The practice has resulted in lawsuits from privacy groups in Austria, France, Greece, Italy, and the UK. The company pulled out of Canada in 2020 after an investigation into its methods. California and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have both sued the company. The lawsuits resulted in Clearview AI ceasing sales of its database to private US companies.

Why it matters: Sixty-eight percent of global merchants said holiday shopping is critical for their annual revenues, per a Paysafe-commissioned survey of 900 businesses in the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Austria, and Bulgaria. What this means: The importance of holiday revenues signals why merchants should implement faster checkout solutions.

The retail giant launched Amazon Business in the US in 2015, before expanding into Germany, Britain, Italy, Spain, and France. “We believe that we’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible to date, and plan to keep building the features our business customers tell us they need and want,” wrote Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in his letter to shareholders.

Both surveys were conducted during March 8-24, 2023 in Australia, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, the UK, and the US. Twilio is a provider of communication and authentication technology for software apps.

Amex will focus on bringing new merchants into its acceptance network in key countries like France, Italy, and Spain. Powering growth with technology and customer experience. Last year, Amex’s tech investments accounted for 3.8% of company revenues. It plans to increase its competitive advantage by building out digital capabilities for travel as consumers scratch their pandemic travel itch.

The news: Samsung relaunched Samsung Wallet for Galaxy users in the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Users will be able to store payment cards, loyalty and rewards cards, transit tickets, COVID-19 vaccination cards, and select identification documents like driver's licenses.

We have Spain, Italy, or Germany. We'll start with Evelyn this time. Evelyn Mitchell:. Germany. Bill Fisher:. Okay. Carina? Carina Perkins:. I'm going to go with Italy. Bill Fisher:. And Paul? Paul Briggs:. Well, just to change things up, I'll go with Spain. Bill Fisher:. Okay. These were the top three. I'd have thought Germany, because it's very privacy centric, right?

Close to half (46%) of financial services marketing leaders in France, Italy, the UK, and the US believe marketing AI investments can lead to a revenue lift of 30% to 69%, according to a January 2021 survey by Persado.

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.

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.

In March, Italy became the first country within a GDPR jurisdiction to ban ChatGPT. Italy’s DPA cited privacy concerns related to the application in its decision. However, the ban was lifted on April 28 after OpenAI met a list of the DPA’s demands. But regulators in France, Germany, and Spain are still mulling the legality of ChatGPT’s practices in relation to GDPR compliance.

In Germany, Italy, and Spain, for example, about 56% of respondents had a smart TV this year. Time spent each day with desktops, laptops, and tablets remained considerably higher than time spent with mobile devices, averaging 3:25 and 2:19, respectively. Daily PC time grew more than mobile time year over year; the opposite was true in 2020.

Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and Italy largely rely on local creators to generate an attractive podcasting ecosystem for the average consumer. These countries have relatively fewer podcast listeners so far. Notably, Spanish is well on the way to becoming the second universal language for podcasting.

The firm launched its banking platform in Poland and Italy in the second half of 2022. It wants to bring the solution to more European markets this year, as well as to the US and Brazil—two major remittance markets. Western Union will also expand its retail point-of-sale offering, which it’s calling WUPOS 2.0, to help improve the agent and customer experience and transactional efficiency.

However, HBO Max won’t launch in several markets—Austria, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and the UK—until 2025 at the earliest due to HBO’s pre-existing contracts with Sky that prevent it from doing so. Newer underdog entrants are attempting to undercut established players on price.

On the Continent, by country: France, Germany, Italy, and Belgium have experienced massive plummets in consumer confidence as inflation rises. A quarter of German consumers rearranged investment plans in response to economic shifts resulting from the war in Ukraine.

It added a new Columbus, Ohio, region as well as Milan and Turin regions in Italy. More cloud regions are coming this year to the US and the Middle East. Google announced plans to open a Mexico region as part of a $1.2 billion, five-year expansion across Latin America.

Among shoppers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK who had made at least one online purchase in the past 30 days, respondents were more likely to have discovered their last purchase in a store rather than via an online ad, per June 2021 data from Criteo, Lucid, and Qualtrics.

Every tier has unlimited account statements, plus country-specific IBANs for France, Spain, Germany, and Italy. The big takeaway: The potential terms of Qonto’s new round—particularly given Tiger Global’s bullish outlook increasing the valuation—is a new sign of investors’ confidence in SMB neobanking as a lucrative market.

The study surveyed 7,000 consumers across France, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and the UK in July 2022. Key stats: Some of the most notable statistics from the study come from UK respondents, who are facing a cost of living crisis and rapidly rising interest rates. Almost half (46%) of UK consumers said they never think about their credit scores.

Close to half (46%) of financial services marketing leaders in France, Italy, the UK, and the US believe marketing AI investments can lead to a revenue lift of 30% to 69%, according to a January 2021 survey by Persado. Consumer experience-related applications like content personalization continue to gain popularity.

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. While many of the underlying features are the same, some platforms are more developed than others, and each is carving its own niche in the space.