PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2019

The first of the new potential offerings is Bot Care, a healthcare robot designed for the elderly that is programmed to do things like offer medication reminders, health briefings and the ability to check vitals with a finger scan. The bot also offers yoga lessons, as well as the capability to make and send prescription refills.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Kount , which works in fraud prevention and identity trust, has rolled out its new Event-Based Bot Detection solution, which will provide a more comprehensive level of security for eCommerce, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. And today, we’re taking the next step with Event-Based Bot Detection.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2018

bot from “Lost in Space,” “WALL-E,” Johnny 5 from “Short Circuit,” R2-D2 (C-3P0 and BB-8) from “Star Wars” — popular culture is filled with robots we love. This week at The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world got a look at bots both great and small with a wide variety of functions. The Retail (Ro)Bots.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) announced on Wednesday (May 15) that they have inked a deal to collaborate to promote financial innovation. Under the MoU, the HKMA and BOT will work together to come up with innovative businesses, share information and experiences and jointly develop projects.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

Sage’s accounting chat bot is expanding. The company said this week that its AI-powered chat bot, Pegg, will be available to companies in Canada next month, about a year after Sage first rolled out the solution. The bot can access information on outstanding accounts or track expenses, for instance.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

Banks’ use of such innovations is predicted to expand, too, with 60 percent of FIs saying they aim to gain customers and improve customer experiences using digital channels. Bot activity is the third major threat banks faced in 2020. This increased digital presence also brings a greater risk of digital fraud, however.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

It’s a landscape that has created an opportune environment for technological innovation. “We’re focused on and built around bots and algorithms and AI and technology — but as humans, we’re there for people in their time of need,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

From enhancing the supply chain process to learning more about consumers’ shopping behavior, machine learning is a technology that’s at the forefront of retail advancements and innovation. In 2016, online financial fraud hit 15.4 million Americans, a 16 percent increase to $16 billion in stolen money.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2017

Interestingly, the study found that of the successful businesses that are seeing growth, 89 percent have already enacted a full-cycle digital transformation that incorporates automation and innovation alongside employee reskilling and learning. In this week’s AI/BOT news, we’ve seen a myriad of interesting developments.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Those challenges have made SMBs notoriously technology-adverse, though it may be an unfair characterization, particularly considering the influx of small business FinTech innovation in recent years. “And a lot of the innovation is coming at the early stage.”

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Fintech News

APRIL 16, 2024

Digital banking is on the horizon, with the first digital banking licenses slated to be issued by mid-2025 and expected to bring about enhanced customer experiences, heightened competition and increased innovation. Interested applicants will be able to submit their application to the BOT from March 20, 2024 to September 19, 2024.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2017

Innovator, entrepreneur and architect of “the greatest show on Earth” P.T. And from there, F8 took on a much more forward-looking tone — with AR/VR and bots playing the day’s starring roles. “If A part of that expansion equation is the addition of a discover tab for users to browse and find bot experiences.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2017

Through this funding, ThoughSypot is hoping to expand its capabilities with new innovations. In AI news this week, AI tech startup ThoughtSpot shared news that it had completed its $120-million round of funding with the final $60 million piece.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2017

By tracking fashion trends, it is suggested the AI bots may eventually be able to predict and shape them in the future. The bots can analyze the best time of day to contact a customer based on data from that consumer’s previous purchases, online clicks and web browsing data.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

The idea, according to the report, is to unleash the bot in office buildings and malls to deliver packages. The bot has a built-in camera and uses algorithms to get around and avoid obstacles in its path. Engadget noted the bot won’t enter the mainstream market anytime soon, and is more of a novelty at this point.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The attended bot from Jacada securely and safely logs agents into hundreds of owner credit unions’ digital banking platforms, taking away multiple manual steps from agents and significantly decreasing member hold times.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

But now there’s a bot to help dismissing parking tickets and their fines without getting an attorney involved in the case. According to a CBS News story on the bot, DoNotPay has already saved drivers around $5 million through more than 200,000 tickets. Without the money, he took to his computer programming skills and created the bot.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2017

While last year’s conference focused on Facebook’s 10-year roadmap, this year’s focus was on AR, VR and bots. When it comes to bots, it seems like every business is trying to work its way onto the scene. When it comes to bots, it seems like every business is trying to work its way onto the scene.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

