Financial Services Articles

The US insurance industry will top $12 billion in digital ad spending this year, up 15.0% from 2021. Outlays will continue to increase by double-digit rates over the next couple of years, surpassing $15 billion in 2024.

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Financial Services

Amex and Marriott test travel rebound’s resilience with small business co-brand updates July 22

Slice’s new payment process complies with India’s PPI rule but could hurt consumers July 22

Marqeta seizes transit growth opportunities July 22

Direct Line Group’s managing director of marketing and digital sees the future of insurance playing out in China July 21

Germany-based insurtech Wefox bucks funding trends to land $400M round July 21

Insurtechs slash budgets and headcount as economic uncertainty escalates July 21

Q&A: Direct Line Group’s managing director of marketing and digital on why the job of convincing other functions that ‘marketing does more than coloring in’ is never done July 20

Bank of America credits ‘healthy’ consumer spending for resilient Q2 July 20

Starling drops bid for European banking license to focus on SaaS and lending July 20

Citi now counts P2P payments toward direct deposit requirements to avoid fees July 20

By ‘personalization,’ customers mean quick, relevant, situational financial advice July 20

ANZ’s $3.68 billion deal for Suncorp’s banking arm will boost its mortgage lending business July 19

Rumors of layoffs complement banks’ declining profit reports July 19

Atom Bank set to become latest neobank to make maiden profit July 19

BMO’s lending practices raise concerns at public hearing on its proposed merger July 19

Worldline enlists Casio and Vesca to tap Japan’s digital payments growth July 19

Synchrony achieves record volume in Q2 as it doubles down on payment flexibility July 19

Nigeria considers bringing in Russia’s homegrown payments network July 19

Stripe slashes internal valuation amid rocky US economic outlook July 19

Insurance digital ad spend is growing but slowing July 19