Shaunt Sarkissian news and trends

Moving Target: Payments Dynamics Complicate Authentication Picture
Authentication // February 27, 2024

Payments increasingly exist and occur across a multifaceted, ever-evolving digital terrain. What this means is that a digital payment is never just a payment — it is a combination of contexts and identities, each of which needs to be anchored by an authentication protocol for...

Moving GenAI in Payments From Talking Point to Embedded Feature
artificial intelligence // January 29, 2024

From education to business to healthcare, the opportunities that artificial intelligence presents are limitless — at least according to proponents of the technology. But what about the specifics of AI’s actual applications? “I think the impact on payments is pretty significant,” AI-ID founder and CEO Shaunt Sarkissian told PYMNTS...

Nothing Transformative About OpenAI’s Copyright Abuses, Says New York Times Lawsuit
Artificial Intelligence // December 27, 2023

News publisher The New York Times said it owns over 3 million registered, copyrighted works. On Wednesday (Dec. 27), the NYT sued both Microsoft and OpenAI’s family of operating subsidiaries for violating the bulk of the protections bestowed by them. “Through Microsoft’s Bing Chat (recently...

Faster Payments Become Catalyst for New B2B Business Models
Faster Payments // December 18, 2023

Can instant payments transform transactions from waiting games to a real-time revolution? “There’s a certain expectation that instant payments means instant gratification,” Shaunt Sarkissian, founder and CEO at AI-ID, tells PYMNTS for our series: “What’s Next in Payments – Instant Payments: What will Turbocharge Instant Payments Growth in...

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Customer Is Still King and Queen of Banking Innovation

March 15, 2024
In a world where change is constant, digitization has become one of life’s certainties. This advancement is coming to even traditionally staid sectors like financial services and banking, spurring profound transformations. That’s because the story of banking is not just about money, transactions and deposits; it’s about the evolution of an industry that sits at […]

Moving Target: Payments Dynamics Complicate Authentication Picture

February 27, 2024
Payments increasingly exist and occur across a multifaceted, ever-evolving digital terrain. What this means is that a digital payment is never just a payment — it is a combination of...

Nothing Transformative About OpenAI’s Copyright Abuses, Says New York Times Lawsuit

December 27, 2023
News publisher The New York Times said it owns over 3 million registered, copyrighted works. On Wednesday (Dec. 27), the NYT sued both Microsoft and OpenAI’s family of operating subsidiaries...

Faster Payments Become Catalyst for New B2B Business Models

December 18, 2023
Can instant payments transform transactions from waiting games to a real-time revolution? “There’s a certain expectation that instant payments means instant gratification,” Shaunt Sarkissian, founder and CEO at AI-ID, tells PYMNTS for...