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It will use Mastercard Send so customers in Australia and Hong Kong can send payments to more than 1.5 billion Mastercard cards.

Amplified Intelligence is an Australia-based provider touting proprietary attention data from over 100,000 human subjects from 15 countries. Its self-serve platform, attentionPROVE, lets marketers generate and apply their own tags to get live attention insights at the format, campaign, and channel levels.

Social media users in select countries (US, UK, Australia, France, and Saudi Arabia) trust brands over influencers when it comes to finance, apparel, and skincare, per an October study from Snap Inc. and IPG Magna. Finance is where this trend is most pronounced.

Romania led the region in smart TV ownership and ranked No. 7 globally, tied with Australia. Some 63.3% of respondents owned a smart TV, significantly higher than the regional average of 49.3%. Live TV viewership in Romania was 93.3%, significantly higher than the regional average of 82.7%.

Similarly, 73% of consumers in the US, UK, and Australia say they would be more likely to buy from a company whose AI is supervised and managed by human agents, per LivePerson and PureSpectrum. Generative AI is a nascent technology鈥攁nd it has risks. GenAI-based chatbots are prone to hallucinations.

Moreover, all the major economies鈥攊ncluding Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea鈥攈ave either implemented a national strategy on AI or are in the midst of formulating one. For example, China has proposed strict AI regulations focusing on ethics, national security, and content control鈥攊ncluding the draft regulations that mandate AI-generated content to be labeled.

In countries with a high internet penetration (including in Australia, North America, and much of Europe), online samples will have an age, gender, and education profile that closely resembles that of the general/total population.

Macroeconomic headwinds and tight competition might鈥檝e complicated Affirm鈥檚 growth efforts in Australia.

The fiber-optic cable will connect major global regions in a 鈥淲鈥� shape, linking the US, India, South Africa, and Australia and make Meta the sole owner and user of the cable. This gives it dedicated infrastructure to address growing internet traffic in the region. Meta鈥檚 Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp currently account for 10% of global fixed and 22% of mobile internet usage, per Sandvine.

The news: Australia has banned social media for minors under 16 years old, establishing one of the toughest regulations against Big Tech amid a global crackdown on teen safety and privacy. The breakdown: The law requires platforms to take 鈥渞easonable steps鈥� to block minors or face fines of up to $45 million Australian dollars ($32 million).

Australia took those efforts a step further earlier this month when it banned minors under 16 from using social media in one of the most aggressive changes yet鈥攁lbeit one with unclear terms. The US has also ramped up social media and privacy regulation this year, advancing the Kids Online Safety Act.

Intensifying international pushback on social media: Led by the EU鈥檚 strict child safety measures in its Digital Services Act (DSA), Australia and the UK are pushing social media safeguards. In Australia, platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram have one year to implement age-verification systems, which could use biometrics to comply.

Australia-based travel insurer World Nomads collaborated with UK-based specialist insurance, loyalty, and travel services provider Collinson Group to roll out a parametric travel insurance product to customers in the UK and Ireland.

Plus, consumer enthusiasm over automated customer service is waning: Only half of consumers in the US, UK, and Australia feel positive about using AI to engage with a business, down from 62% a year ago, per LivePerson and PureSpectrum. What are the key use cases of genAI for customer service?