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Mental Health Sector Is Adopting AI-Powered Apps for Accessible Care
Mental Health Sector Is Adopting AI-Powered Apps for Accessible Care
April 09, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

The mental health arena is buzzing with the entry of AI-powered apps that promise fast and accessible care.  Amid soaring demand for mental health support, artificial...

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States Embrace Mobile Driver’s Licenses to Fight Fraud Amid Privacy Scrutiny
States Embrace Mobile Driver’s Licenses to Fight Fraud Amid Privacy Scrutiny
April 09, 2024  |  Identity

In an era dominated by smartphones, the necessity of carrying physical driver’s licenses or ID cards may soon become obsolete. Across the United States, the...

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Automattic Acquires Messaging App Beeper, Plans to Combine With Texts
Automattic Acquires Messaging App Beeper, Plans to Combine With Texts
April 09, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Automattic, the company behind WordPress and WooCommerce, has acquired Beeper, a “universal messaging app” that combines 14 chat networks in one inbox. The company will combine Beeper with Texts, a...

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Mobile Robots and AI Help Modernize, Streamline Warehouse Workflows 
Mobile Robots and AI Help Modernize, Streamline Warehouse Workflows 
April 09, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise to fully digitize all manner of verticals, all manner of workflows … … and in the...

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Capturing the $250 Trillion Cross-Border Payments Opportunity 
Capturing the $250 Trillion Cross-Border Payments Opportunity 
April 09, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

With every innovation, the world gets a little bit smaller and interconnected.  And with the news Monday (April 8) that Kyriba and Onyx, a J.P. Morgan business unit, are collaborating...

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Santander to Launch Openbank Digital Bank in US, Mexico
Santander to Launch Openbank Digital Bank in US, Mexico
April 09, 2024  |  Digital-First Banking

Santander will launch its digital bank, Openbank, in the United States and Mexico in the second half of 2024. Currently, Openbank serves 2 million customers in four...

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Automating Ad Hoc Payments Makes Instant Pay a Reality for Gig Workers
Automating Ad Hoc Payments Makes Instant Pay a Reality for Gig Workers
April 09, 2024  |  Gig Economy

Defined by their sporadic and one-off nature, ad hoc payments have traditionally provided a flexible solution for compensating individuals for their services, catering to the...

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VIP Subscribers Demand Transparency at the Point of Checkout
VIP Subscribers Demand Transparency at the Point of Checkout
April 09, 2024  |  Subscriptions

Consumers who enroll in retail subscriptions for exclusive access demand to be kept in the loop about the status of their purchase through to the...

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JustPaid Launches API to Support Usage-Based Billing
JustPaid Launches API to Support Usage-Based Billing
April 09, 2024  |  Accounts Payable

JustPaid has launched a billing platform application programming interface (API) that helps businesses automatically track product usage and generate invoices. It does so by uploading usage...

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