digital transformation

Modern Healthcare Marketplaces Use Data and Digital to Match Provider and Patient Demand
Modern Healthcare Marketplaces Use Data and Digital to Match Provider and Patient Demand
December 04, 2023  |  Matchmakers

The healthcare industry is a massive, fragmented and — above all — necessary force in American life. Complicating matters is that there’s a growing shortage...

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Amazon Adds Favorites and Shortcuts to Alexa App
Amazon Adds Favorites and Shortcuts to Alexa App
December 01, 2023  |  Alexa

Amazon has unveiled a redesigned Alexa app, offering users an enhanced experience in managing their smart home devices. The updated app has new customization options...

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Gen Z Interested in AI-Enabled Banking Experiences Despite Privacy Concerns
Gen Z Interested in AI-Enabled Banking Experiences Despite Privacy Concerns
December 01, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Despite differences across gender, generations and income levels, artificial intelligence-powered experiences are becoming popular with consumers, and an increasing number of individuals now use AI...

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BIS: CBDCs Need Risk Management Framework to Counter ’Operational Risks’
BIS: CBDCs Need Risk Management Framework to Counter ’Operational Risks’
December 01, 2023  |  CBDC

Scores of central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiatives are in the works or already active — and yet pose some key concerns for central banks....

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American Express, Mastercard and Others Behind New Standards for Enterprise AI Data Purity
American Express, Mastercard and Others Behind New Standards for Enterprise AI Data Purity
December 01, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

If software is the engine of the 21st-century business landscape, data is its oil. And the oil is only becoming more valuable — and important...

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Algorand Foundation Invests in Afghanistan’s HesabPay
Algorand Foundation Invests in Afghanistan’s HesabPay
December 01, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The Algorand Foundation has made a strategic investment in HesabPay, an interoperable digital payments platform in Afghanistan that uses the Algorand blockchain. The investment was revealed at the...

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Non-Retail Firms Launch Biometric Tools Amid Consumer Interest
Non-Retail Firms Launch Biometric Tools Amid Consumer Interest
December 01, 2023  |  Biometrics

Biometric authentication methods have expanded into multiple applications in recent years, from online payments to mobile devices to banking transactions or facial identification for security....

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Syrup Raises $17.5 Million to Expand AI-Powered Inventory Forecasting Platform 
Syrup Raises $17.5 Million to Expand AI-Powered Inventory Forecasting Platform 
December 01, 2023  |  Investments

Syrup has raised $17.5 million in a Series A round to expand its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform that helps brand optimize their inventory for omnichannel commerce. ...

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This Week in AI: ChatGPT’s Birthday, Amazon’s Ambitions, Payment Efficiencies 
This Week in AI: ChatGPT’s Birthday, Amazon’s Ambitions, Payment Efficiencies 
December 01, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Thursday (Nov. 30) was OpenAI’s ChatGPT’s first birthday.  And what a year it’s been for the generative artificial intelligence (AI) landscape more broadly.  We are...

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