Opportunities will abound this year, too, due to diminishing cash use and the enormous latent demand for fintech services.
UK launch of Tink’s income tool is well-timed: The open-banking provider’s Income Check offering could gain traction due to the FCA’s upcoming repeal of the 90-day re-authentication mandate.
An IPO could offer Chime a wealth of possibilities: Going public could help the US neobank fund new business lines. The timing is key as challengers’ differentiation from incumbents keeps eroding.
Banking in a post-overdraft world: Regions is shaking up its mix of income sources after lowering its customers’ risks of incurring overdraft penalty charges.
Teens continue to leave Facebook, and the platform won’t be able to reverse that trend in 2022 or beyond. But in a surprising twist, the average age of a Facebook user is also starting to decrease.
Google goes back to the drawing board with its third-party cookie replacement strategy: Its new approach aims to address advocates’ privacy concerns.
YouTube’s investments in short-form video are paying off: YouTube Shorts may not yet have the cachet of TikTok, but its connection to the main YouTube platform and strong growth make it worth watching.
Twitter continues investing in performance marketing: Its new performance advertising products will be essential to keeping marketers around, despite a waning user base.
Candid announced plans to pull out of the direct-to-consumer space, shifting to B2B: The move by the oral care brand illustrates that D2C is not an automatic winner across all categories.
Amazon Go expansion means more grocery data for the ecommerce giant: As Amazon brings its cashierless stores to the suburbs, it also brings its data collection practices.
Is telehealth’s ROI its post-pandemic saving grace? Cigna-MD Live’s latest study shows how the tech can cut on healthcare costs. We detail what’s behind telehealth’s power to slash costs for both providers and patients.
CBS News revamps its streaming service: With audiences moving away from linear TV, the broadcast giant hopes its reputation and access to exclusive news content will be enough to lure viewers.
ES: Pricing, performance, and ease of use dictated who owned the market in the early days of personal computing. Today, VR ecosystems and platforms continue that trend as the metaverse takes shape: Consumers, developers, and content producers will eventually decide the future of the metaverse, but they will be limited by hardware’s capabilities. We look at the state of VR hardware, the key players, and how gaming could serve as a gateway to VR/AR adoption.
Mainland China will soon become the world’s biggest luxury market: As consumption slows and retail sales decline, luxury brands turn to ecommerce to reach China’s shoppers.
Three billion fraudulent emails go out globally each day, often aimed at unleashing cyberattacks on companies of all types.