PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The pandemic has reshaped how we interact with merchants — and what we expect, as customers, from those increasingly digital interactions. Call it the transformation of CX, shorthand for the customer experience. The big push had been around transitioning everybody to EMV,” he remarked.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retail can get a bad rap these days, as its considered old-fashioned and on the decline. But recent developments show that innovation in commerce does indeed happen in this area of retail. That’s why [the] brick-and-mortar retailer isn’t going anywhere. You cannot replace that experience (online).”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

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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Bobsguide

JUNE 3, 2022

Auriga was recently honoured with the prestigious Peter Kulik Innovation Award from the ATMIA, the leading non-profit trade association representing the entire global ATM industry. Q: How do you feel about your Peter Kulik Innovation Award win? Q: Finally, do you have any thoughts on upcoming ATM innovations and trends?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

When Home Depot announced last month its plans to acquire HD Supply Holdings , it wasn’t just a sign of expansion for the home improvement retailer. According to Disque, the technologies are already in place for B2C firms to take the leap into B2B, but businesses must be strategic about the tools they choose to adopt.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It's no secret that restaurants have been hurting since the pandemic caused a seismic, almost-overnight shift in their customer engagement strategies. Ordering innovations have been especially useful as more consumers tap digital and mobile channels to select and purchase their desired menu items, So said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

And, in retail, sellers of health and beauty products are very prepared to embrace innovation in comparison to healthcare service providers. percent: Portion of consumer services firms that consider innovation crucial to their survival. $35 All This, Today In Data.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 13, 2020

Alvaro Teixeira, executive vice president and head of customer value management at HSBC Bank USA, will attend Bank Innovation Ignite this March 2-3 in Seattle. I’m excited to join Bank Innovation Ignite to dive further into how technology […].

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 23, 2020

Bank Innovation has hand-selected 10 companies to participate in its DEMOvation Challenge at Bank Innovation Ignite, which runs from March 2-3 in Seattle. The companies focus on a variety of use cases including customer acquisition, loan underwriting technology, conversational AI, fraud prevention, and other digital capabilities.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

As 2020 unfolds, the retail business has been dramatically altered. But with consumer spending holding steady, it’s important for retailers to grasp the opportunity to create innovative ways to get, keep and grow customers. So, what constitutes experiential marketing for retailers? Wine and cheese for the shoppers?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

However, that’s only part of what’s really going on when it comes to this particular card payments mark for convenience stores and gas pumps, according to a new PYMNTS interview with Chris Triconi, director of petro, convenience stores, and fuel retail at payment technology firm LISNR. However, that’s not necessarily the case at U.S.

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

These are a handful of the topics discussed at this week’s Customer Experience for Financial Services (CXFS) Conference, organized by Worldwide Business Research in Charlotte, NC. But as one presenter stated, having more VoC channels doesn’t automatically result in a better customer experience.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2019

When it comes to innovation, go to the source. has joined the ranks of companies and brands setting up innovation labs. QSR Innovation. The PepsiCo innovation effort comes at a time of significant technology development in the world of restaurants, including quick service restaurants (QSRs).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

But the pandemic-inspired shift to digital commerce has raised consumer expectations for seamless simplicity in multichannel journeys and pressured retailers slower to enter the world of omnichannel to work double-time to catch up. . Any retailer who wants the sale will need enough speed to bounce along with them. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are blurring the divide between online and in-store shopping, and bringing an all-new human element into retail. To learn more about how businesses are leveraging AI and ML technology to optimize their customer experience, click here to download the report.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

And according to Doug Brown, senior vice president and general manager of digital banking at NCR , simplicity and innovation have turned what could have been a disastrous year into a transformational pivot for the better. So we led with technology.”. Brown said in a recent conversation with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. Nudging Evolution.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2017

From manufacturing to customer service, there have been several parts of today’s workforce that have been automated by some form of smart technology. Over the last few years, chatbots have taken the retail space by storm, helping to automate several key aspects of customer service. Are they helping or hindering?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

With so much data available, is your organization harnessing it in the most efficient way in order to truly reap all the benefits of big data including driving innovation and improving the customer experience? Karen also serves as a member of the advisory board for several emerging companies.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

