South State Correspondent

JULY 19, 2023

We are also long-time fans of Grammarly ($15/month) and have used it for years for proofing documents, helping maintain a consistent brand tone, and improving the grammatical structure. Sensei is built into Creative Cloud products (so no additional cost), but many bank marketers overlook its features.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

This card, developed on OT’s Global Platform, is the first of its type that includes new features from both Visa and MasterCard. The card also offers security features said to improve its operating system to enable OT’s customers to launch their products in a secure manner into the field.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Touting traditional fitness features that track things like steps, pace, activity and sleep, the Halo also goes where no other device has before by analyzing tone of voice and providing 3D images of your body fat. Certainly, some consumers will embrace the new frontier of health technology, as well as the competitive price point.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

That’s not to strike an alarmist tone about the coming deployment of 5G, which promises benefits to merchants , marketers , healthcare , FinTech , payments , connected cars , the Internet of Things and other areas. 5G phones in the first half of 2019, underscoring the near-term approach of increased mobile speeds and other features of 5G.

Security 143

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

He never even hears the audio tones associated with the numbers the customer is pressing — the tones are either muted or normalized so they all sound the same. Previously, those tones required a pause-and-resume process for recording systems, said Brown. The leading switches didn’t inherently offer the ability to alter the tone.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

High-end department store Nordstrom will be offering a unique in-store shopping experience, featuring an in-store pop-up shop with the ethical fashion e-tailing crew from Everlane, according to recent news reports from Chain Store Age. The in-store shop will launch in eight Nordstrom stores starting on Friday (Sept. 29), and run through Nov.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2017

According to a press release , QVC has collaborated with YouCam Makeup to launch real-time virtual try-ons for a special selection of Laura Geller New York beauty products that will be featured as QVC’s Today’s Special Value on Aug. Customers can tune in to QVC’s first broadcast television AR experience premiering Aug.

New York 100

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The customer experience solutions provider recently signed a deal to provide its call center clients with Semafone ’s dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) technology to mask sensitive details provided over the phone. Avtex is looking to help call center clients more securely handle customer payment information. About The Tracker.

Trends 152

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2020

From the virtual LEAD FWD Summit this month to the Directors Conference in October, we are setting the tone at the top. This issue features many good deeds that exemplify the spirit of the community banker and the true power we have to make positive change in the communities we serve.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

The presence of women in leadership roles, along with efforts to win over more consumers of legal marijuana from groups of educated, relatively well-off women, has by most accounts changed the sales tone for legal weed. The shop will also feature a selection of rare items made just for the store across home, beauty and jewelry lines.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Fed’s hawkish tone has been a consistent theme through 2022 as the focus on inflation reduction has overridden the full employment mandate. Average portfolio size peaked at $110 million in May. As the economy is projected to weaken in 2023, portfolio growth could accelerate as loan demand softens off the slowing economy. tax-free, 6.5%

Trends 195

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

There has been growing acceptance of the feature across all industries since PYMNTS first took stock of the state of buy buttons in October 2016. Among the buy button providers, PayPal’s two-tone blue button came out on top with about 68.6 percent of merchants displaying it.

Trends 112

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

As we’ve reported in the past, places like Sephora have installed various tablets with embedded augmented reality (AR) features to help customers pick and choose what makeup shades look best on their skin tone.

Retail 212

Retail Customer Experience Study Online 212

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

But the stores that launched offered a lot more: They were also designed as full-tilt product showcases, featuring glassed-in dioramas of their characters in action, bistros for themed dining, doll salons, a doll hospital and exclusive inventory. But the Rockefeller location will also include some expanded features.

Retail 105

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

When being featured on the radio or in a podcast, your voice, inflection and pace are key factors. That means you should maintain good posture, eye contact and a regular voice tone and volume. To be successful while being interviewed on the phone or in studio, avoid noise and be animated with your voice and delivery.

Marketing 91

Marketing social media Community Bank Video 91

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

In the last several years, that has resulted in several in-store pop-up shops , organized loosely around a theme and featuring digitally native, niche and boutique brands to offer an unusual (and exclusive-feeling) full-line shopping experience. The retailer’s bigger vision, however, is about redefining the consumer convenience.

Branding 134

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

That was one of the main messages from a recent PYMNTS discussion featuring Karen Webster and Vaduvur Bharghavan (who goes by VB), the president and CEO of Ondot Systems. That means, according to Amazon, that Alexa users “can enable Alexa to respond with either a happy/excited or a disappointed/empathetic tone in the US.” .

Google 129

Google Mobile Data Capital 129

PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

The collaboration aims to help banks with outdated authentication infrastructures to adopt virtual assistants that can converse with consumers in a more conversational tone. New authentication solutions are also being tested as a means of fighting the nationwide opioid epidemic.

Security 139

Security User Experience Mobile Marketing 139

PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

The presence of women in leadership roles, along with efforts to win over more consumers of legal marijuana from groups of educated, relatively well-off women, has by most accounts changed the sales tone for legal weed. The shop will also feature a selection of rare items made just for the store across home, beauty and jewelry lines.

