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A Bank Automation Summit Preview: Dissecting the Intersection of Real-time Payments and Automation

Perficient

Perficient is looking forward to joining this conversation with other financial services and payments experts at the upcoming Bank Automation Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 2-3. One place to start is ensuring your technology is ready and adequate to take on this new opportunity. Ultimately, change equals risk.

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Fleet Feet: Running Shoe Retailer Sprints With Technology

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The Carrboro, North Carolina-based chain has used its technology-first strategy to get, keep and grow its customer base – even while its stores were shut down early in the pandemic. Fleet Feet has come up with proprietary technology to address that. More than one million Fleet Feet customers have used the technology.

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Walmart Revs Up Second Test Program For Drone Delivery

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For the second time in the past week, the retailer has announced a pilot program to test how well drones will pick up and deliver packages. Walmart said in a news release that the trial deliveries will use Zipline technology. 9 , Walmart and Flytrex launched a pilot program in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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Viettel Will Debut Commercial 5G Services

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Viettel, the largest telecom company in Vietnam, will roll out commercial 5G services this year with technology it created itself that bypasses China’s Huawei , The Financial Times reported. Few companies have created commercial 5G technology successfully. that are working on the innovation. pressure as well.”.

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Retail Pulse: IKEA To Open ‘Planning Studio’ In NYC; Pizza Hut Will Acquire QuikOrder

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Big retailers are opening smaller-format stores in major U.S. Already, the retailer has opened a Planning Studio across the pond in London in October. In the announcement, IKEA Retail U.S. As it stands, Amazon Go stores in Seattle, Chicago and San Francisco use the cashierless technology. restaurants.

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5G, Biometrics Lead The Way At Mobile World Congress

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Indeed, new evidence recently emerged about the deployment of the latest generation of mobile technology – one that promises to bring significant changes to retail and payments thanks to bandwidth expansion and faster processing, along with new challenges and questions as early 5G case studies loom. Biometric Innovation.

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Walmart Launches Pilot Program For Drone Delivery

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High-flying Walmart is set to launch a pilot project that will have the retailer’s goods delivered by drones. 9) in Fayetteville, North Carolina with the aid of Flytrex , which delivers goods with drones. Walmart said in a press release that the test program will be ready for takeoff on Wednesday (Sept.