Fifth Third expands early paycheck access: Early Pay will become available to all Fifth Third Momentum Checking customers after its launch in select areas—and neobanks offering that feature will need to think up another competitive differentiator.
The retail giant is making its prepaid debit card—offered with Green Dot Bank—available as a demand deposit account. That and its big store footprint could pose a threat to smaller banks in rural areas.
The PayPal-owned P2P payments player will soon introduce new fees and privacy updates that should bring it one step closer to profitability and might make its platform more trustworthy.
In this Meet the Analyst Webinar, Sara M. Watson, senior analyst at Insider Intelligence, discussed how shifting consumer attitudes and new regulations have raised the stakes, making privacy a competitive advantage.
The bill that could help fuel telehealth expansion: Lawmakers proposed Cures 2.0 Act, the successor bill of the 21st Century Cures Act—here’s how it could help cushion provider and telehealth vendors’ pockets beyond the pandemic.
Collaboration is key to solving interoperability woes: Health tech startup Seqster is teaming up with CommonWell Health Alliance to fast-track interoperability efforts across the US—here’s why widespread interoperability calls for cross-industry collaboration.
Consumers are loving ad-supported video: Time spent with AVOD surged 200% between May 2020 and May 2021 as viewers increased content consumption amid a crowded landscape of pay-to-play streaming platforms.
Twitter is the latest Big Tech firm to bolster its ethical AI research team with top tech critics. Enacting proposals from these teams could help Big Tech build back its fractured public trust.
For Hilton Hotels, first-party data is key to ensuring its guests have a comfortable—and memorable—stay at its properties. Watch Industry Voices: Spotlight on Travel, with Hilton’s Amy Martin-Ziegenfuss, senior vice president of global enterprise and brand marketing, to learn how customer data informs the hospitality brand’s advertising and guest amenities.
India’s painful and ongoing struggle with the coronavirus pandemic will lead to a second consecutive difficult year for brick-and-mortar retail sales. At the same time, the public health anxieties constraining overall retail will continue pushing consumers toward digital solutions. We anticipate an extended boom for ecommerce in India, including 27.0% growth this year, for $66.76 billion in sales.
The profitable fintech is expanding its product suite and will create its own loan-servicing platform—an IPO figures in its long-term roadmap.
On today's episode, we discuss Apple's upcoming iOS 15 privacy measures, what we make of Spotify's new Clubhouse competitor Greenroom, whether new social network IRL can take on Facebook groups, if we can expect a new data privacy agency, how much people are getting out, American's favorite time of the year, and more. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer senior analysts Audrey Schomer and Sara M. Watson and analyst at Insider Intelligence Blake Droesch.