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Culture & Media

A daily recap from Web Summit 2025: Circular and creator economies take centre…

More than 70,000 attendees and 2,500 start-ups have gathered in Lisbon for Web Summit 2025, where circular innovation and the creator economy have taken centre stage.

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Signals

Stat: More Millennial men will be stay-at-home dads

According to Visa’s recent Millennial Research Study, conducted by Lieberman Research Worldwide, today’s young men are more open to the prospect of being a stay-at-home father than the previous generation. As more men take an equal role in child-rearing, they will seek platforms like Fatherly that recognise the humour and emotion that comes with…

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Signals

Visa strikes up conversation about women and money

Visa is changing the conversation about women’s finance with the launch of its latest initiative, Money is Changing.

Acorn
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Micro Trends

Debt-protectors

Spurred on by consumers’ economic insecurity, fintech firms are creating new financial tools that help people become more astute spenders and savers.

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Technology

Token is a new smart ring focused on security

US – The wearable device enables users to purchase products, open their cars and replace access cards.

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Travel & Hospitality

Chinese push

UAE – The government is planning to provide Chinese tourists with visas on arrival in a move to encourage spending.

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North America

Uber loyalty

US – Uber is riding out the sharing economy backlash with a new loyalty system that gives back to the community.

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Retail

Nigeria signs up MasterCard for ID payment cards

Nigeria – Credit card firm MasterCard, in partnership with the Nigerian government, is to distribute ID cards that also serve as bank cards to the West African country’s 160m residents.

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Luxury

Chinese 'power women' drive luxury spending

Chinese ‘power women’ drive luxury spending