Open banking — where traditional banks enable payments and other new services by way of APIs that give access to financial data previously locked up in their systems — has led to a rush of startups looking to build the links to make it a reality. Today one of the hopefuls in open banking — […]
Volt, an open banking fintech for payments and more, raises $60M at a $350M+ valuation by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon announced today that it will host the annual Prime Day shopping event on July 11-12. The company typically offers a lot of discounts to customers to boost sales numbers during this event. The company said the event will start on July 3 a.m. EDT and run through July 12. The Prime Day sales will […]
Amazon will hold the Prime Day shopping event on July 11-12 by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Jason Del Rey has spent the last 15 years reporting on e-commerce businesses, including Walmart and Amazon. Now, in a new book that hit shelves today called Winner Sells All, he tells the broader story of Walmart — which long focused on preserving what it had built — and its epic battle with Amazon, whose […]
How Amazon beat Walmart — and who might beat Amazon: talking with reporter Jason Del Rey by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
Roblox is well aware that its young users are getting older, and the company is making every effort to grow up along with them. The platform, once synonymous with younger kids, announced Tuesday that it would allow creators to build mature content designed for users age 17 and up. To create or enjoy those experiences, […]
Roblox invites its community to build mature experiences for 17+ users by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
Instagram is finally letting users download Reels posted by others so they can share them outside the app. Rival short video app TikTok has had this feature for years and gained popularity by people watching short videos with the app’s watermark outside the platform. On Tuesday, the company’s head Adam Mosseri said on his Instagram […]
Instagram now finally allows users to download public Reels by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch