April 22, 2024
Japan’s Antitrust Body Orders Google to Amend Ad Search Practices
Japan’s antitrust regulator has issued a directive to Google, the tech giant known for its dominant search engine. The order demands that Google rectify practices around its ad search system...
April 22, 2024
Albertsons: Digital Rewards Keep Shoppers Spending
As ongoing financial challenges have grocery shoppers more cautious about their purchasing, many are seeking out digital rewards. In its fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2023 financial results, Albertsons Companies shared that...
April 22, 2024
Commerzbank Fined for Money Laundering Compliance Failure
A German financial regulator has reportedly fined Commerzbank $1.5 million for anti-money laundering violations. BaFin said Monday (April 11) that the bank failed to update customer data on time and did not provide sufficient security...
April 22, 2024
Levi’s Finds D2C Business Provides Greater Consumer Trend Insights
Levi Strauss has found that selling through its own stores gives it greater insights into consumer trends. The company’s D2C channels also allow it to test new products before making them available to...
April 21, 2024
Air Travelers Help Fuel $2 Trillion Global Money Laundering System
Each year, money launders funnel $2 trillion in ill-gotten gains into the financial system. And a lot of that money travels by air, in cash, often in people’s suitcases, The...
April 21, 2024
TabaPay to Acquire Assets of Bankrupt FinTech Synapse
Instant money movement platform TabaPay is acquiring Synapse’s assets following the latter company’s bankruptcy. The deal, announced Friday (April 19), will allow TabaPay to offer new financial services for FinTechs and financial institutions, the company said...
April 21, 2024
EU Targets Adult Content Giants Under New DSA Rules
The European Commission has mandated major adult content platforms Pornhub, Stripchat, and XVideos to conduct comprehensive risk assessment reports and implement measures to mitigate systemic risks associated with their services....
April 21, 2024
Critical Decision: COFECE and the Future of E-commerce Competition in...
By Mariana Camacho Ordonez1 Mexico’s Federal Commission of Economic Competition (“COFECE”) faces a critical moment regarding the ratification of its Investigating Authority’s findings on potential barriers to competition in...
April 20, 2024
From Heineken’s Dumb Phone to T-Pain, ’00s Make a Comeback
From the rise of social networking to a more fractured media landscape to the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into daily life, the world looks very different now than it...