digital transformation

Peloton Breaks Out Checkbook For AI, Hardware Acquisitions
Peloton Breaks Out Checkbook For AI, Hardware Acquisitions
March 22, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Peloton has bought up three companies that will now give it expertise in wearable devices, artificial intelligence (AI), digital voice assistants, and interactive workout mats,...

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Cos Including Mastercard, IBM, SoftBank Ask G7 For Tech Forum
Cos Including Mastercard, IBM, SoftBank Ask G7 For Tech Forum
March 22, 2021  |  International

Mastercard, IBM and SoftBank, among other companies, are asking the G7 to form a new group to help organize the way in which member states...

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Restaurants Target Digital Consumers With Personalized Offerings
Restaurants Target Digital Consumers With Personalized Offerings
March 22, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

In this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Order to Eat Tracker, created in collaboration with Paytronix, Andrew Rebhun, vice president and digital officer at El Pollo...

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Ant’s Alipay Intros Advisory Platform For Asset Managers
Ant’s Alipay Intros Advisory Platform For Asset Managers
March 22, 2021  |  Investments

Ant Group in China is introducing an investment consulting solution that will enable robo-advisers to extend services to Alipay’s 1 billion users, Bloomberg reported on...

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How El Pollo Loco Uses AI To Help Personalize Rewards Program Offerings
How El Pollo Loco Uses AI To Help Personalize Rewards Program Offerings
March 22, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

With 84 percent of consumers spending their money on merchants that personalize their offerings, it’s no wonder why quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are eager to give...

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Toyota Leads $500 Million Round For Chinese Auto Driving Startup Momenta
Toyota Leads $500 Million Round For Chinese Auto Driving Startup Momenta
March 21, 2021  |  Investments

Momenta is now the recipient of a $500 million investment round led by Toyota in order to provide new technologies like automated HD mapping and...

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El Pollo Loco Fires Up AI To Personalize Loyalty Rewards
El Pollo Loco Fires Up AI To Personalize Loyalty Rewards
March 19, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

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Fraudsters Find New Entry Points To Attack Digital-First Economy
Fraudsters Find New Entry Points To Attack Digital-First Economy
March 18, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

It has been an unusually active year for fraudsters. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 2020 saw payments fraud increase by 47 percent as...

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Treasury Veteran Ed Wilson Sees Both Sides Of The Digital Coin
Treasury Veteran Ed Wilson Sees Both Sides Of The Digital Coin
March 15, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Last month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said central banks should explore creating and issuing sovereign digital currencies. The hypothesis is that such currencies —...

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