This fourth annual study ranks 10 UK banks and building societies based on their support of 42 emerging mobile banking features, weighted by consumer demand.

Today’s insurtech product leaders need to drive profitability with products and journeys that boost retention, simplify acquisition, and promote organic growth. And they must do so at a time when their organizations are cutting costs.

Retail media is going to be digital advertising’s “third big wave,” following search and social as “must-haves” for marketers. But some marketers are struggling with how to implement and optimize, shared Nikhil Lai, senior analyst at Forrester, during an Advertising Week session on Tuesday.

Among US teens and adults, 15% had a social media account hacked in the past year as of Q1 2022. In the same time frame, 13% had a credit card hacked and 10% fell for an online scam.

Today’s privacy-focused ecosystem has fundamentally altered how marketing performance is measured. Ever resilient, most marketers are turning to technology like AI to ensure they can still measure performance and provide personalized experiences, recent Salesforce research has found.

Just 18% of US social media users are confident that Facebook protects their privacy and data, down from 27% last year. Confidence is particularly low among the oldest and youngest users surveyed, at 10% within the baby boomer generation and 18% within Gen Z.

Advertisers are flocking to clean room solutions: Where there's opportunity, there's hype—and confusion about security remain.

Thirty-five percent of CMOs today want to expand their relationships across the C-suite. This is just one of their priorities over the next 12 months.

Today’s insurance heads of digital are under pressure to modernize and innovate with greater speed to achieve growth of their business. Some of their significant challenges include overcoming resistance to change and a difficult recruiting market.

Amazon’s iRobot deal under investigation: iRobot’s fate hangs in the balance as interest groups and the FTC target the acquisition. If the deal fails, Amazon can make its own robot vacuums while iRobot flounders.

Meta faces litany of fines in EU: Ireland fines Instagram $403 million for exposing underage users’ personal data. Persistent privacy penalties and lack of user protection could diminish Meta’s wider metaverse ambitions.

In December 2021, Insider Intelligence analysts published their top five retail trends for 2022, detailing our predictions for the upcoming year. But 2022 has been anything but predictable. In this Analyst Take, we revisit those trends to find out what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and how we’re thinking about five of retail's biggest trends amid this era of uncertainty.

Amazon’s Roomba acquisition is a data privacy nightmare: Regulators are worried that Amazon, which already has eyes and ears in consumers’ homes, will now be able to map and monitor those homes.

Technology decision-makers within the banking industry will need to balance high tech spending with the potential for competitive disruptors.

Technology decision-makers within the banking industry will need to balance high tech spending with the potential for regulatory disruptors.

In preparation for the cookieless future, marketers are homing in on first-party data to target consumers. Worldwide, 36% of marketing professionals expect that customer purchase history will be their most valuable source of data once third-party cookies are gone. Meanwhile, 32% see social media profiles as key, and 31% plan to rely on website registrations.

AppTrackingTransparency isn’t the death knell some feared: Just under half of all users have consented to tracking, far above initial estimates.

Nearly two-thirds of US consumers would give away their email address for a $20 coupon or discount code. Some 31% would provide their full name, and 23% would enter their phone number. That said, 27% wouldn’t be tempted to hand over any of that data or their home address.

Amazon faces investigation into use of third-party seller data: As the SEC looks into Amazon business practices, Congress asks the DOJ to investigate the company for obstruction, which could heighten regulatory pressure on Big Tech.