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IoT Infrastructure Is About To Take Off

August 17, 2018
Trusting In Faster Payments
Faster Payments // January 05, 2018

FIs are looking to get in top fiscal shape for 2018 by upping their faster payments game. In the January PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker™, Dan Massey, SunTrust Bank’s chief technology officer, explained how the bank aims to boost client experiences in 2018 with faster payment capabilities and...

Grocery Tracker: CVS Plans National Health Kick
Retail // April 24, 2017

Kicking off this week’s grocery tracker, Whole Foods Market (WFM) shares hit their highest level seen since the summer of 2015 as activist investor Jana Partners puts the squeeze on innovation and pressures the organic grocer towards a possible sale. Given the boost WFM has...

Voice-Activated Tracker: Playing Catch-Up
Retail // March 31, 2017

The battle of the voice-activated giants will soon expand to the international stage. Google just recently announced that its smart speaker hardware Google Home will become available in the U.K. on April 6. Amazon launched Echo in the U.K. last fall (just in time for...

Facebook: Stocks, Drones, And Wi-Fi, Oh My!
Facebook // December 01, 2016

Some big news and new features for Facebook this week — the first being that Facebook has integrated games into its Messenger platform. The update is coming soon to 30 countries worldwide on both Android and iOS operating systems. Soon users of Facebook Messenger will be...

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Facebook: Stocks, Drones, And Wi-Fi, Oh My!

December 01, 2016
Some big news and new features for Facebook this week — the first being that Facebook has integrated games into its Messenger platform. The update is coming soon to 30 countries worldwide on both Android and iOS operating systems. Soon users of Facebook Messenger will be able to play Words with Friends, PAC-MAN, SPACE and Galaga, […]