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2.1KSecurity & FraudFaster Payments, Faster Fraudsters
The following Deep Dive takes an in-depth look at how real-time payments and P2P services are enabling faster transactions for users and...
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2.3Kcall center commerceThe Kinder, Gentler AI-Powered Call Center
When it comes to interacting with call centers, consumers have become increasingly comfortable with automation. In fact, customers are starting to chafe...
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2.4KAMLDeep Dive: An Automated Approach To The $2T Global Money Laundering Problem
The term “money laundering” is believed to have originated as a result of infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone’s habit of channeling criminally...
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2.2KArtificial IntelligenceChina Sneaks Up On US In AI Research Race
A new report has revealed that China is gaining ground on the U.S. in artificial intelligence (AI) research. Seattle-based Allen Institute for...
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2.0KAppleApple Buys ML Co Laserlike To Enhance Siri
Apple has acquired machine learning startup Laserlike to boost its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts, including Siri. According to The Information, the acquisition,...
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3.3KDigital BankingHow Wells Fargo Uses AI, Biometrics To Fight Money Laundering
With fraud attempts continually on the rise around the world, financial institutions have their work cut out for them. They must remain...
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6.9KDigital BankingHow Wells Fargo Uses AI, Biometrics To Fight Money Laundering
Digital banking customers of today aren’t looking for the bank with the newest features — they’re looking for the bank that can...
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4.9KPartnerships / AcquisitionsComcast Buys AI Cybersecurity Firm BluVector
Comcast announced Monday (March 4) that it has acquired BluVector, a company that uses advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsGhosts Of Payments Fraud Past: Enron CEO Skilling Freed From Custody
Enron may be hazy in the minds of some, but former CEO Jeffrey Skilling's release from jail and federal custody shows that...
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4.2KAlexaAmazon Debuts Third Alexa Accelerator Program
Amazon’s Alexa Fund has announced the launch of the third year of the Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars. Up to ten companies from...
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4.5KAlternative FinancesWhat Smart, Conversational AI Adds To Credit Scoring
Traditional credit-scoring models have not had it easy in the court of public opinion over the last few years. The complaints vary in...
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6.4KEarningsDomino’s Looks To AI, Loyalty And ‘Fortressing’ For More Growth
Loyalty stood as one of the big themes of the 2018 fourth quarter for Domino’s Pizza. Not only did the chain’s Piece...
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4.7KRetailWhen Conversational AI Meets The QSR Drive-Thru
Some entrepreneurs develop new tools after they find that existing technology doesn’t meet the needs of a specific market: Valyant AI CEO...
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2.6KPartnerships / AcquisitionsSafe-Driving AI Startup Newton Joins Team At Nauto
Safe-driving AI startup Newton Technologies has announced that it is joining Nauto, a transportation company working to make human drivers and autonomous...
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2.9KInnovationFacebook Aims To Advance AI By Creating Its Own Chips
Facebook wants to create its own chips to deliver the type of computing speeds necessary to take the next leap forward in...
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2.2KToday In DataData As A Prescription For FIs And Healthy Healthcare Collections
Data is everywhere, and ripe for the mining. It can help financial firms offer better services and can help healthcare providers set...
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1.3KToday In DataGreat Expectations (And Demand) For Gig Workers And Digital Services Gone Global
The idea of “on demand” is firmly entrenched in the consumer mindset – increasingly so, as services are ever more digital, and...
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3.0KArtificial IntelligenceMicrosoft President, Pope Talk AI
Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith and Pope Francis met for 30 minutes on Wednesday (Feb. 13) to discuss “artificial intelligence...
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2.7KRegulationApple, IBM CEOs To Advise On Trump Workforce Policy
Apple CEO Tim Cook and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty have been appointed to President Donald Trump’s advisory board that aims to direct the...
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4.1KArtificial IntelligenceWhat FIs Don’t Understand About AI And ML
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) aren’t part of a far-off future. They are here, and they are at the bank. In...
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1.9KOmnicommerceBringing Contextual Commerce To The TV Screen
The average Android user spends 53 minutes per day on Instagram. Add in the time spent on Facebook, Pinterest and other platforms,...
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4.7KOmnicommerceWhy Contextual Commerce Is Retail’s Future Now
Shopping is a social experience in more ways than one. Consumers are busy, attached to their smartphones and used to scrolling past...
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1.6KInnovationTrump Debuts AI Development Initiative
President Donald Trump is gearing up to sign an initiative later on Monday (Feb. 11) that will focus on artificial intelligence development...
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3.9KB2B PaymentsFinding A One-To-Many Connection In Supply Chain Payments
Supply chains aren’t so much chains as they are intricate webs of connections between business partners: buyers, suppliers, logistics providers, banks, customs...
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3.9KArtificial IntelligenceIBM Puts $2B In NY AI Research Center
IBM is planning to invest over $2 billion to help establish an “AI Hardware Center” at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus in...
