| FIS: Blockchain Transformation Must Be Deliberate Many in financial services are enthusiastic about blockchain, but it probably wonât solve all the financial worldâs problems in one fell swoop. Esther Pigg, SVP product strategy of FIS, says financial institutions must take a more measured approach. Here are the questions Pigg tells PYMNTS that industry players must ask themselves about blockchain and how they can start to work it into their businesses. |
| Grabbing Hold Of The Gig Economy's Long Tail Beyond Uber and Lyft, the gig economy is evolving, with a long tail that places value on plugging gaps in firms' skill sets, boosting gig workers' discretionary spend, too. Hyperwallet SVP Michael Ting tells Karen Webster in the latest Data Drivers that the value of the online marketplace lies in matching services and the firms that need them â and making sure payment is seamless. |
| AID:Tech And PharmAccess Deliver Worldâs First Blockchain Baby What does it mean to be âborn on the blockchain?â Niall Dennehy, COO of AID:Tech, told PYMNTs itâs all about creating a digital identity at the moment of birth, and the organization has partnered with the PharmAccess Foundation to do just that for newborns in Tanzania. As the first one enters the world, hereâs what Dennehy says a blockchain identity will unlock for these babies as they come of age. |
| | Artificial Intelligence | | How Financial Services Can Prevent Bias In AI As financial services grasps the massive impact that artificial intelligence and machine learning will have on the industry, the question of how to prevent bias in supercomputers becomes more important. Sunil Madhu, founder and CSO of Socure, talks with Karen Webster about how machines can get past the hurdles found in the human brain. |
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