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Qualcomm Rolls Out Reference Design For Bluetooth Headset With Alexa

PYMNTS

Qualcomm Technologies, a unit of chipmaker Qualcomm, announced Tuesday (October 23) the launch of a Bluetooth smart headset reference design featuring push-button activation support for Alexa users of Android phones with the Alexa app installed. The reference design is available now, noted Qualcomm Technologies.

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A disruptive innovation appears

Chris Skinner

I was listening to a financier talking about FinTech the other day, and claiming that they are all sustaining innovations and not disruptive. They were referring to Clayton Christensen’s innovator’s dilemma discussions, where Professor Christensen points to different markets that were destroyed by disruptors.

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Ex-Uber Jump Manager Joins Amazon's eBike Unit

PYMNTS

Amazon has poached former Uber manager Alex Vickers and Justin Ginsburgh , known for starting New York's Citi Bike bikeshare service, to helm its eBike delivery team, CNBC reported. The move shows Amazon potentially moving more into last-mile delivery innovations, with the bikes a possible source of deliveries.

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Best Banking Books To Create The Modern Banker

South State Correspondent

To do this, we teamed up with Jack Hubbard, Managing Partner of the Modern Banker , to bring you our collective favorites. These books span a range of banking topics but emphasize second-order thinking, productivity, building client relationships, and innovation. It’s research-based, with a good buzz out in management circles.

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Perficient Recognized in Forrester’s AI Services Landscape

Perficient

The continual evolution of these technologies has empowered businesses to leverage advanced algorithms, predictive modeling, and generative capabilities, driving unprecedented innovation and efficiency. Navigating this landscape is made significantly more manageable with the assistance of a specialized consulting partner well-versed in AI.

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Is Human-Robo ‘Hybrid’ Advisory the Best Way to Manage Finances?

Bank Innovation

Roboadvisors are hot in financial and wealth management at the moment, despite the fact that “roboadvisor” can essentially refer to any online service that generates automated investment advice.

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Examining “Britcoin”: Will a Digital Pint Be a Digital Pound the Earth Around?

Perficient

Referred to as the digital pound by the Bank of England, the press has also dubbed this venture as the “digital sterling,” as well as “Britcoin.” The proposed digital pound model being proposed by the Bank of England would enable private companies to innovate, make payments more efficient, and give consumers more choice.

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