Australia’s Finance Sector Union (FSU) has called out Westpac, one of Australia’s big four banks, for conducting a series of staff firings over the last two months, while at the same time reporting that the bank had a 22% surge in six-month net profits of over $4 billion. In that time, the bank laid off 751 people across many departments, claiming it needed to “cut costs during difficult economic times.”
Google, Facebook and the Australian government have come to agreement whereby the tech companies will pay local publishers when their content appears online – with the caveat that it only applies when content is intentionally uploaded. This is an ongoing issue being negotiated globally and follows Facebook having shut down news content to users in Australia and in Canada. Meanwhile countries are looking to try to keep companies’ power in check.
Carousell has partnered with car-as-a-subscription company Carzuno to offer the ‘Carousell Car Subscription’ in Singapore, a fully digital service that allows users to choose and return their automobile without leaving their homes, leveraging the recently announced Carousell Certified program for cars.
They didn’t call it a CDP, but Meta just launched a product to “connect your first-party data from any sources to any destination, streamlining your data handling processes and unlocking valuable insights to optimize your marketing campaigns.” The name of this miracle cure is Signals Gateway, and pricing seems to start at $30 per month. Data is hosted in Amazon Web Services and, at least in theory, Meta can’t see it.