Comedy, one of the most connective forms of entertainment, relies on the relationships built between performer and audience, between club and performer, between club and audience, and among audience members. Unfortunately for comedy professionals, the traditional comedy club experience — low ceilings, cramped tables packed...
Country by country, real-time payments systems are taking shape, focusing on domestic transactions. But as Odilon Almeida, global chief executive officer at ACI Worldwide, told Karen Webster, in time, those domestic real-time schemes will link, crossing borders and forming new global financial services ecosystems. And...
McDonald’s is tapping artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Apprente — its 2019 acquisition — to launch a test pilot of automated drive-thru ordering at 10 Chicago fast food locations, CNBC reported on Wednesday (June 2). McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski indicated that the technology is roughly...
In many ways, Johnson & Johnson was at the heart of the COVID-19 crisis. Not only was the company racing against the virus to deploy a vaccine, but it was also supplying medical facilities with critical gear and working to keep the supply of consumer...
The mall and its uncertain future in the era of digital transformation has been a topic of conversation for the better part of the last five years. Is the mall dying? Does the mall have a future? Does anyone still need the mall? The questions...
The gym as we know it is not built for customer success – something that most consumers will readily attest to, given how few times they went to the gym after joining it. The data backs this up. In 2019 (the last “normal” year of gym...
Hyundai has put a number of features into its IONIQ 5 electric vehicle, including an in-car payment system. The system will allow drivers to access in-car credit card payment capabilities through the car’s infotainment screen, according to the carmaker’s Monday (May 24) announcement, Hyundai says...
Would you be surprised if I told you that as many U.S. consumers now order groceries online as order restaurant food online? Don’t be. According to PYMNTS’ latest national consumer study fielded earlier in May, which surveyed a representative sample of roughly 2,300 adults, 17...
We all know the standard financial planning tableau: The smart office containing the eminent adviser, holding the leather-bound folio of the future containing “The Plan.” The lifetime plan for financial wellness — home to the 401K, investments, etc. that will make sure the client is adequately funded...