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Rethinking the Customer Experience: Themes from the 2017 Model Bank Submissions

Celent Banking

Customer experience initiatives are typically the most numerous. The standards of customer engagement are constantly changing, and banks are experimenting with new ways to drive increased satisfaction, higher revenue, and greater loyalty. Like any emerging technology, most institutions are in a “test and learn” phase.

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Adopting Technology Without Eclipsing Human Interaction

PYMNTS

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are intensely competitive and have very little margin for error, causing many to employ technologies such as mobile apps and self-service kiosks. Clover started with one food truck and it now has 12 restaurant locations throughout the greater Boston area.

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DraftKings To Merge With Other Companies, Go Public

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Online betting company DraftKings is merging with two other companies and going public, according to a report by the Boston Business Journal. Jason Robins, the co-founder and CEO of DraftKings, is going to run the new company, which will be incorporated in Nevada and keep its headquarters in Boston. DraftKings was founded in 2011.

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DraftKings To Merge, IPO At A $3.3B Market Value

PYMNTS

Online betting company DraftKings is merging with two other companies and going public, according to a report by the Boston Business Journal. Jason Robins, the co-founder and CEO of DraftKings, is going to run the new company, which will be incorporated in Nevada and keep its headquarters in Boston. DraftKings was founded in 2011.

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New Report: SMS-Based Outreach Helps Merchants Authenticate Consumers, Boost Online Sales

PYMNTS

Customers who access their accounts can use them to unlock their vehicles and power many of their features remotely, and many had long requested such a security upgrade from Tesla. Other companies are leveraging advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to boost their onboarding solutions.

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AI/BOT: Is AI The Key To Retail’s Survival?

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billion acquisition of Whole Foods , it may be safe to assume that merchants in the retail space will follow Amazon’s integration of more technology into the in-store experience. Taking the survival of retail to the next level is the issue of having one holistic view of the customer. In combination with its recent $13.7

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True Tickets, Shubert Partner To Trial Blockchain Broadway Ticketing

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Boston startup True Tickets is teaming up with the Broadway theater company The Shubert Organization for blockchain-based mobile ticket delivery , the companies said in a press release Wednesday (Oct. We see True Tickets as a leader in the space and are excited to put their technology to the test on Broadway.”.