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In China, 'Amazon Go' style stores are almost old news April 16 2018
The cashierless Amazon Go concept is inspiring fear in traditional U.S. retailers, but the idea is already mainstream in China.
Can going overseas salvage struggling Japanese banks? April 11 2018
New markets and new target demographics may just help banks stay afloat.
Bank of America launches a (mostly) digital mortgage April 11 2018
Bank of America has launched a digital mortgage service that is being rolled out in stages across the country through Monday.
Bank of America launches a (mostly) digital mortgage April 10 2018
Bank of America has launched a digital mortgage service that is being rolled out in stages across the country through Monday. “We’re seeing more…
Where Starbucks could find its next 30% of mobile sales April 09 2018
A pair of geographically diverse projects will determine whether Starbucks can fix a slowdown that's eroding its reputation as a master of mobile…
Japanese banks join cashless revolution in digital shift April 09 2018
This follows a regulatory change facilitating third party access to accounts and data. Bloomberg reports that Japanese banks are now joining the…
Crashes Involving Autonomous Vehicle Technology Raise Concerns for... April 06 2018
Accidents on March 23 and 25 have implications for the development of autonomous vehicles and what that means for insurance, but potential safety…
LexisNexis’ Development Kit Lets OEMs to Access Global Telematics... April 06 2018
The launch is a salvo in the battle for information providers to establish connected car data access with OEM, who are gaining control of data th…
Repo Technology Reaches Inflection Point April 06 2018
The next two years will be critical for participants to position themselves in the changing repo and securities lending markets according to cons…
Marketing Financial Services AI: Alexa Skills and Proprietary Chatbots April 04 2018
Virtual assistants and artificial intelligence (AI) are not new, but so far only a few “bots” have gone mainstream. While Watson, Siri and Alexa…
Banks Rush to Turn Japan Cashless April 04 2018
Japanese banks, long content to foster the nation’s love for cash, are now diving into digital payments thanks to a regulatory change that threat…
Japanese banks embrace cashless payments to keep up with fintech April 04 2018
Japanese banks, long content to foster the nation’s love for cash, are now diving into digital payments thanks to a regulatory change that threat…
Credit Karma bets big on chatbots as others balk April 03 2018
Chatbots are one of the buzziest technologies in fintech, but there is already a divide on whether they help or hinder the digital banking experi…
Europe's instant payments meet a roadblock: older bank networks April 03 2018
Europe's banks stand to benefit a lot from the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme (SCT Inst) — but "instant" is a high bar that many banks may n…
It may be too early to write off robo start-ups April 03 2018
...too high.Will Trout, the head of wealth management research at Celent, agreed that the market seems to agree on the value of the hybrid model…