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Visa also launched new international co-brand credit cards, including the Times Black ICICI Bank and HSBC Taj credit cards in India. Non-card payments. Visa鈥檚 non-card payments got a boost from Visa Direct. Transactions grew 34% YoY in Q1. Visa Direct surpassed 10 billion transactions in 2024. Ecuador's Banco Pichincha began using Visa Direct for remittances in Q1. Visa also partnered with X Money.

In stark black and white, it states whether the product is high, medium, or low in salt, added sugar, and saturated fat. These actions follow the FDA's recent update to the definition of 鈥渉ealthy鈥� on food labels, which tightened limits on saturated fat, sugar, and salt in products making that claim.

The black box AI tool, called Accelerate, analyzes factors like user behavior, website visits, and video views, then automatically adjusts campaigns to increase conversion rates. Despite its extensive features, Accelerate is still in beta and being improved, per Digiday.

The streamer is leaving up just four of its 24 interactive titles: 鈥淏濒补肠办 Mirror: Bandersnatch,鈥� 鈥淯nbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend,鈥� 鈥淩anveer vs. Wild with Bear Grylls,鈥� and 鈥淵ou vs. Wild.鈥�. Netflix will remove all other interactive content by December 1 and has no plans to make more.

For example, Stanley Black & Decker explored shifting production from China to other parts of Asia or Mexico, but is 鈥渦nlikely鈥� to move production to the US because it is 鈥渘ot cost-effective鈥� and there are 鈥渜uestions about whether we even have the labor to actually do that in this country,鈥� said Donald Allen, president and CEO, during the company鈥檚 earnings call.

Learn more: From black and white to color: How retail media networks are navigating the display revolution. The volume of RMNs available makes it challenging for brands to advertise across multiple media networks.

Social media algorithms are often considered a black box to marketers, so specific business insights from TikTok will always spark conversation. This was originally featured in the 蘑菇AV Daily newsletter. For more marketing insights, statistics, and trends, subscribe here.

The acquisition deepens Keurig鈥檚 investment in the space, which includes a 30% stake in C4 Energy maker Nutrabolt as well as a sales and distribution deal with Black Rifle Energy Drinks, putting it in prime position to capture a bigger slice of a market currently valued at $23 billion.

Hispanic and Black people represent 22% and 18% of the low-income population, respectively, while whites account for 50%. Economic burdens have affected this group鈥檚 spending. More than three-quarters (78%) of consumers viewed fast food as a luxury, an April LendingTree survey of just over 2,000 people found. Those earning $30,000 felt particularly stretched.

For Black consumers, 38% want to get opinions from people who share the same identity components. Our take: Marketers need to focus their efforts on astutely using AI-powered personalization to produce content that resonates with certain patient groups.

The report noted that Black, Hispanic, and LGBTQ+ consumers accounted for more than a third of spending on the US media and entertainment industry in 2023. Notably, at least half of respondents from all three groups felt that social media videos were more diverse than TV shows and movies. Drama is the leading entertainment genre among LGBTQ+ viewers, followed by comedy.

According to 2023 Nielsen data, Black US consumers primarily discover new music through video platforms like YouTube (55%) and social media channels (53.5%). Music discovery is a significant draw for TikTok users, with 27% of US adults specifically citing the platform as a way to hear new music they haven鈥檛 encountered before.

Black History Month ends, but some retailer commitments live on: Consumers鈥攏ot just Black ones鈥攊ncreasingly see through performative marketing campaigns.

Alpha Kappa Alpha founded For Members Only Federal Credit Union to empower Black women to build generational wealth.

Some are calling the program designed to help Black and Hispanic families achieve home ownership 鈥榩redatory lending.鈥�

And per the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Citadel never followed through on its pledge to open three branches in predominantly Black and Hispanic Philadelphia neighborhoods in 2009.

Gen Zers value authenticity; male beauty consumers ask marketers to keep it simple; and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) beauty consumers want representation. Here are tactics to reach three different beauty consumers across #beautytok.

Work with explainable AI (XAI) experts to avoid black box scenarios. XAI involves making AI decision-making easily understandable to the groups affected by its decisions. XAI is nascent and requires highly technical knowledge, so banks should bring in outside experts鈥攎ost likely leading researchers in the field.

Security researchers, including Lumen鈥檚 Black Lotus Labs, have found evidence of Chinese hackers infiltrating ISPs. One attack exploited a software vulnerability to steal passwords, while another used ISPs to spread malware to users. Cybersecurity experts from Microsoft and Google-owned firm Mandiant have been helping to investigate the hacking activity.

That compares with 21% for Black actors, 9% for Asians, and 23% for white actors. In scripted streaming programs, Hispanic actors represented 10% of main cast roles, the same as Asian actors but down from 19% for Black actors and 59% for white actors. Other studies note room for improvement in TV and streaming representation for all minority groups.

No PhD? No problem for quantum computing: Q-CTRL鈥檚 Black Opal provides businesses with quantum skills without the math and ivory tower jargon. CEO Michael Biercuk told us why it鈥檚 important.