Retail 186

Retail Las Vegas Leadership Industry 186

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In broad terms, audio signals make their way between merchant’s machines (such as a ToneTag “pod”) and the customer’s phone (possibly a feature phone), and a “tone tag” carries an encrypted code that is valid for a set length of time. The audio signal alerts the consumer to authenticate the transaction, say, with a PIN code.

Payments 152

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Bilac: Lynq by Agent IQ is the product behind YourBanker, and it’s configurable to allow Rockland Trust to provide its tone of voice and customer journeys. We have continued providing biweekly releases, new code, improvements and features that Rockland Trust can apply at its discretion. Myron: We have video on our product roadmap.

Innovation 91

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Many eCommerce websites have live chat, but this feature often comes with a major disadvantage: Consumers can lose access to the chat or they may lose interest if a chat agent doesn’t connect with them quickly enough. Beyond this feature, IAmBot can handle many routine requests without human interaction. The Platform.

Retail 118

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Sycamore has long since maintained that mismanagement was Aeropostale’s problem — though their tone was conciliatory on the announcement. “We Yet another obstacle: Aeropostale has consistently produced high-quality clothing, but also featured barrel-bottom prices, an unsustainable drag on its margins.

Retail 100

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

The tone of the text or voice-based conversation matters; it is not necessary for it to be convincingly human since the user knows the agent is not a human being. Be mindful when choosing human-like avatars for your virtual agent as it may alienate customers when the features of the avatar do not reflect the customer’s own diversity.

Branding 125

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2020

However, the relieved and enraptured tone of drive-in visitors from the last few days indicate that our viewing habits may change in a post-COVID-19 world, though perhaps not quite as drastically as some have forecast. “So, Times of her recent sojourn to a drive-in to see a double-feature with her 9-year-old son.

Pennsylvania 148

Pennsylvania Ohio United States Operations 148

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

But more importantly, the tones and tastes going into smaller-sized hotel rooms are also shifting, and dramatically. Hangout spaces around fireplaces, restaurants, cafes, bars and increasingly coworking spaces are becoming increasing standard microtel public space features. “I And millennials are a very interesting group to watch.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

But, potentially, one of the greatest aspects, at least according to the reviewer, is that all the same features are available to owners of Apple devices — opening the floodgates for a community of users who, until now, have never heard a voice in their headphones other than Siri’s. Another Bite Of The Apple.

Google 115

Google Apple Video User Experience 115

PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2016

And to be sure, Alexa has earned some serious mom bona fides – mommy bloggers are heavily supported by Amazon these days – and the advertising around Echo and Alexa has a decidedly family-friendly tone. In a recent ad, an Amazon dad ordered and Echo and then watches it grow into a near family member.

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Google Apple Policies Online 100

South State Correspondent

MARCH 16, 2022

The recent Fed meeting, with its hawkish tone, makes the sport of loan value creation even more important. In a competitive market for commercial loans, every feature that can preserve credit quality or maintain pricing can be valuable to the lender. If banking had an Olympics, creating loan value would be an event.

How To 195

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The tactic is becoming more sophisticated as scammers are able to hack into employee email accounts to better mimic the voice and tone of emails sent to accounts payable professionals. Earlier this year, the FBI said the value of successful BEC scams has now surpassed $12 billion.

Fraud 116

Fraud Compliance Innovation Payments 116

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

For those unable to watch at work, the commercial features an elated father, who dances and skips his way through a Staples, picking up school supplies for his son and his daughter — who both follow along, looking properly miserable. About 22 years ago, Staples released what was arguably the best back-to-school commercial in human history.

Retail 100

Retail Millennials Online Course 100

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

NARS has also looked to keep up with rising consumer expectations by investing in solutions that can provide an increasingly digital customer base with access to the connected commerce features they crave. The goal is to help NARS and its other beauty brands create the next wave of cosmetics technology.

Data 110

Data Branding social media Online 110

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

In news that Alanis Morissette might find ironic — the rest of us might just stick with “interesting” — Amazon earlier this week announced its formal debut in Turkey , saying that its local eCommerce site features products in 15 different categories, including books, consumer electronics, sports, outdoor, tools and more. European Tone.

Google 124

Google social media Regulation Course 124

South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Customers often call asking questions about specific procedures or features. They then teach how to respond with the best tone and level of information that is fit for someone that is a “controller,” a “thinker,” a “feeler,” or an “entertainer.” ” The result?

Policies 195

Policies Training Customer Experience Examples 195

William Mills

MARCH 3, 2016

With a successful public relations strategy, credit unions can develop meaningful content through news and feature stories on a wide variety of platforms, including TV and video. When appearing on video, credit unions and their selected spokesperson must understand that appearance, tone and timing are crucial elements of the interview.

Video 40

Video Strategy Millennials Online 40

PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2016

“Apple Crushes Earnings” is the headline editorial out of Business Insider this AM, and while that was probably the most effusively enthusiastic summary of last night’s figures – it was far from unique in tone. Apple, the consensus is, Blew.The.Street.Away.

Apple 100

Apple Retail Course Report 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

One of the interesting things we learned from franchisees was that they felt it would be more beneficial to implement some sort of audible tone that could come through the store’s radio or POS system,” he said. The most noticeable changes were actually the result of employee feedback, Furman noted. 5, just weeks ago.

Mobile 102

Mobile Online Trends Industry 102