Tapping or clicking the hashtag #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt will bring users to pages upon pages of videos in which TikTokers show off viral purchases they first discovered on the platform: iced coffee slushy cups, hair gem stampers, live pet axolotls, levitating bulb lamps and beyond. The hashtag...
As companies look to steer their business strategy to drive growth, Pierre Lion, chief growth officer at FinTech firm Mangopay, says thinking globally should be a priority right from the onset. “When you start building your project or your proof of concept, especially for a...
Proposed regulations for mergers and acquisitions could add months to the deals process. That’s according to antitrust lawyer Kara Kuritz, who spoke with Seeking Alpha on Sunday (July 9) about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) proposed revisions to the...
A flaw in Revolut’s U.S. payment system reportedly let criminals steal more than $20 million. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (July 9), the thefts occurred over several months in 2022 before the British FinTech was able to fix the issue. According to FT, sources with knowledge...
British lobbying group UK Finance has reportedly tied a bulk of the country’s digital payments fraud to Meta Platforms. As the Financial Times reported Sunday (July 9) — citing unnamed sources — the group has written to Jeremy Hunt, the British chancellor, saying that its data has found...
Snapchat’s plan to woo creators by allowing them to share ad revenue could be paying off. That program, which debuted in April and is known as Snap Star, has several thousand creators in it. And as The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (July 9), the time users spent...
While the potential of generative artificial intelligence (AI) may seem limitless, the computing power it requires could present limitations. One estimate places the cost of a ChatGPT query at 1,000 times that of the same question asked of a normal Google search. In the initial...
Earned wage access providers are garnering more scrutiny — and more oversight — state by state. Missouri’s governor signed a bill that, among other things, will require providers to register with the state Division of Finance beginning in late August. The bill itself also mandates that providers are required...
SumUp has partnered with Form3 to enhance its business account offering for United Kingdom customers. With this move, SumUp, a global FinTech that serves 4 million small businesses in 35 markets worldwide, will gain direct access to the U.K. Faster Payments Scheme (FPS) and Bacs Scheme, the companies said in...
