The federal agency’s long-anticipated project is expected to make its inaugural flight next spring.

As technology continues to accelerate and transform the financial sector, Visa saw an opportunity to reintroduce itself to the world with a campaign highlighting its role in facilitating global commerce. Watch Industry Voices: Spotlight on Financial Services with Visa executive Frederique Covington Corbett, PhD, to hear her thoughts on cryptocurrencies, "buy now, pay later," economic inclusion, and more.

Its deal for Fair Square Financial marks the digital-only bank’s second attempt at buying a credit-card company in less than two years.

Snap misses Q3 revenue goal by $3 million, citing iOS privacy changes: The platform’s bottom line was affected by supply chain issues and changes to app tracking via Apple, foreshadowing a rough quarter for other social platforms.

On today's episode, we discuss the most important trends in media, including what is happening with the rise of smart products, how concerning the plateauing of social media use is, and how people are using voice assistants in different ways. Tune in to the discussion with chief research officer at GlobalWebIndex Jason Mander and eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Karin von Abrams.

Amex said total network volume grew 4% compared with Q3 2019, and it experienced substantial growth in billed business.

After mostly missing out on a year of holiday fun, data shows that US consumers are excited to get back into the swing of things this year.

Our inaugural global forecast for podcast listeners shows deepening engagement with the medium across all geographies, although at widely varying rates. This report covers 18 major markets in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

Fees paid by customers getting dinged for overdrawing their account reached an all-time high in 2021. But Congress and regulators may push banks to pivot away from the practice.

Spotify’s video podcasting push could bring in more users and marketers: Podcasts are already gaining steam with both groups, and video will help make the medium—and ads in it—even more engaging.

On today's episode, we discuss what's next for Google Search, what it would take for advertisers to leave Facebook, regulating algorithms, how advertisers can get into gaming, restaurant robots, how to run better meetings, fun with flags, and more. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst Suzy Davidkhanian, analyst Blake Droesch, and director of forecasting at Insider Intelligence Oscar Orozco.

If they strike a deal, Pinterest would help the payments giant tap into the massive US social commerce industry.

Insider Intelligence spoke with Pooja Sethi, senior vice president and general manager of Resale-as-a-ServiceⓇ at thredUP, on how the retail ecommerce industry can enable consumers to buy secondhand clothing online.

Three in five US internet users said that discounts are what influence them to buy a product through social media ads, far more than the 44% who cited the brand’s trustworthiness and customer data practices.

Holiday ecommerce sales will rise 14.4% this year, with online channels comprising 18.4% of all spending this November and December.

Everyone wants a slice of virtual primary care: 23andMe acquired telemedicine firm, and CrossFit raised our brows with its primary care launch—we unpack why companies across the gamut are in hot pursuit of virtual primary care.

For the second year in a row, the pandemic was a major influence on media consumption and device ownership.

The company could reveal a new overarching brand name as soon as next week and follow in the footsteps of Alphabet.

YouTube is carving into social commerce and TV measurement: The platform is leveraging both its deep pool of creators and large TV-based audience to get a leg up on competitors.

The Global Media Intelligence Report is a concise, detailed compilation of data and insights about internet users’ traditional and digital media usage in 43 key markets worldwide. With very few exceptions, this 2021 edition covers the same range of metrics we featured in 2020, and the consistency of GWI’s methodology enables us to offer precise year-over-year (YoY) comparisons.

Fintechs can boost platform trading activity with tokenization: Republic raised $150M to add digital securities to its investing platform. These divide expensive assets into more liquid blockchain tokens.