Google has filed a patent for a personalized artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot that can answer — and respond to — phone calls on your behalf. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published the patent filing on Tuesday (Feb. 11) for a chatbot that can automatically...
B2B payments platform ConnexPay has received a U.S. patent for its invention that manages incoming customer payments in real time and generates corresponding outgoing supplier payments on demand. The company’s U.S. Patent No. 12,118,519 was granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and...
B2B firm Boost Payment Solutions has received patents for two pieces of payment technology. The New York company announced Wednesday (June 28) patents for its Boost Intercept and Dynamic Boost products, arriving at a time in which the need for faster B2B engagement has become...
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan claims the company has “hundreds” of blockchain patents. The issue in deploying the technology behind those patents? The all-important fact is that there exists little regulation in the crypto and blockchain space and that Bank of America says it sees even...
September 04, 2019
Today in the payments news roundup, Mastercard announced it has joined the Marco Polo Network. Also, Apple has gained three separate patents related to the Apple Watch. And Amazon is testing out a new payment system that uses handprints for checkout instead of a card or an app. Apple Patents Biometric Watch Band Apple has gained three separate […]
February 12, 2025
The European Commission (EC) will stop pursuing three draft rules that would have regulated technology patents, artificial intelligence (AI) liability and consumer privacy on messaging apps. The three draft rules faced opposition from the industries they would have affected, and the EC said it did not expect them to be approved by European Union lawmakers, […]
November 13, 2024
B2B payments platform ConnexPay has received a U.S. patent for its invention that manages incoming customer payments in real time and generates corresponding outgoing supplier payments on demand. The company’s...
June 28, 2023
B2B firm Boost Payment Solutions has received patents for two pieces of payment technology. The New York company announced Wednesday (June 28) patents for its Boost Intercept and Dynamic Boost...
November 13, 2020
Silicon Valley’s Ripple, a blockchain payments startup, has filed a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for PayString, which will likely be a new offering, according to...
