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How Alexa Makes Voice Caller ID A Two-Way Street

How Alexa Makes Voice Caller ID A Two-Way Street
How Alexa Makes Voice Caller ID A Two-Way Street
March 26, 2018  |  Alexa Voice Challenge

Semafone has Three Little Words for customers – and no, they aren’t “I love you,” although the company certainly hopes they’ll inspire that feeling. Get...

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How Apps Can Make Themselves At Home On The Home Screen
How Apps Can Make Themselves At Home On The Home Screen
March 26, 2018  |  Mobile

People still download mobile apps, but they don’t always use them – many get deleted just as quickly as they’re installed. What does it take...

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How Alexa Will Power The Future’s Excellent Commerce Adventures
How Alexa Will Power The Future’s Excellent Commerce Adventures
March 23, 2018  |  Alexa Voice Challenge

The artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual assistant has been floating around the payments and commerce ecosystem for a few years. But until fairly recently, the term...

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Giving FIs The Edge With Better Data Access
Giving FIs The Edge With Better Data Access
March 23, 2018  |  Data

The problem financial institutions (FIs) have with data, Worldpay’s VP of Integrated Payments, Data and Fraud Products, Nicole Jass, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation,...

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Curing Medicine’s Epidemic Of Noncompliance
Curing Medicine’s Epidemic Of Noncompliance
March 22, 2018  |  Healthcare

The New York Times wrote in April 2017 that the U.S. was in the throes of an epidemic for which there was not only a...

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For Retailers, Tackling The Data/Time Conundrum
For Retailers, Tackling The Data/Time Conundrum
March 22, 2018  |  Retail

Data is useful only when it’s fully utilized. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Voice And Visual: Better Together On The Echo Show
Voice And Visual: Better Together On The Echo Show
March 22, 2018  |  Voice Activation

There’s a lot that developers can do with voice, and that’s at the heart of the PYMNTS.com Voice Challenge with Amazon Alexa – but there’s...

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PPRO: The 10 Fastest Growing Global eCommerce Markets
PPRO: The 10 Fastest Growing Global eCommerce Markets
March 21, 2018  |  International

It’s an exciting time to be a global brand. In western markets, eCommerce continues to grow steadily — but, more importantly, it’s taking significant hold...

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Shopify: Online’s Biggest Liability Is A Friction-Filled Checkout
Shopify: Online’s Biggest Liability Is A Friction-Filled Checkout
March 21, 2018  |  Retail

After two decades of online commerce, Mohammad Hashemi, General Manager of Financial Services at Shopify told Karen Webster, online checkout shouldn’t be a friction-filled mess...

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