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Cloud Elements CEO: Too Many APIs, Not Enough Integration

Cloud Elements CEO: Too Many APIs, Not Enough Integration
Cloud Elements CEO: Too Many APIs, Not Enough Integration
March 27, 2018  |  API

APIs – that is, application program interfaces, or bits of code that allow two software programs to communicate with one another – are a hot...

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The $300B Employee Financial Stress Tax On Employers
The $300B Employee Financial Stress Tax On Employers
March 27, 2018  |  Today In Data

Financial stress costs employers $300 billion in lost employee productivity. And in the case of one desperate employee, her job when not having the money...

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Averon CEO: Mobilizing The Wireless Identity Network
Averon CEO: Mobilizing The Wireless Identity Network
March 26, 2018  |  Authentication

Two years ago, journalist Walter Isaacson wrote about the “two original sins of the internet.” One was about journalism in particular, and the idea that...

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How Alexa Makes Voice Caller ID A Two-Way Street
How Alexa Makes Voice Caller ID A Two-Way Street
March 26, 2018  |  Alexa

Semafone has Three Little Words for customers – and no, they aren’t “I love you,” although the company certainly hopes they’ll inspire that feeling. Get...

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How Apps Can Make Themselves At Home On The Home Screen
How Apps Can Make Themselves At Home On The Home Screen
March 26, 2018  |  Mobile

People still download mobile apps, but they don’t always use them – many get deleted just as quickly as they’re installed. What does it take...

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How Alexa Will Power The Future’s Excellent Commerce Adventures
How Alexa Will Power The Future’s Excellent Commerce Adventures
March 23, 2018  |  Alexa

The artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual assistant has been floating around the payments and commerce ecosystem for a few years. But until fairly recently, the term...

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Giving FIs The Edge With Better Data Access
Giving FIs The Edge With Better Data Access
March 23, 2018  |  Data & Research

The problem financial institutions (FIs) have with data, Worldpay’s VP of Integrated Payments, Data and Fraud Products, Nicole Jass, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation,...

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Curing Medicine’s Epidemic Of Noncompliance
Curing Medicine’s Epidemic Of Noncompliance
March 22, 2018  |  Healthcare

The New York Times wrote in April 2017 that the U.S. was in the throes of an epidemic for which there was not only a...

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