Hive AI, a San Francisco-based software company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to moderate digital content, is reportedly working to raise $200 million in a funding round, with a valuation of up to $4 billion. The funding round comes two years after Hive was valued...
Retailers and trade associations across the country are pushing for state and federal laws to impose harsher penalties for those engaging in organized retail crime. Since 2022, at least nine states have passed laws to do just that, six of which have occurred this year,...
As aggregators seek to embed their offerings more deeply in consumers’ day-to-day routines, Uber is tapping Hy-Vee’s alcoholic beverage selection to drive adoption of its non-restaurant verticals while boosting basket size. On Friday (Aug. 11), the mobility and delivery company announced that Uber Eats is...
Starling Bank plans to make its first expansion outside of Europe, moving into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The British neobank has been in talks with an Asian bank about taking its Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, Engine, into a country in Asia, although it declined to identify the country or Asian...
Personalization has become the norm, and retailers without this feature are considered obsolete and disconnected. Yet when exploring personalization, many strategies come into play. One approach, embraced by numerous retailers, is localization. Brands localize to extend their influence from eCommerce into brick-and-mortar retail, or dial...
Generative artificial intelligence (AI), particularly OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has become a major trend in retail. Brands and retailers are integrating it due to consumer demand for interactive experiences. In recent forays, the use of plug-ins has emerged, necessitating a monthly subscription fee of $20. Brands and retailers are already...
Seemingly everywhere you looked this past week, earnings were the sole arbiter of how stocks performed. And no matter the earnings, almost across the board, the performance was decidedly to the downside. The FinTech IPO Index sank 6.6% through the past five sessions, led by...
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, will continue rolling out brand-safety tools for advertisers. The platform is committed to free expression while also protecting brands, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said during a live audio event held Thursday (Aug. 10) on X, The Wall...
Title insurers and others may soon be required to report the identities of the beneficial owners of companies that pay cash for real estate. The U.S. Treasury Department will propose a rule this month that will require real estate professionals to report this information to its Financial Crimes...
