June 30, 2014
Social Shopping App Wish Raises $50M
Wish uses algorithms and machine-learning tech to learn a user’s taste in order to show them products that they like (or might like) in a detailed, pleasing-to-the-eye format. The site’s...
May 28, 2014
TouchPoint Gives Consumers A New Lease On Lunch
If only spontaneously ordering and paying for a meal were as easy as using Uber. Then again, if TouchPoint has anything to say about it maybe it soon will be....
April 29, 2014
Shh, These Startups Are Still Working On Changing The Future
What rolls, floats among the clouds and allow complete security? The start-ups in this week's Start-up Roundup! We have AdRoll changing the face of marketing, Luminol and Electric Cloud securing...
March 25, 2014
Crowdfunding And Raw-Data Evaluator Startups Score Funding Prizes
Several startups, including one led by astrophysicists, and a database-delivery provider highlight this week’s Startup Roundup.
March 18, 2014
New Feedzai Survey Puts The Blame Game Under Review
Experiencing a data breach is a bad enough situation, but how consumers view the event can be just as damaging. As such, prevention plays a key role in securing consumer...
March 17, 2014
For Feedzai’s Sebastiao, Space Work Turns To Fraud Detection
In January, Feedzai launched in the U.S. a fraud-prevention solution available for omnichannel commerce. Founded by aerospace engineers and data scientists, the company provides a means by which merchants, processors...
December 30, 2013
Commerce 2014: Return of the Tech
By Dan Rosen Well, it’s time again at the outset of a New Year to take stock of past, present and future. I’d like to think we’re at an important...
December 17, 2013
4 Signs Your Fraud Protection Needs An Omnichannel Upgrade
The payments industry lost more than $11 billion to fraud in 2012, and that figure is only expected to rise as fraud migrates to less secure channels in the wake...
October 02, 2013
WhatsBusy Brings Data To Brick-And-Mortars
By Ben Carsley “Why guess?” That’s the tagline behind The Woodlands, Texas-based WhatsBusy: a startup focused on letting consumers and businesses make smarter decisions with their ultimate form of currency:...
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