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Samuel L. Jackson Lends His Voice To Amazon’s Alexa
Alexa // September 25, 2019

To offer Alexa’s first celebrity voice selection, Samuel L. Jackson has made a deal with Amazon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

College Scandal Sentencing Highlights Old-Fashioned Payments Fraud
Legal // September 13, 2019

Payments and commerce fraud comes in a variety of rancid flavors and uses a variety of tactics, many of them increasingly sophisticated, mobile and digital. But sometimes payments-related fraud comes down to old-fashioned methods, and that was the case on Friday afternoon (Sept. 13) in...

Putting A Famous Face To A Product
Retail // March 30, 2019

Celebrity-backed brands are nothing new. As PYMNTS has previously reported, the original celebrity-endorsed products date back as the far as the 1760s, when the British royal family was tapped to endorse fine china. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Following The ICO Wave, SEC Is Warning Celebrities Away From Virtual Coins
Blockchain // November 02, 2017

Looks like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has had enough of the sudden run of celebrity-backed independent coin offerings, or ICOs.  As of yesterday, it began officially warning them that by endorsing these currencies, they could be in violation of the law. Get the...

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Samuel L. Jackson Lends His Voice To Amazon’s Alexa

September 25, 2019
To offer Alexa’s first celebrity voice selection, Samuel L. Jackson has made a deal with Amazon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive […]

Following The ICO Wave, SEC Is Warning Celebrities Away From Virtual Coins

November 02, 2017
Looks like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has had enough of the sudden run of celebrity-backed independent coin offerings, or ICOs.  As of yesterday, it began officially warning them...

ObEN Raises $5M From Tencent To Take On AI Celebrity Scene

July 19, 2017
ObEN, which uses artificial intelligence-powered tools to create avatars that look and sound like real people, announced it has raised $5 million in strategic investment from Tencent so that it...

Blake Lively’s eCommerce Site Closing Up Shop

October 02, 2015
Blake Lively tells Vogue that her eCommerce site Preserve is closing up shop.