And the bots. And the Benjamins that can be made from bots…. It is RPA that is the selling point here, where bots are deployed to help make daily life a bit faster and more seamless. Beyond the stockroom and the till, automated task-mastering by bot has seen a surge, too, as tech cooks up something new – literally.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2016

Five years ago, Cornell University’s Creative Machine Labs almost broke YouTube with a video of two bots talking to each other. That’s precisely why science fiction novels may have considered and introduced the idea of bots as another employee option in our world that might be systematically flawless.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

For example, firms are banned from using bots in a way that allows them to buy thousands of tickets for events and then resell them for highly marked-up prices. The agency would be renamed the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. That applies, too, to online ticket sales.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2016

Wonder is a bot that can remember anything, then return that information via a text message whenever asked, according to TechCrunch. So, if used to remember the right things at the right time, Wonder can definitely be a pretty useful bot. Search becomes cumbersome after a point,” Shivkanth told TechCrunch.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

With the opening of the Amazon Go grocery store and bookstore in Seattle, Amazon is breathing innovation into the stodgy brick-and-mortar experience. It seems like Amazon is at the forefront of innovative retail experiences with its various physical retail space expansions. More retailers are likely moving in a similar direction.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

The result has led to a surge in digital ID innovation, with businesses in all sectors relying on both artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics to verify consumers remotely from the safety of their own homes. Trust & Will Deploys AI-powered Digital Solutions To Innovate Estate Planning. About The Tracker.

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Finextra

MAY 9, 2024

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) recently released the report of its Retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot project which it conducted on Giesecke+Devrient´'s (G+D) technology solution.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Winners are still being sorted, but it does seem increasingly clear that the last mile of delivery in many major metros will be all about the bots closing the gaps. When the bot was introduced in December of 2018, Postmates said it would begin cruising sidewalk in 2019, though no official start date has been announced.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The latest edition of the PYMNTS.com B2B API Tracker™ , a FI.SPAN collaboration, looks at the latest solutions improving the way B2B payments are exchanged and innovating the way financial institutions offer payment-related services for customers. . Here’s a snapshot of some recent notable B2B API news: .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

It’s perhaps unsurprising, then, that small business accounting remains a top target of automation technologies, particularly as innovations like AI and robotics process automation (RPA) seep deeper into the field. These technologies have also heightened anxieties about the potential for technology to replace human talent outright.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

The product will also, the company said, protect against identity assumption, bot quotes, and “ghost brokering,” which is when fraudsters use fake documents. A downside to this: Fraudsters see consumer-oriented innovations as fresh ways to pursue their illegitimate line of work. In a Tuesday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

FedEx , for instance, recently unveiled its FedEx SameDay Bot concept, which the carrier said is in development with DEKA Development & Research Corp. The idea behind the bot is to let merchants accept customer orders and deliver them to customers on the very same day. along with DEKA Founder Dean Kamen (of Segway fame).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The “Request Money” bot will enable money transfer requests directly through the Messenger app. The bot, currently only available in the Philippines, allows users to request money from associates working or living abroad in the U.S. On Wednesday (Oct.

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Fintech Review

MARCH 17, 2025

Limassol, Cyprus, March 17th, 2025, FinanceWire FXiBot , the latest innovation in forex automation, introduces a precision-focused strategy designed to master GBP/USD trading with a disciplined, single-position approach. With automation reshaping forex markets, traders increasingly seek systems that prioritize strategy over volume.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 22, 2024

Telegram is a free, multi-platform messenger that houses apps and bots for various functions including games and entertainment, and financial management. The new Altery embedded finance service, the Altery Payment Bot, will provide Telegram users with a seamless payment option they can use on daily digital interactions.

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Fintech News

JUNE 17, 2024

Capgemini’s World Wealth Report 2024, now in its 28th edition, reveals that high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) are reaching unprecedented numbers and wealth levels, with the Asia Pacific region emerging as a hotbed of growth and innovation. Despite ongoing market unpredictability, global HNWI wealth expanded by 4.7%

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

“When you're looking at account takeovers, for example, it's predominantly automated bot attacks that have an identifiable signature,” Curt Garner , Chipotle’s chief technical officer, said in an interview with PYMNTS. “As

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Fintech News

MARCH 20, 2024

This development comes as the Bank of Thailand embarks on a new chapter to inject competition and innovation into the national banking sector, Bloomberg reports. The company is expected to reveal a new partnership with a Chinese firm specifically for this venture.

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