personalization

Etsy Focuses on Personalization Amid ‘Highly Fluid’ Trade Situation
Etsy Focuses on Personalization Amid ‘Highly Fluid’ Trade Situation
April 30, 2025  |  Earnings

Etsy is focusing on personalization efforts amid what its CEO calls a “challenging” macroeconomic environment. The eCommerce website reported earnings on Wednesday (April 30) showing...

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Visa Gives AI Shopping Agents ‘Intelligent Commerce’ Superpowers
Visa Gives AI Shopping Agents ‘Intelligent Commerce’ Superpowers
April 30, 2025  |  Payment Methods

Visa wants the next wave of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to do more than curate a dream vacation or the perfect outfit to wear for...

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Waymo Denies Plan to Use Robotaxis’ Interior Cameras to Personalize Ads
Waymo Denies Plan to Use Robotaxis’ Interior Cameras to Personalize Ads
April 07, 2025  |  Transportation

Autonomous vehicle firm Waymo denied a media report that it plans to use data from its robotaxis’ interior cameras to identify individuals or personalize ads....

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Three Macro Trends in GenAI for Financial Services
Three Macro Trends in GenAI for Financial Services
March 26, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and agentic models are revolutionizing financial services, transforming user experience, fraud detection, payments innovation and compliance processes, according to John Kain,...

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Google Cloud Exec: AI Bridges the Gap Between Brands and Consumers
Google Cloud Exec: AI Bridges the Gap Between Brands and Consumers
March 17, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

If you ask any marketer to list four of the main challenges they face today, they will most likely say lack of staff, an insufficient...

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Bilt Rewards Snaps Up Banyan to Deepen Merchant Data and Consumer Insights
Bilt Rewards Snaps Up Banyan to Deepen Merchant Data and Consumer Insights
March 13, 2025  |  Partnerships

Bilt Rewards, the fast-growing payments and commerce platform known for turning housing payments into loyalty rewards, has made its first acquisition, purchasing item-level receipt data...

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Mews Founder Says It’s Time to Stop Treating Hotel Guests Like a Room Number 
Mews Founder Says It’s Time to Stop Treating Hotel Guests Like a Room Number 
March 13, 2025  |  Travel Payments

The hospitality industry is built on service, but the hotel experience has remained largely unchanged for decades. Guests arrive at a front desk, provide identification,...

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What FinTech Regulation and the Trucking Industry Have in Common
What FinTech Regulation and the Trucking Industry Have in Common
March 10, 2025  |  Legal & Regulation

The deregulation of financial services — and particularly of FinTechs — may be viewed by some as a reaction to overregulation, where innovation has been...

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Google’s AI-Powered Shopping Tools Personalize Style and Beauty
Google’s AI-Powered Shopping Tools Personalize Style and Beauty
March 05, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

“The influence of AI on shopping habits is undeniable,” Lilian Rincon, VP of Consumer Shopping Product at Google, said during a Tuesday (March 4) media...

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