October 10, 2016
The Clash Of The Voice-Commerce Titans
Google, Apple and Amazon have all put some pretty big bets behind a commerce-enabled future that is activated by voice. Each brings a big checkbook and whizzy new technology to...
October 07, 2016
TeleSign Battles Online Fraud Via Machine Learning
Mobile identity solution provider TeleSign announced the addition of machine learning to its fraud intelligence solution, TeleSign Score. The technology will help the solution to utilize historical indicators to identify...
October 07, 2016
Why RegTech, Why Now?
The regulatory and compliance space is changing. Not only are companies looking for more efficiencies and cost savings in their processes, but the pressure to perform under increased scrutiny is...
October 06, 2016
Tapping Into The Blockchain For The Evolution Of Faster Payments
Clearance granted … immediately? New developments in blockchain technology could be taking faster payments to another next level. In the latest Faster Payments Tracker™, PYMNTS spoke with Karen Hsu, head...
October 05, 2016
Blockchain Tracker: Economic Revolution, Editing Controversy & Health Care
Each week it seems blockchain just gets another endorsement. This week? Richard Branson. The billionaire and Virgin Group founder said blockchain will create an “economic revolution,” especially in developing countries. His...
October 05, 2016
Can Optimove Change The Apathetic CRM Space?
The CRM space has been spiritless for a while, but technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence are poised to inject some life. Optimove has just raised $20 million...
October 05, 2016
Episerver Buys Optivo
Episerver, an eCommerce content management vendor, has bought Optivo, a Berlin-based company that provides email and omnichannel marketing services. Although the purchase price was not revealed, Episerver said it plans...
October 03, 2016
Google Taps Accenture In Enterprise App Push
Google recently announced a new effort to increase its presence in the enterprise, rebranding its B2B units as Google Cloud and G Suite last week. On Friday (Sept. 30), Accenture...
October 02, 2016
EU: Salesforce challenges Microsoft’s data acquisition
The European Commission has mentioned that it may start requiring all data-rich merger to seek approval rather than continuing with current guidelines which require approval only for mergers where the annual...
With more than two-thirds of CFOs citing payment delays as a problem for their firms in the last six months, nine in 10 companies wish to expand their investment in AR automation to accelerate order processing, reduce invoicing errors and expedite payments. In the “Working Capital Tracker®,” a collaboration with Billtrust, PYMNTS Intelligence explains why the demand for AR automation is growing and what’s at stake for companies that opt out of this trend.
Although authorized party fraud accounts for only 37% of FIs’ fraud losses in dollars, these types of attacks are the most likely to impact customer satisfaction and retention — something FIs cannot overlook. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest 29-page report, “Leveraging AI and ML to Thwart Scammers,” a collaboration with Hawk, contains 8 charts of proprietary data examining the role of ML and AI to help keep fraudsters from getting the upper hand