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Consumer Insights
44% of Consumers Need 2 to 4 Prompts to Act...

Card-linked offers — those special promotions designed to encourage consumers to use their credit...

Gig Economy
California Uber Drivers Reap $1 Billion in Benefits Since 2020

Uber says it has made an investment exceeding $1 billion in benefits for its...

artificial intelligence
Meta’s $35 Billion Bet on AI Fuels the Tech Arms...

Meta announced a $35 billion investment in artificial intelligence (AI) for this year, signaling...

Partnerships
Iris Partners With Amazon Business on Procurement for UK Schools

Iris Software Group has launched an integration with Amazon Business that will help schools in the...

Partnerships
Real Madrid, Ouro Deal Nets Big Wins in Financial Innovation

In today’s digital age, the combination of innovative financial products and a loyal, international...

Social Commerce
ByteDance Says It ‘Doesn’t Have Any Plan to Sell TikTok’

ByteDance reportedly will not sell its U.S. TikTok business, even if it loses its legal battle in...

artificial intelligence
This Week in AI: Beyond LLMs, AI Forklifts, Weather Forecasting

This week in artificial intelligence (AI) news, as large language models (LLMs) near technical...

Technology
Making Sense of: How America’s CHIPS Act Fuels Domestic Innovation

American companies are outpacing European ones on innovation and technology. That’s what the head...

Retail
Amazon Announces Prime Day’s Return as Shoppers Flock to Seasonal...

With consumer spending increasingly motivated by deals and seasonality, Amazon is gearing up for...

Economy
Savings Rates Pressured as Consumer Spending Outpaces Disposable Personal Income...

The latest data on personal consumption notes that spending is outpacing the growth in...

artificial intelligence
Elon Musk’s xAI Close to Raising $6 Billion

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI is reportedly close to raising $6 billion...

Fraud Prevention
Banks Need ‘Change Management Checklist’ in Battle Against Fraud

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise to transform all manner of industries — helping...

Restaurant innovation
Card-Linked Offers Shape Data Access and Personalized Offers for Restaurants

With Small Business Week coming up April 29, it’s a good time to focus on the...

Opinion
Customer Data, Technology Unlock Profitability Amid Uncertainty

Companies can leverage customer data and use technology to prosper in uncertain times, i2c...

VISA
Study Finds Only Half of Consumers Satisfied With Embedded Lending...

Lenders in key global markets offer an ever-increasing range of consumer credit products. Still,...

Fintech Investments
FinTech IPO Index Adds 3% as Oportun Soars on Preliminary...

For the companies populating the FinTech IPO Index, earnings have been part of the...

Earnings
Capital One CEO Calls Discover Deal ‘Singular Opportunity’

Capital One’s first quarter results showed consumers continue to spend on their cards —...

Earnings
Snap Reports Augmented Reality Drives User Engagement, Brand Advertising

Snapchat parent company Snap believes that augmented reality (AR) will be “one of the most meaningful advancements...

artificial intelligence
The Future of AI? RAG Combines Language and Search

As experts hint at the nearing technical limits of large language models (LLMs), the...

Walmart
Robo-Forklifts Rev Up Walmart’s Warehouses

In Walmart’s sprawling distribution centers, a quiet change is underway. The retail behemoth is preparing to deploy a...

Social Commerce
Report: ByteDance to Shut Down TikTok If Legal Efforts Fail

TikTok owner ByteDance would reportedly rather shut down the social media platform than sell it. That’s what...

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