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Deep Dive: Fighting Fraud With AI And Machine Learning

In the inaugural Digital Fraud Tracker, PYMNTS takes a deep dive into the world of cybercrime, exploring the latest attack methods employed...

ResTech

Amex Restaurant Reservation App Woos Millennials

To help its Platinum cardholders book tables at restaurants through their phones, including those that have Michelin stars, American Express plans to...

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Suplari Customizes AI Analytics For Procurement Teams

Artificial intelligence (AI) firm Suplari is targeting the procurement and finance functions in the enterprise with its newest offering. The company announced...

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call center commerce

TRENDING: Allstate’s AI-Assisted Approach To Disaster Relief

Governments may not be known for keeping up with cutting-edge technology, but that doesn’t mean they don’t take note of the trends...

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TRENDING: Solving Banking’s Security-Convenience Conundrum

Call it a Sophie’s Choice for the modern banking industry. Should banks and financial institutions (FIs) focus more on giving consumers the...

Artificial Intelligence

Cognitive/AI Biz Spending To See Strong Growth

Spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems is expected to see continued strong growth as businesses invest in projects in those...

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UiPath Lands $3B Valuation For Robotics Process Automation Tech

A robotics process automation (RPA) startup has just secured a $3 billion valuation as B2B FinTech continues to explore how the technology will...

Artificial Intelligence

Tech Giants See AI As China Strategy

As U.S. technology giants deal with strict censorship rules in China — and the threat of a trade war — some are turning to...

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Omnicommerce

NEW REPORT: Are AI And ML Actually Transforming Retail?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are blurring the divide between online and in-store shopping, and bringing an all-new human element...

Alexa

Amazon Launches API For Alexa Gadgets

Amazon announced on Tuesday (Sept. 18) the launch of a new API, dubbed Alexa Gadget Toolkit, which is aimed at creating more...

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WEF Throws Weight Behind Blockchain For Trade Finance

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has thrown its support behind blockchain technology to expand trade finance availability across the globe, touting the...

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Daily: Mastercard Files For DLT Patents, SBI Holdings Plans Ripple-Infused App

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has found 65 different applications for blockchain technology to tackle the world’s environmental challenges, CoinDesk reported. To...

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Mobile Payments

Alipay Has 700M Active Users

Eric Jing, Ant Financial’s executive chairman and CEO, revealed that Alipay now has over 700 million annual active users — an increase...

International

Baidu Eyes International Market For AI, Self-Driving Tech

As one of the world’s biggest internet companies, Baidu is homing in on autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI). The tech company...

RBC Takes An Intelligence-Driven Approach To Bank Security

Bank branch visits are expected to decline 36 percent by 2023, as consumers embrace speedier banking on-the-go. But catering to demand for...

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Global Payments

Wirecard Teams Up With Cognigy For Chatbot Payments, YES BANK Rolls Out Cashless System

Welcome to The Axis, your look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Germany’s Wirecard works with Cognigy on digital payments...

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Offering Convenience Without Sacrificing Security

Seamless movement across connected and mobile devices, from checking a bank account balance on a smartwatch to shopping via a social platform,...

NEW REPORT: Is Security Holding Omnichannel Banking Back?

Consumers expect to do business with their bank online seamlessly, without the hassle of complicated security checks, whether through their mobile phone,...

DataVisor CEO On Winning The AML Arms Race

The best thing about living in the digital age, DataVisor CEO and Co-Founder Yinglian Xie told Karen Webster in a recent conversation,...

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Data

New Data-Trust Relationship Forms In The Digital Economy

Call it the Great Trade-Off, perhaps: Consumers give up data to online merchants and marketers in exchange for free services, targeted offers,...

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Personnel

BNY Mellon’s Scharf Appoints New Digital Head

BNY Mellon has announced Roman Regelman as its new senior executive vice president and head of digital. Regelman will start his position on...

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CO-OP On The Fraud-Fighting Balancing Act

Credit unions (CUs) face a delicate balancing act when it comes fighting fraud — a specific needle they need to thread, CO-OP Financial...

Intel Secures AI Partnerships For FinServ, Supply Chains

Intel has struck new collaborations with artificial intelligence (AI) companies to broaden its enterprise AI capabilities. A press release on Tuesday (Sept....

Mobile

Samsung To Launch SDK, API For Bixby

Samsung will now allow third-party developers to build apps for its smart assistant Bixby. The company debuted its Galaxy Home smart speaker last...

Authentication

Jumio On Montreal As AI Tech Hub

There are many locales that come to mind in looking toward the next big thing in FinTech, in payments, in AI and...

Authentication

Mixing Humans Into The AI-Powered IDV Workflow Loop

In the world of Digital Identity Verification, convergence is when AI-tech and human intelligence converge to keep the cybercrooks at bay, says...

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Innovation

The Multiple Parts of Innovation

What did you do in high school? Unless you were a roadie for a major rock band — and you weren’t —...

Amazon

Amazon Adds Crypto-Based Security Tools

Amazon’s AWS is in the process of developing new cryptographic and AI-based security tools, and is now looking for more than 130...

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Today In Data

Today In Data: The Rewarding, But Risky, World Of Increasing Automation

Time-consuming, manual and paperwork-heavy processes are increasingly out of fashion for digital connected consumers, and out of fit with their lifestyles. Consumers...

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Partnerships / Acquisitions

Microsoft Embeds AI Into New Payroll Solution

Microsoft is partnering with Ramco Systems to launch a payroll solution on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform, reports in Digit said on...

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Speedpay Fully Integrates With Beguided’s Payment Channel

Western Union subsidiary Speedpay announced it has partnered with tech company Beguided to fully integrate its Avapay payment channel into Speedway’s platform. Speedpay...

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Putting A Price Tag On The Buyer-Supplier Relationship

The power of Big Data is turning the buyer-supplier relationship into a measurable metric in B2B eCommerce. Everything from geographic location to...

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Surveys Show It’s A Good Time To Be A (US) Small Business Owner

Small businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. are increasingly optimistic. Expectations about economic growth, and increases in their own revenues, make for a...

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Retail

Loyalty’s New One Percenters

Throw out everything you’ve ever learned about what makes a consumer loyal to a brand. Consumers, over the last 10 years, have...

Mastercard

KeyBank Turns To Mastercard For AI Fraud Detection

To help make more informed authorization decisions, KeyBank is turning to Mastercard Decision Intelligence. The system, which uses artificial intelligence (AI), will allow KeyBank...

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Retail

Forever 21 Unveils Visual Search For eCommerce

Moving beyond text-based online search for its customers, Forever 21 has unveiled visual search for its website and mobile eCommerce platforms. The...

Procurement Digitization Doesn’t Have An Endgame

Organizations know by now that enhanced and efficient procure-to-pay processes can save money and boost efficiency. But how, and by how much?...

Partnerships / Acquisitions

Flipkart Buys Voice AI Startup Liv.ai

Flipkart, the Indian eCommerce player being acquired by Walmart, has acquired Liv.ai, the Bengaluru startup working on speech recognition platforms using artificial...

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