Innovation

Innovation in its modern meaning is "a new idea, creative thoughts, new imaginations in form of device or method". Innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs.

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SEB Launches Voice-Activated Assistant Aida To Improve Customer Service
SEB Launches Voice-Activated Assistant Aida To Improve Customer Service
July 31, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

SEB AB, the largest bank in Sweden, is getting into the voice-activated digital assistant game with the launch of Aida. According to a news report in Bloomberg,...

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NEW REPORT: Giving Credit Unions Their Due Credit
NEW REPORT: Giving Credit Unions Their Due Credit
July 31, 2017  |  Credit Unions

Is the credit union market ready for its close-up? It’s a market that is showing clear signs of growth. In fact, the federally backed National...

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How TGI Fridays Is Feeding Growth With Mobile Order-Ahead
How TGI Fridays Is Feeding Growth With Mobile Order-Ahead
July 31, 2017  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Thanks to online ordering, every day may truly be TGIF at TGI Fridays. In the latest PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™, Gail Seanor, senior director of...

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Chatbots: Friend Or Foe Of Retail?
Chatbots: Friend Or Foe Of Retail?
July 28, 2017  |  Retail

Automation has come to several industries. From manufacturing to customer service, there have been several parts of today’s workforce that have been automated by some...

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Today in Data: Mobile Payment News
Today in Data: Mobile Payment News
July 28, 2017  |  Today In Data

Mobile devices have become the central conduit for most people’s lives in today’s high-tech world. With most people carrying their smartphones at all times, it...

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Mastercard Gets Vocal on VocaLink, Kroger, Masterpass
Mastercard Gets Vocal on VocaLink, Kroger, Masterpass
July 27, 2017  |  Earnings

A rise in consumer spending, broad-based across several geographies, helped Mastercard beat Wall Street estimates for the second quarter. The company announced news on Thursday that...

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Walmart Presents A Ten-Point Plan To Renew U.S. Manufacturing
Walmart Presents A Ten-Point Plan To Renew U.S. Manufacturing
July 27, 2017  |  Retail

Walmart announced news on Wednesday (July 26) that it had convened a broad group of individuals and organizations from the government, business and non-governmental sectors...

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Voice-Activated Tracker: Smart Home Edition
Voice-Activated Tracker: Smart Home Edition
July 27, 2017  |  Retail

Nearly two decades ago, Disney debuted its “Smart House” movie in which a young boy wins a computerized home. At the time, it may have felt...

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USAT CEO On The Unattended Retail OS
USAT CEO On The Unattended Retail OS
July 27, 2017  |  Unattended Retail

Following the slow implosion of brick-and-mortar retail, what phoenix will rise from the ashes? Will the world be left to choose between a small number...

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