Additionally, two surveys were conducted during August and December 2021 among roughly 1,000 respondents each in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, and the UK, as well as two surveys conducted during February and May 2022 among those same countries plus India, Italy, Russia, and South Korea.
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| Sep 26, 2022
In the US and Canada, ARPU fell by 5% during the past quarter. What it means: This makes it twice in a row that Disney+ has beat Netflix out of the gate: first on its timeline for releasing ads, and now on establishing pricing. Due to licensing issues, Netflix's ad-supported tier won't provide users access to the whole platform's library at launch, in contrast to Disney+.
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| Aug 11, 2022
The news: Medical devices company Exo snapped up Canadian AI company Exo to simplify ultrasounds. Exo will integrate Medo’s Sweep AI technology onto its ultrasound platform. How it works: Medo’s FDA-cleared AI algorithms draw on a vast ultrasound image library and longitudinal health data to advance disease detection.
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| Jul 29, 2022
More than 12,000 consumers were surveyed in 13 countries: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, South Korea, the UK, and the US. Responses from Nigeria were not included in the final results due to methodology. Factors affecting erosion of trust:. Economic fears, beginning with inflation, cost, and lack of affordability.
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| Apr 20, 2023
VirtualGurus: Although the business of hiring international remote workers is booming, this startup is connecting US and Canada-based remote workers who are historically underrepresented with a virtual assistant gig work platform. Companies can buy packages starting at $350 per month for trained virtual workers.
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| Oct 20, 2022
Canada. Some cheating. Daniel Konstantinovic:. They got to reel it in. Marcus Johnson:. Canadian territory with the most coastline? Newfoundland and Labrador in the top right-hand corner of Canada. A beautiful country. Today's real topic. Spotify surprises itself. In today's episode. First in the lead will cover Spotify's surprising Q1.
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| May 3, 2023
In a November 2021 survey conducted by global market research company Big Village (formerly Engine) on behalf of Broadridge, 65% of consumers in the US and Canada thought most businesses needed to improve their CX, compared with the 35% who felt the same in 2019.
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| Sep 7, 2022
We also have invested to build out the delivery team in more than 15 major markets across the US and Canada. This means a person in an Article uniform driving an Article truck will show up and deliver your sofa, which means we have the ability to set the terms of how that experience will go versus contracting with a third-party delivery company.
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| May 13, 2022
For a deeper dive into thoughts from the chief marketing officers at 10 of the most innovative banks, credit unions, and neobanks in the US and Canada, read “The Banking CMO Report: 15 Leaders on Priorities, Challenges, and Opportunities.”.
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| Nov 29, 2021
Canada. Social Commerce Will Get Checkout in Canada in 2022. Transacting from Facebook and Instagram Shops in Canada requires linking out to retailer sites, still the most common form of social commerce in most markets. Checkout capabilities exist on Shops in the US, including payment solutions such as Shop Pay from Shopify, but not in Canada.
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| Nov 22, 2021
In announcing Q1 earnings, the company said that in Canada, its paid membership base rose with the launch of paid sharing—and the market’s revenue growth is at a faster pace than the US. Despite that, the company declined to announce a firm date for the feature’s US debut but did point to sometime in Q2.
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| Apr 19, 2023
Canada: 28.5%. Brazil: 27.9%. Argentina: 26.9%. UK: 25.0%. Italy: 24.3%. Spain: 24.0%. France: 23.1%. Germany: 20.2%. Japan: 18.6%. How Social Commerce Stacks Up Across the Social Platforms. “Social commerce” is an umbrella term for a variety of different shopping experiences on social media.
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| Sep 12, 2022
Taking risk on technology is crucial to competitive advantage: Banks are challenged to counter emerging threats, seize opportunities, and build an innovation pipeline. While digital organizations evolve, corporate labs, ventures, accelerators, and strategic investors lead the charge.
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| Oct 14, 2022
Although annual user growth will slow from 5.1% this year to 2.3% in 2026, there will still be more internet users in India in 2026 than in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada combined (488.2 million vs. 737.5 million in India). Despite its large online population, India has the lowest internet use penetration among the 14 Asia-Pacific countries we track.
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| Apr 30, 2022
The UK currently has 365 banks, and Canada has 83. Why does the US have so many banks, and is this staggering number a good or bad thing? A brief history lesson: Two schools of thought emerged when the US was founded regarding the construction of its banking system. Alexander Hamilton called for one dominant national bank while Thomas Jefferson advocated for a decentralized, state-centered system.
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| May 5, 2023
The news: Sweden-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna launched its rewards program in nine countries, including the UK and Canada, per a press release. Klarna also brought its Pay Now feature to the same countries, plus Australia. More on this: Klarna’s rewards program, which it launched in Australia and the US in 2020, lets customers earn points when they make on-time payments.
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And then, you talked about the all important North American market, US and Canada, adding about a hundred thousand new subscribers to reach 74.4 million. But all told, the US and Canada subscriber number has been stuck at 74 million. That 74 million since the end of 2020. So those haven't gone anywhere in a while, at least not the US and Canada.
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| May 1, 2023
Canada Mobile Banking Emerging Features Benchmark, of the top seven Canadian financial institutions. Key Findings. Chase jumped to the top from sixth place last year, beating U.S. Bank by 5 points. Together, the two banks led all but one category. This year, the average score among the top 10 FIs in our study was 51 out of 100 points, down from 70 points in 2020.
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| Dec 7, 2021
Insider Intelligence publishes annual mobile feature benchmarks for the UK and Canada, as well as a companion study for the US:. UK Neobank Emerging Features Benchmark, of the top four UK neobanks. UK Mobile Banking Emerging Features Benchmark, of the top 10 UK financial institutions. Canada Mobile Banking Emerging Features Benchmark, of the top seven Canadian financial institutions.
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| Nov 30, 2021
The training, in detail: The Canada-based bank has already provided Azure training for around two-thirds of its developers, or 2,000 people, Bloomberg added. Approximately 350 among this cohort have taken full Azure certification exams. The exam cost is as high as CAD$5,000 ($3,988.03), CIO Richard Jardim told Bloomberg in an interview.
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| Mar 28, 2022
Laws are under review in the UK and being drafted in the US and Canada. Systems will need to adapt to maintain user-friendly processes. Balancing data privacy and data security has become increasingly challenging for open banking—particularly in light of consumers’ uneasiness about sharing data.
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| Dec 7, 2021
Suzy, what's the one thing when you go home to Canada is like the thing you have to do because it's just so Canadian you just can't get it here? Suzy Davidkhanian:. Kit-Kat. Marcus Johnson:. Kit-Kat? Suzy Davidkhanian:.
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| May 4, 2023
Other car markets approaching the threshold include Canada, Australia, and Spain. If the US continues its aggressive shift to EVs, approximately a quarter of new car sales could be EVs by 2025, beating forecasts by two years. In context, EV sales in the EU and the UK are surging and on track to overtake gas and diesel vehicles by 2025.
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| Jan 3, 2023
It's French-Canadian. They have an office in France and in, I think, Montreal. Bill Fisher:. Okay. But in any case, the two main protagonists here, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, US companies. I know there was pushback from the FTC in the US, but I think there was a judgment saying that they had to let the deal go through.
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