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2.4KeCommerceZoovu Raises $14M To Expand Use Of AI Digital Sales Assistants
Zoovu, a company that provides artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital assistants in a software-as-a-service suite for brands, has raised $14 million in a...
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3.3KRetailProven Skincare Taps AI To Personalize Beauty
The claims that skincare and beauty brands make about their effectiveness never fail to be lofty – usually offering some combination of...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsThe Compliance Beast Of Food Retail Supply Chains
Tightening regulations have introduced loftier compliance burdens to global supply chains, made even more complex and challenging as companies do business with...
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4.1Kcall center commerceHow Betterment Is Using AI, Automation For Better Customer Engagement
Catering to the needs of tech-savvy consumers means providing customer service that’s quick and adaptive, regardless of the channel. Automation, artificial intelligence...
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2.9KDigital BankingDeep Dive: Fighting Fraud At The Genetic Level
To fight fraud effectively, financial institutions need to clearly understand it, right down to its DNA. The Digital Banking Tracker's includes a...
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8.2KB2B PaymentsXeeva Secures AI Patent For Procurement Spend Analysis
Procurement technology firm Xeeva has announced a new patent pertaining to enhanced spend analytics, the company said in a recent press release....
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9.5Kcall center commerceWhy Humans Still Run Betterment’s AI-Powered Call Center
Consumers have seemingly grown more comfortable interacting with automated and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled interfaces when dealing with call centers. In fact, consumers...
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4.9KInnovation
Artificial Intelligence Innovation Steered By U.S. and China
Artificial intelligence has started — slowly — to make its presence felt in payments and commerce, including in fraud prevention, via early deployments...
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5.1KB2B PaymentsRover180 Acquires Vemity To Boost AI Capabilities
Rover180 has acquired Vemity, an Indiana-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence (AI) automation and machine learning. Located in Indianapolis, Rover180 provides alternative...
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2.8KAppleApple’s Siri Without A Biz Head
The head of Siri at Apple has moved on to another position within the company. Bill Stasior, who has been in charge...
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3.5KAlternative FinancesAre Mortgages The On-Ramp For Lifelong Financial Management?
Of the scores of innovations and updates to consumer lending seen and written about over the last decade or so, speed is...
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2.6KRetailFarmstead Launches New AI-Powered Ordering Program
Farmstead has launched a new program using artificial intelligence (AI) that can save its customers money. The online grocer’s new Refill &...
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4.0KDigital BankingHow HSBC Uses AI To Boost Its Digital Banking Immune System
What good is an AI-powered insight if core banking systems do not know how to act on it in real time? In...
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7.2KRetailDomino’s Makes A Pizza Points Loyalty Play With AI
In an attempt to earn customer loyalty heading into the Super Bowl pizza rush, Domino’s is offering members of its Points for...
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8.9KDigital BankingWhy Banks’ Immune Systems Need Both AI And Human Boosts
As fraudsters become more brazen in their efforts, banks are realizing they need to do more than simply respond to suspicious activities...
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5.6KEcosystemsWhy Google Wants To Ride Shotgun With Automobile OEMs
In the quickly developing world of voice-controlled artificial intelligence, the car is shaping up to be the newest battleground. It is territory...
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2.7KSizzle/FizzleFizzle Of The Week: Munchery And The Suppliers Left Behind
Despite raising over $125 million in venture funding from the likes of Greycroft, ACME Ventures (formerly known as Sherpa Capital), Menlo Ventures,...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsHostBooks Enters The SMB Accounting Arena
San Francisco-based HostBooks is stepping into the small business (SMB) accounting software industry, announcing Thursday (Jan. 24) that its solution officially launched...
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10.4KInvestmentsDutch Startup Raises $33M For AI In Real Estate
When Dutch entrepreneur Teun van den Dries started GeoPhy, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven service that performs real estate valuations, there was nothing like...
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2.6KEconomyStudy: Automation Will Hurt Manufacturing-Heavy Midwest
Manufacturing-heavy states in the Midwest will be hit hardest by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation for lower-skilled jobs, according...
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4.9KB2B PaymentsCompliance Execs Forge Closer Ties With Corporate Buyers
With third-party due diligence and supply chain security as increasingly critical components of organizations’ procurement operations, compliance executives are finding important positions...
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4.9KFraud PreventionWhen Fraud Risk Is Credit Risk In Disguise
Here’s a test: What’s fraud? Also, what’s a simple and legitimate matter of credit risk? Those aren’t trick questions, but rather a...
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4.7KB2B PaymentsStreamlining The B2B Side Of Retail With Data
There is a chain reaction set off when a consumer makes a seemingly simple purchase online. While the shopper will click “buy,”...
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7.6KB2B PaymentsCorporate Finance’s Interest In AI Doesn’t Lead To Adoption: Oracle
Last year was the year of artificial intelligence (AI), declared Brighterion CEO Dr. Akli Adjaoute for PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. The technology is...
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3.3KArtificial IntelligenceReport: Corporate AI Usage Balloons 270 Pct In Four-Year Span
A new report has revealed that the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in companies grew 270 percent in the past four years....
