voice assistant

Smart Kitchen Startup Chefling Notches $1M In Funding
Smart Kitchen Startup Chefling Notches $1M In Funding
April 17, 2018  |  Retail

To support the next stage of the company’s growth, smart kitchen startup Chefling, Inc. has notched $1 million in pre-series A funding from XVVC, LLC. Chefling...

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Google Home Arrives In India
Google Home Arrives In India
April 10, 2018  |  Google

Google expands the market for its voice-activated smart speakers by rolling out its Google Home devices in India. According to news from BGR, the Google Assistant-powered...

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Beyond Mobile Banking, Giving (Alexa’s) Voice to Financial Lives, Naturally
Beyond Mobile Banking, Giving (Alexa’s) Voice to Financial Lives, Naturally
April 03, 2018  |  Alexa

How to bring mobile banking to the realm of the spoken word – beyond the mere recitation of account data? Beyond call and response? Fiserv...

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PSCU Builds Alexa Sidekick For Credit Union Members
PSCU Builds Alexa Sidekick For Credit Union Members
March 27, 2018  |  Alexa Voice Challenge

Troy wakes up, checks his calendar while brushing his teeth and pays his bills as he gets dressed. He checks account balances, transfers funds and...

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Alexa And Apple CarPlay To Ride The 2019 Toyota Corolla
Alexa And Apple CarPlay To Ride The 2019 Toyota Corolla
March 27, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

The 2019 Toyota Corolla will include some cool new features, including Apple’s CarPlay and Amazon’s Alexa. According to The Verge, the car will make its...

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JPMorgan Chase Clients Can Now Get Stock Info From Alexa
JPMorgan Chase Clients Can Now Get Stock Info From Alexa
March 27, 2018  |  Amazon

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has announced a partnership with Amazon that allows its institutional clients to get stock information from Alexa. According to news from Bloomberg,...

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Can Google’s Shopping Actions Take On Amazon?
Can Google’s Shopping Actions Take On Amazon?
March 26, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

In between stories last week about Jack Dorsey saying that bitcoin will be the world’s single digital currency in about 10 years and Facebook’s meltdown...

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Pay Back IOUs With Google Assistant
Pay Back IOUs With Google Assistant
March 23, 2018  |  Google

Google has announced that Google Assistant can now be used to pay people back with Google Pay. “When the weekend’s over, chances are someone owes...

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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 Voice Challenge

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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