You can’t win them all, and this year was no exception. Here are two predictions we made last year that didn’t happen—and why.
US consumers prioritize security features for neobanking: Security and Control features took up three of the five features most in demand among consumers in our 2021 US Neobank Emerging Features Benchmark.
Social commerce made strides in 2021, but in-app checkout still lags: in 2022, focus will shift from where checkout occurs to encouraging transactions, period.
On this special edition of the show, we're taking a look back at some of the most notable conversations we've had this year. In this episode, we discuss the normalcy index and the likelihood of an attention recession.
Virtual events didn’t make major strides in 2021: Despite another year of the pandemic fueling adoption, don't expect virtual events to become higher fidelity than in-person events anytime soon.
From a nationwide telehealth rollout to lobbying Congress for home healthcare reimbursement, we detail Amazon’s most significant healthcare plays in 2021.
We look back on our top digital health predictions for 2020—and we dive into why the ones we got wrong didn’t hold water.
Consumers are turning to mobile health apps to treat their health: We highlight the key points from our recently released Mobile Health Apps for Disease Management report, detailing what’s driving the rise of mobile health apps and where it’s headed.
How the “metaverse” developed in 2021: The concept has been around for decades, but came of age this past year amid the Facebook rebrand.
We look at 2021’s biggest tech flexes that changed the landscape of business or left us scratching our heads. The year saw Facebook meta-morph into a VR-focused platform, Clubhouse rise and fall, Amazon convert 60 million smart speakers into a giant Wi-Fi network, and more.
Consumers didn’t get the federal privacy law they wanted in 2021: A year ago, we predicted Congress would pass a federal privacy law, but gridlock in Washington and other priorities got in the way.
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On this special edition of the show, we're taking a look back at some of the most notable conversations we've had this year. In this episode, we discuss how the "Behind the Numbers" podcast got started and hand out our very own "Analysts' Choice Awards."
On today's episode, we play the giant "2021 holiday special quiz" (that you can play along with us) and share some dinner party data. Tune in to the conversation with eMarketer principal analyst Paul Verna, director of reports editing Rahul Chadha, and analyst at Insider Intelligence Blake Droesch.
We incorrectly thought mPOS would be a bigger thing in the US in 2021 and that Walmart and Target would beat the odds and chip away at Amazon’s online share.
Neobank funding bonanza shows promise still outweighs profitability—for now: Globally, challengers brought in large funding hauls that signaled investors’ continued confidence in the space. But their patience in the face of commoditization and unprofitability won’t be endless.
Revolut’s new license gives it eurozone super-app potential: The UK-based neobank’s full banking license lets it offer investment services to eurozone customers—opening the door for it to become a pan-European super app.
Corporate activism is increasing as consumers grow to expect it: More brands are taking meaningful action, like pulling their ad spend, over misaligned values.