User Data news and trends

GoodRx Turns to Data to Rebuild Customer Base
Healthcare // November 08, 2022

Pharmaceutical price-shopping platform GoodRx is looking to leverage its user data in a bid to drive engagement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

Google Offers Concessions to Avoid Antitrust Suit
ANTITRUST // July 08, 2022

Google has offered to make several concessions to stave off a possible Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit tied to its ad-tech business, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (July 8). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Big Tech CEOs Didn’t Win Over Congress At Hearing
ANTITRUST // July 30, 2020

The big day finally came — the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google‘s parent, Alphabet, sat in front of lawmakers (at least virtually) and spent four hours getting grilled by a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law. Get the Full Story...

Apple Reassures US Senators About Privacy Protection In Virus Tools
Apple // April 13, 2020

In response to some senators’ requests for information, Apple said in a letter that its new COVID-19 website and app would abstain from using any user data later on. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Interviews & Exclusives
Fighting Real-Time Payment Fraud In Layers, With Moats

November 26, 2019
Real-time payments, real-time risk. As consumers embrace real-time transactions, financial institutions (FIs) must recalibrate their fraud-fighting strategies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree […]

For FI Account Openings, Serving The ‘Segment Of One’

June 21, 2019
A disconnect looms in financial services, one that can doom relationships between financial institutions (FIs) and customers from the beginning. Studies have shown that 70 percent of applicants want to...

PSD2’s Elephant In The Room

April 02, 2019
Open banking is here, but baby steps abound as financial firms grapple with PSD2’s fragmented landscape.  Token.io CEO Steve Kirsch tells PYMNTS that giving users full control over what happens...

Fighting Fraud By Finding The Gaps

July 09, 2018
The problem with fighting fraud — according to GIACT EVP of Product David Barnhardt in this week’s edition of the PYMNTS Topic TBD — is how much information fraudsters have at their...

Quick Reads
X to Collect User Biometric and Employment Data on Road to Super App

August 31, 2023
X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has updated its privacy policy to include a new kind of user data it plans to collect: biometric data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, […]

Google Offers Concessions to Avoid Antitrust Suit

July 08, 2022
Google has offered to make several concessions to stave off a possible Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit tied to its ad-tech business, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday...

Apple Reassures US Senators About Privacy Protection In Virus Tools

April 13, 2020
In response to some senators’ requests for information, Apple said in a letter that its new COVID-19 website and app would abstain from using any user data later on. Get...

NJ Legislators Propose Tighter Data Privacy Regulations

March 02, 2020
Lawmakers in New Jersey are proposing a bill to solidify data privacy guidelines and inflict tougher limits on the tech industry, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (March 2)....