In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Google are hit with a USD $177m fine from South Korea’s regulators; Mailchimp are acquired by Intuit for around USD $12bn; and authorities in Beijing are reportedly seeking to dismantle Ant Group’s Alipay.   Google fined USD [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: China have introduced a new law that will restrict tech firms’ collection of user data; TikTok’s CEO is questioned by US senators over the company’s collection and use of biometric information; and Studio Sirah have [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Tencent are hit with legal action from the Chinese government over allegations that their WeChat messaging app fails to protect underage users; Hootsuite acquire Heyday for USD $48m; and InstaCarro raise USD $23m in a [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: president Biden signs a new executive order designed to rein-in the power of Big Tech; accounting startup Pleo reach USD $1.7bn valuation after raising USD $150m; and a trio of Chinese tech companies see their [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: the FCA will take legal action against social media platforms and search engines that show ads promoting financial scams; the Biden administration have rescinded executive orders filed by former president Trump attempting to ban TikTok [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Holland & Barrett set up a flagship online store on Tmall; and Australia’s leading media agencies are losing staff to their independent competitors.   Holland & Barrett launch on Alibaba’s Tmall Holland & Barrett will set up a [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in ad tech from around the globe. In this edition: Twitter launch a new consumer-focused subscription service called “Twitter Blue”; Apple announce “Private Relay”, a feature that will obstruct fingerprinting [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Tesla agree to store their Chinese customers’ data within China; Facebook launch a series of live stream shopping events; and global AVOD ad spend is projected to rise to USD $66bn by 2026.   Tesla to keep [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Singapore &#822super app” Grab go public in the US via a record-breaking SPAC deal; media firms Univision and Grupo Televisa merge to build the US’s largest Spanish-language player; and the Biden administration add 7 Chinese [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Microsoft purchase AI and voice tech firm Nuance for USD $16bn; China ban mobile apps from collecting &#822excessive” levels of users’ personal data; and daily app usage leaps 30% compared to 2019, finds a study [...]