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AI Gets Personal To Reduce False Declines

AI Gets Personal To Reduce False Declines
AI Gets Personal To Reduce False Declines
April 06, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

What could possibly be worse for banks and retailers than fraud? According to Dr. Akli Adjaoute, CEO, Brighterion, it’s declines. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Facebook-Gate: Rethinking How Apps Treat User Profile Data
Facebook-Gate: Rethinking How Apps Treat User Profile Data
April 06, 2018  |  Facebook

When it was discovered that Facebook had allowed its users’ profile data – and that of their social networks – to fall into third-party hands,...

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Meet Ben, An AI-Powered Bitcoin Friend
Meet Ben, An AI-Powered Bitcoin Friend
April 06, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Much has been written about buying bitcoin in specific, and cryptocurrency in general. Whether it’s investing or gambling, whether it’s a good idea or immoral...

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Free Alexa: How Voice Challenge Winners Go Beyond The Echo Cylinder
Free Alexa: How Voice Challenge Winners Go Beyond The Echo Cylinder
April 05, 2018  |  Alexa Voice Challenge

Voice skills: They’re the user interface that everyone’s talking about (and to). Amazon’s Alexa has tens of thousands of them, some more useful than others....

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Managing ATM Fleets, With A Glance At The Future
Managing ATM Fleets, With A Glance At The Future
April 05, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Card-free cash access, voice commands and credit cards issued at the ATM? Not so far-fetched, as Cardtronics and TDECU executives told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster on...

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 Beyond Panera’s Loaves And Phishes, Beware The Scammers In Your Inbox
 Beyond Panera’s Loaves And Phishes, Beware The Scammers In Your Inbox
April 05, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Panera and Saks grab the headlines. But amid data leaks the lures for the bad guys go far beyond the credit card number. Names, addresses...

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Another Cloudless Day: IntraNext Software Saves Call Centers From Migrating
Another Cloudless Day: IntraNext Software Saves Call Centers From Migrating
April 04, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Everyone talks about moving to the cloud, and doing so can certainly deliver benefits in a contact center environment. It creates ease of scalability and...

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Petal CEO: Using Cashflow — Not FICO — To Issue Credit Cards
Petal CEO: Using Cashflow — Not FICO — To Issue Credit Cards
April 04, 2018  |  Financial Inclusion

For the 47 percent of Americans with prime credit scores, getting and using a credit card isn’t much of a problem. Get the Full Story...

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Tilr CEO: Why Algorithms Make The Best Recruiters
Tilr CEO: Why Algorithms Make The Best Recruiters
April 04, 2018  |  Matchmakers

The art and science of using the internet as a tool to recruit employees hasn’t just fundamentally changed once in the last 15 or so...

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