Walmart’s holiday shopping will feature live video and AR: Platforms have spent the last several months launching social commerce features, and retailers are jumping on board for their busiest season.

The bank can offer products to a new base of small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers via the insurer’s agents and stay competitive with digital challengers.

BRL$135M-richer BaaS provider Swap could enhance Brazil’s banking landscape: The new haul will help expand its operations and provide financial services to non-banking companies. Its success could add competitors to the country’s banking space.

Pandemic hardens mobile’s place as top US banking channel: The pandemic has brought over even more customers to mobile, the most frequently used banking channel. Banks need to prioritize the quality of their digital account-opening experiences.

Holiday sales in the UK this year will grow by 8.1% from last year, with ecommerce sales growth rates stabilizing after spiking in 2020.

For the first time, Instagram will make up over 50% of parent company Facebook's $50.30 billion in net ad revenues in 2021.

Zip’s preholiday shopping event clocked stellar numbers, but diversification and increased credit card use might challenge BNPL growth.

Inside Samsung’s budding digital health strategy: While tech giants like Apple, Amazon, and Google elbow into healthcare via virtual care and EHRs, Samsung is eyeing remote patient monitoring and positioning itself to lead the RPM market.

On today's episode, we discuss the major contributors toward digital advertising's growth this year, what the ceiling is for mobile ad spending's share of the total ad market, and whether TV ad dollars are actually on a downward trajectory. We then talk about Gen Z's ad preferences and the prospects for Apple Podcasts' in-app subscriptions. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer senior forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Peter Vahle.

If money were no object when buying consumer tech, many US adults would upgrade their phones and improve their home security.

In a modified Oxford-style debate, two teams faced off on this question: “Are banks, given the right tools, more innovative than fintechs?”

Here’s what the data suggests regarding a return to in-person events: many business travelers are cautiously weighing travel opportunities versus the often mixed bag that is virtual events.