To help improve the productivity of workers and enrich the customer experience, Walgreens is tapping into mobile technology as it bridges the digital and brick-and-mortar store experiences. Zebra said that the technology can help workers with their daily tasks and helping customers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

That provides a rough idea of some of the motivation behind Mastercard ’s latest effort in payments and commerce innovation — an effort described in depth in a new PYMNTS interview between Karen Webster and Amnah Ajmal, Mastercard’s executive vice president of core products. Not Just A Number. So, what does that all mean in the real world?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

Simply put, the back-office systems are ill-equipped to handle the demands of technological innovation, especially as financial services cross channels. The Challenges Of Multi-Channel Payment Innovation. For many firms, with legacy infrastructure that has been in place for decades, scale becomes difficult.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Kroger ’s retail transformation was front and center at its analyst day, as the firm aims to remake its business with its Restock Kroger framework. The first area is redefining the grocery environment, enhancing the customer connection by creating an experience that is seamless, simple, easy and intuitive. Grocery Innovation .

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 13, 2017

How do you choose where to focus your innovation team? Marie Floyd, senior vice president of digital customer experiences for Wells Fargo, has some tips. Floyd, who joined Wells Fargo in 2015, has worked in the tech industry for more than 30 years, and for companies like Intuit, eBay, and IBM. In her time at […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

These moves seem logical for consumers who have been barred from visiting brick-and- mortar retailers or who are wary of contact with cashiers or payment terminals due to the potential for viral transmission, but they are also likely to have a dramatic impact on the future of digital and in-store commerce. The rise of omnichannel .

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As more retailers try to get more shoppers into their stores – not everything is about eCommerce, after all – new technologies are playing a big role. That technology promises to play a bigger role this holiday shopping season, according to an analysis. Related Innovation. That includes beacons. percent since 2018.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

To capture this spending, grocers are driving innovation through their brick-and-mortar stores with delivery and pickup efforts (among other initiatives). Almost a quarter — or 24 percent — of customers in the survey sample preferred Walmart. Nearly two in 10 — or 17 percent — of customers in the survey sample preferred Kroger.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Brick-and-mortar retailers are bringing smaller-scale, cutting-edge technology to city locations. In eCommerce, Wine.com had a banner 2019, and the company expects more customer experience improvements in 2020 as they aim to engage a new generation of wine connoisseurs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

Retailers are dutifully speaking with their payment service providers (PSPs) and industry partners to adhere to these shifts, but they must also keep their customers’ experiences in mind. retailer trade group, Retail Industry Leaders Association ( RILA ), told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2018

Cross-border payments company Western Union is opening a technology center in India, which will focus on biometrics, machine learning, and robotics, the company announced yesterday.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

There’s not much argument against self-checkout systems as a means of improving the customer experience, but at least a temporary blowback to the technology has begun. Opposition from the workforce that could be displaced by the technology is growing louder, even as consumers appear to be embracing self-checkout.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Vilcovsky had a strong idea of what he wanted to do with a digital mirror in terms of enhancing visualization and functionality for shoppers, but building the technological mechanism to deliver the experience he visualized wasn’t quite possible initially.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Is the store register on its way out in favor of other retail and payments innovation? In case you didn’t hear, Target faced a register outage that lasted for about 90 minutes on Sunday (June 16), which meant the retail chain couldn’t process cards or other forms of payment.

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Perficient

JULY 20, 2020

Digital technology has been transforming the way consumers shop for more than a decade, but it is also transforming the way they buy, finance, and how – or even if – they use their vehicles. CX Strategy & Retail Innovation Summit | July 28th. Digital Frictionless Customer Experience. Explore the Summit.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

Given that most retailers are looking to maintain consumers, speed is key. This week, Zebra Technologies launched its new MP7000 multi-plane 1D/2D imager scanner for merchants to help speed checkout processes. looking to ramp up their technology offerings.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The ability for intelligence automation tools to be able to quickly and accurately grab the most relevant and accurate information regarding a customer’s inquiry, sales deal, or more is based on many data-readiness factors. Data-readiness factors may include: Data cleanliness – Do we have a unified view of our customers?

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 22, 2019

The growth of Amazon Go cashierless stores is causing a ripple effect among retailers. It’s what’s been inspiring big-box retailers — among them, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Giant Eagle and others — to develop cashierless payment systems of their own.

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