Voice skills: They’re the user interface that everyone’s talking about (and to). Amazon’s Alexa has tens of thousands of them, some more useful than others. Many of these are being built by FinTechs or other players in the financial space who are looking to make...
If voice is universal, so, too, is money — or, to be more accurate, finance. And a universal duality, perhaps, may be voice-enabled finance, if Fiserv’s vision rings true. For the PYMNTS 2018 Voice Challenge, Fiserv’s own video submission showcased voice-enabled banking that moves beyond...
The memory of a purchase is often short-lived. The frenetic pace of daily life means it’s easy for people to forget about outstanding bills or purchases made days, weeks or months in the past. For the 2018 PYMNTS.com Voice Challenge with Amazon Alexa, Alacriti developed Alexa...
Troy wakes up, checks his calendar while brushing his teeth and pays his bills as he gets dressed. He checks account balances, transfers funds and sets up automatic payments and text notifications — all with his voice, without missing a beat of his morning routine....
Semafone has Three Little Words for customers – and no, they aren’t “I love you,” although the company certainly hopes they’ll inspire that feeling. For the 2018 PYMNTS.com Voice Challenge with Amazon Alexa, Semafone developed an Alexa skill called Phone Concierge that fulfills two key...
The artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual assistant has been floating around the payments and commerce ecosystem for a few years. But until fairly recently, the term “assistant” was used too generously. Alexa — via the earliest skill built for the platform — could do all kinds...
When one watches any of the campy sci-fi horror movies involving creepy creatures rising from the briny deep to run amok on land, one’s first thought probably isn’t about the frictions associated with finding and buying a car to replace the one that said sea creature just destroyed. Unless...
