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Is It ‘A Bot Time’ For Payments To Jump On The Bot Bandwagon?

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Technology enthusiasts draw pictures on whiteboards showing bots as the new king of the stack, out-stacking the last great stack — apps, which sit on top of the next-to-last great stack — mobile operating systems, which sit on top of the next-to-next-to-last great stack — the web. So, what gives?

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If Facebook Wants To Be WeChat, Why Did It Launch Libra?

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During those sessions, Marcus provided an update on Messenger’s progress, including new features that had been launched and the impact of bots on consumer engagement. Bots on Messenger were launched in April of 2016 – two years after Marcus took charge – to much fanfare. Bots were the ticket to that pivot and that user engagement.

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Payments’ Half-Year Progress Report

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I have a feeling that what we are seeing is just the tip of that mobile order ahead iceberg across all of these use cases. Venmo has added payment inside of the app to enable purchases, and with its social features, probably inspire others to follow suit – not just pitch in to pay their fair share.

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Getting Ready For 2017? Not Before You Read This

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Its chatbot platform, they hope, will spawn an ecosystem of developers who will find a variety of use cases to make bots a better (and more lucrative) use of their time than developing apps for the Apple and Android ecosystem.”. “ Find a developer and let them grab Messenger’s bot API.