and sticker ads both attract creators to the platform and offer marketers performance ad options for short-form video.

Retailers are developing ad businesses as an easy revenue generator: Michaels is the latest retailer to partner with an ad tech firm to monetize search.

Neobanks make personalized financial services plays: US-based indi is joining gig-worker app Steady’s cash-incentives product, while UK-based Zopa is offering a savings account tied to personal goals.