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Chanel Hires Leena Nair as Youngest, First Female CEO

Chanel Hires Leena Nair as Youngest, First Female CEO
Chanel Hires Leena Nair as Youngest, First Female CEO
December 15, 2021  |  Retail

Chanel has appointed Leena Nair as global chief executive officer, grabbing the company’s youngest and first female CEO after her 30-year tenure at consumer goods...

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D2C Brands Buy Local, Build Local to Ease Supply Chain Woes
D2C Brands Buy Local, Build Local to Ease Supply Chain Woes
December 15, 2021  |  Retail

If you’re young and hip and environmentally aware, chances are you’ve already been introduced to the digitally native furniture startup Floyd, a 7-year-old privately held...

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Coinbase, eToro Crypto Ads Banned for Misleading Consumers, Said UK Advertising Regulator
Coinbase, eToro Crypto Ads Banned for Misleading Consumers, Said UK Advertising Regulator
December 15, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The U.K. Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) issued rulings against seven of the sector’s biggest firms, including Coinbase and eToro, for misleading and irresponsible ads promoting...

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Facebook Forked Over $60M to Acquire Trademark Assets from Meta Financial Group
Facebook Forked Over $60M to Acquire Trademark Assets from Meta Financial Group
December 15, 2021  |  Facebook

Facebook recently closed a $60 million deal to purchase the trademark assets of Meta Financial Group after the social media giant renamed its company Meta,...

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Why Chile Is the Hot New Tech Testing Ground For LatAm Payment Providers
Why Chile Is the Hot New Tech Testing Ground For LatAm Payment Providers
December 15, 2021  |  Digital Payments

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Data Privacy Concerns Rising in Tandem With Rapid Uptake of Data Aggregators
Data Privacy Concerns Rising in Tandem With Rapid Uptake of Data Aggregators
December 15, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

No surprise: In the great digital shift, many consumers have turned to third-party apps to access their financial data. Yet those consumers are less than...

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Biometric Onboarding Seen as Must-Have in FinTech Fight Over Identity Theft
Biometric Onboarding Seen as Must-Have in FinTech Fight Over Identity Theft
December 15, 2021  |  AML

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EU’s ‘Single Market for Data’ Could Take Cues from British Open Banking Rules
EU’s ‘Single Market for Data’ Could Take Cues from British Open Banking Rules
December 15, 2021  |  Data

As the European Union embarks on a journey to create a European strategy for data that will create a “single market for data,” one of...

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Panel: Digital Credentials Help Simplify the Connected Economy
Panel: Digital Credentials Help Simplify the Connected Economy
December 15, 2021  |  Connected Economy

The connected economy, with a tangled web of devices, apps, payments choices and a never-ending series of interactions between consumers, merchants and financial services firms...

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