August 01, 2024
Etsy Looks to Loyalty Rewards to Counter Sales Declines
As Etsy sees its sales slip, the eCommerce marketplace is gearing up to launch a loyalty program in an effort to drive greater spending and frequency among consumers who demand...
August 01, 2024
San Francisco First in Nation to Ban AI Rent Price-Fixing...
San Francisco has become the first city in the United States to ban the use of artificial intelligence software designed for rental price-fixing. This decision follows the unanimous approval by...
August 01, 2024
Why New Use Cases Like Pay by Bank Will Fast-Track...
Since the FedNow® Service went live last July, more than 900 have banks have signed up, per the Federal Reserve. Is that a good number? Keith Olson, vice president of...
July 31, 2024
Amwell Beats Q2 Expectations on Subscription Revenue Strength
Telehealth provider Amwell on Wednesday (July 31) reported second-quarter revenue of $62.8 million (above guidance of $61.1 million), driven by $27.5 million in subscription revenue and $28.7 million from visits...
July 31, 2024
Regulators Have Been Sounding the Drip Pricing Alarm for Years
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s new lawsuit against StubHub is just the latest occasion to call attention to practices that regulators have been contesting for years. The suit, filed...
July 31, 2024
Albertsons Expands Instacart Partnership for Faster Pickup, Delivery Services
Instacart and Albertsons have updated their partnership for faster grocery deliveries across the U.S. The companies announced in a Wednesday (July 31) news release the launch of Instacart pickup services...
July 31, 2024
Report: Citi Allegedly Broke Fed’s Intercompany Transaction Limits
Citigroup reportedly made repeated breaches of a Federal Reserve rule limiting intercompany transactions. Those breaches led to errors in the banking giant’s internal liquidity reporting, Reuters reported Wednesday (July 31), citing an internal...
July 31, 2024
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies in Adtech and Consumers’ Perceived Privacy Violations
In response to growing consumer privacy concerns and governmental regulations, privacy-enhancing technologies (“PETs”) are being developed in the AdTech space to allow ad targeting while limiting the flow and use...
July 31, 2024
Health Data and the Future of Adtech
Digital advertising is in a tumultuous period because of interrelated regulatory and technological changes. This tumult is affecting how advertisers plan and manage their campaigns, the revenue that publishers earn...