digital transformation

Ant’s Alipay Intros Advisory Platform For Asset Managers
Ant’s Alipay Intros Advisory Platform For Asset Managers
March 22, 2021  |  Investments

Ant Group in China is introducing an investment consulting solution that will enable robo-advisers to extend services to Alipay’s 1 billion users, Bloomberg reported on...

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How El Pollo Loco Uses AI To Help Personalize Rewards Program Offerings
How El Pollo Loco Uses AI To Help Personalize Rewards Program Offerings
March 22, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

With 84 percent of consumers spending their money on merchants that personalize their offerings, it’s no wonder why quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are eager to give...

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Toyota Leads $500 Million Round For Chinese Auto Driving Startup Momenta
Toyota Leads $500 Million Round For Chinese Auto Driving Startup Momenta
March 21, 2021  |  Investments

Momenta is now the recipient of a $500 million investment round led by Toyota in order to provide new technologies like automated HD mapping and...

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El Pollo Loco Fires Up AI To Personalize Loyalty Rewards
El Pollo Loco Fires Up AI To Personalize Loyalty Rewards
March 19, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Competition is fierce in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) space, and restaurants are pulling out all stops to appeal to customers with unique digital offerings and...

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Fraudsters Find New Entry Points To Attack Digital-First Economy
Fraudsters Find New Entry Points To Attack Digital-First Economy
March 18, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

It has been an unusually active year for fraudsters. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 2020 saw payments fraud increase by 47 percent as...

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Treasury Veteran Ed Wilson Sees Both Sides Of The Digital Coin
Treasury Veteran Ed Wilson Sees Both Sides Of The Digital Coin
March 15, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Last month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said central banks should explore creating and issuing sovereign digital currencies. The hypothesis is that such currencies —...

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First Digital Launches; Set To Disrupt Israeli Banking Business
First Digital Launches; Set To Disrupt Israeli Banking Business
March 14, 2021  |  Digital Banking

First Digital Bank, which is the first digital Israeli bank to launch since 1978, has begun trial operations as of Sunday (March 14), Reuters reported. The...

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Nimble Raises $50 Million For Robotic Fulfillment Tech
Nimble Raises $50 Million For Robotic Fulfillment Tech
March 11, 2021  |  Investments

Nimble Robotics, Inc. announced a $50 million Series A financing round on Thursday (March 11), a move designed to allow the robotics and eCommerce fulfillment...

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Deep Dive: Why eCommerce Merchants Struggle To Find A Fraud Detection Balance
Deep Dive: Why eCommerce Merchants Struggle To Find A Fraud Detection Balance
March 11, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

eCommerce has been on the rise for the better part of 30 years, but it got a huge boost from the pandemic as safety measures...

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