February 22, 2024
Jasper Acquires Clipdrop to Enhance AI Copilot for Marketing Teams
Jasper, a generative artificial intelligence app company, acquired Clipdrop, an AI image creation and editing platform, from Stability AI. The move not only strengthens Jasper’s position in the market overall...
February 22, 2024
Online Safety and Pro-Competition Regulation: Friends or Foes?
Does regulating social media for user safety conflict with fostering competitive digital markets? Contrary to the misconception that the two goals are at odds, this article contends that emerging pro-competitive...
February 20, 2024
Report: FairMoney Looking to Acquire Umba, Expand in Kenya
FairMoney, a digital bank based in Lagos and headquartered in Paris, is reportedly in talks to acquire Umba, a digital bank operating in Nigeria and Kenya. The talks involve a...
February 20, 2024
Payplug and Mangopay Partner on Payments for European Marketplaces
Payplug and Mangopay have formed a strategic partnership to provide marketplaces and platforms across Europe with a seamless and complete payment solution. Payplug, which provides its omnichannel payment solution for merchants, retailers...
February 18, 2024
Apple Faces €500 Million EU Fine for Alleged Anti-Competitive Practices
In a recent development, tech giant Apple is reportedly set to pay approximately €500 million (equivalent to about $539 million USD) in fines to the European Union (EU) for purportedly...
February 17, 2024
Dove Makes Sure Pop-Up Bubble Hasn’t Popped
The pop-up shop may not be the novel trend it once was, but brands are still using the buzz-generating model to create real-world connections with customers without the cost and...
February 16, 2024
CFPB Takes Aim at Consumer Credit Card Rates
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) aims to boost competition in the credit card industry to deliver lower rates to consumers. The agency announced this plan while releasing data showing...
February 16, 2024
Not All E-Commerce Businesses are Born Equal: Implications for Privacy...
This paper discusses privacy concerns and privacy regulation under two different e-commerce business models: a pure marketplace and a hybrid marketplace. In previous papers we have found that the nature...
February 16, 2024
Can Data Regulation Reshape the Short-Term Rental Market?
We describe whether and how short-term rental (“STR”) platforms share data with local governments, as municipalities attempt to regulate STR markets in the US and Europe. The raw data patterns...