Crypto exchange Bullish will go public via the SPAC merger by year’s end even though it’s yet to launch, leaving it little to go on to entice investors beyond its high-profile backers.
Nordstrom wants to be on Top: The retailer bought minority stakes in Asos brands Topshop and Topman among others as it works to bring more, and younger, consumers into stores.
BytePlus gives brands access to star-making AI: ByteDance is offering websites and apps the option to take advantage of TikTok's recommendation algorithm and a suite of content and measurement tools.
HERO lets online customers connect with in-store retail associates to ask product questions and seek other support—which could help Klarna strengthen its merchant relationships.
Lunar lands €210M to fuel growth: The new proceeds will fund the growing Nordic neobank’s product lineup, along with future mergers and acquisitions—its roadmap will continue the flight path it embarked on earlier this year.
The White House called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to move ahead with data-sharing regulation— its adoption would make it easier for neobanks to become customers’ primary banks and help all banking players partner with fintechs.
CIBC bolsters Microsoft cloud connection: Deepening its Microsoft relationship, the Canada-based bank will use Azure software as its cloud platform—the latest partnership of its kind for a bank seeking to cut data center costs and improve analytics.
For the first time, we have published our TikTok user forecast for Mexico, one of the hardest-hit countries by the pandemic. As people there stayed home more in 2020, many turned to the internet for entertainment, and the number of monthly TikTok users surged 222.5% year over year, according to our estimates.
Has Amazon Echo reached a saturation point?
On today's episode, we discuss whether startups like Oscar Health can take on the major health insurers, how the consumerization of healthcare is changing expectations, and what digital tools are leading to healthcare's digitization. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Lisa Phillips.
As COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up and cases go down, states and insurers are rolling back pandemic-era telehealth leniencies.
Northwell and Deaconess significantly reduced readmission rates after tapping clinical AI and remote monitoring tools—results other providers could be waiting for to kick up adoption of similar tools.
On today's episode, we discuss what to make of YouTube ad impressions moving over to TV screens, our connected TV ad spending estimates, and how to make TV ads more actionable. We then talk about what's driving Amazon's ad business, whether NBCUniversal can get primetime TV ad rates for slots on Peacock, and what impact Nielsen's new Podcast Ad Effectiveness+ solution will have. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer senior forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Eric Haggstrom.
Antitrust gets even more support from Biden administration: The president signed an executive order Friday that will allow government agencies to crack down on past mergers and acquisitions in the tech space, as well as examine their practices and power when it comes to personal data collection and usage.