Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly prevalent across various industries, offering a wide range of capabilities. In the payments industry, AI has proven to be a superior tool for fraud detection, helping businesses to enhance security and safeguard their financial transactions. According to a recent report by...
There is a great deal of economic uncertainty in the world today, as many banking managers and executives are acutely aware. These circumstances have brought to the fore what has long been a central concern for lenders: assessing and managing credit risk. This vital task...
Amazon has announced the launch of Alexa Conversations, a new deep learning-based approach that developers can use for creating natural voice experiences on Alexa with less effort, fewer lines of code, and less training data. “This new model helps developers create natural, flexible dialogs within...
Let’s play buzzword bingo: “AI” is so abuzz right now, it’s positively ablaze. However, does its usage live up to the label that the financial services and payments industry has given it? Not really. In the new study, The AI Gap, PYMNTS interviews executives at...
April 24, 2020
There is a great deal of economic uncertainty in the world today, as many banking managers and executives are acutely aware. These circumstances have brought to the fore what has long been a central concern for lenders: assessing and managing credit risk. This vital task is complicated even in normal times due to the multitude […]
June 22, 2017
How do machines learn to learn? In Episode Three of PYMNTS’ machine learning podcast, Socure CEO Sunil Madhu and PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster get technical as they explore the methods...
June 20, 2017
FindFace started as a futuristic social technology for identifying strangers by scanning their faces with a smartphone camera. Two years later, the facial recognition technology is the best in the world...
May 22, 2017
Retailers aren’t just being robbed on line by cybercrooks. But physical retailers are being robbed and 70 percent of those robbers are never caught. Sean Huver, founder and CEO at...
June 06, 2019
Amazon has announced the launch of Alexa Conversations, a new deep learning-based approach that developers can use for creating natural voice experiences on Alexa with less effort, fewer lines of code, and less training data. “This new model helps developers create natural, flexible dialogs within a single skill and in the upcoming releases brings multiple […]
January 31, 2018
American Express announced Tuesday (Jan. 30) that it has acquired Mezi, the personal travel assistant app that helps people plan and book their trips. Terms of the deal were not...
October 27, 2017
Shopping on eBay just got easier. The auction site has announced the launch of two new visual search tools that will allow people to use photos they snap, have saved...
July 13, 2017
Deep Instinct, the cybersecurity company, announced Wednesday (July 12) it has raised $32 million in Series B financing. In a press release the company said the round was led by...
