Artificial Intelligence

PYMNTS covers artificial intelligence as it transforms payments, commerce and financial services, from generative AI and agentic commerce to fraud detection, underwriting and customer engagement. Our reporting pairs breaking news with proprietary data and expert analysis to examine how AI is reshaping business models, operational efficiency and competitive dynamics across the connected economy.
Chatbots
Facebook Tests New Local Search, Discovery Features
March 23, 2017

First it was a way to connect with college friends. It then integrated the rest of the world, added business pages, welcomed an instant messaging system and eventually started working with organizations for personalized chatbots. With all of these features, it seems like social media...

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Chatbot Tracker: To Jump Or Not To Jump On The Chatbot Wagon?
March 21, 2017

Chatbots have been around for quite some time, but businesses have had trouble getting them fully off the ground. Before a certain social media giant started participating in the chatbot scene, consumers were required to download various apps on their devices for access. Get the...

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Chatbots Bringing On Business Operations Revolution?
March 16, 2017

Whether someone is buying a product, attending a concert or renting a truck to move furniture, there’s some level of customer service involved. It’s the one major thread running through nearly every business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Teaching Chatbots To Speak The Language Of Consumers
March 14, 2017

Although Eno is a new way for Cap One and its customers to communicate, Ken Dodelin, VP of digital product development at Capital One, says that it’s really not all that new. He tells Karen Webster that it simply builds on the way in which...

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Lantern Credit Buys Machine Learning Library To Enhance Offers
March 13, 2017

Lantern Credit, the financial technology company aiming to solve systematic inefficiencies in the consumer credit industry, announced Friday (March 10) that it has acquired the Abstract Regression-Classification (ARC) Machine Learning Library. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Capital One Launches Text-Message Based Assistant Eno
March 13, 2017

Capital One announced the launch of Eno, a new text message-based assistant that can help customers with a variety of banking and credit card activities. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Dialing Up Payments Security For Call Centers
March 08, 2017

Think call centers are on the way out? Think again. They’re evolving to provide a point of service, as they always have, at that last moment of payment, but with new security measures in place, as IntraNext CEO Patrick Brown tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster.  

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Chatbot Tracker: Samsung Unveils AI Retail Chatbot At MWC
March 07, 2017

Today’s connected universe has seen its fair share of innovative technologies to help make consumers’ lives easier. From on-demand car rides with Uber to controlling the air conditioning and heating system in a home via Nest or streaming any movie or TV show from the...

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Kasisto Bumps Up Conversational AI
March 07, 2017

In the chatbot space, there are a myriad of companies developing new ways to seamlessly integrate bots or virtual assistants into customer service interactions. One of the industries that may be moving ahead of the others is the financial space, where there have recently been...