It’s enabling quicker B2C payments using Mastercard Send and letting merchants offer one-click checkout through Bolt.
TD Bank-Aira partnership adds support for the vision-impaired: Customers use a mobile app to get assistance from the service’s agents, who translate visuals into audio. More financial institutions are adding accessibility for the disabled as part of financial inclusivity.
Credit unions’ growth could be slowed by NCUA upholding branch requirements: The regulator dropped a proposal that would’ve allowed credit unions to count mobile banking or ATMs as serving places they want to expand to.
Amazon’s quiet ascendance to the digital advertising elite has spawned the now fast-emerging trend of retail media advertising.
Older generations rely more heavily on family, friends, and TV ads to learn about new products. Personal recommendations are the most powerful purchase drivers for Gen Z as well, but social media—which includes ads, videos, and online influencers—is increasingly important to product discovery.
CVS plans to close 900 stores in three years in response to changing shopping habits: As more shoppers go digital, CVS is transforming its approach to brick-and-mortar retail to focus on personal health.
Private equity firms sink their teeth deeper into digital health: EHR vendor athenahealth is being acquired for $17B by two large PE firms—we unpack what private equity firms’ growing role in digital health means for the state of US healthcare.
Attribution innovations have brought the focus away from video completion rates and toward return on ad spend (ROAS) and cost-per-action (CPA) metrics
Roku’s revenue expectations are lower than projected due to slowing subscriber and ad revenue growth: A slowdown in cord-cutting coupled with market saturation has lead to intense competition in the streaming space.
In an attempt to woo younger consumers, Nike launches a virtual space on the Roblox platform: The immersive experience features physical interaction, mini games with rewards, and an environment modeled after Nike's headquarters.
Across generations, US adults aren't particularly excited about Facebook's rebrand to Meta.