| Tuition Payments Made Intuitive And Even On The Fly(wire)
School bells ring, school cash registers ring and cross-border payments can zing â if the right regulatory boxes are checked off. How to prepare those institutions to take it all in, literally? Flywireâs CEO Mike Massaro spoke with Karen Webster about the need to be as flexible as, well, a liberal arts degree, with an eye on reducing friction in getting schools paid across all manner of higher ed, from language schools to law schools to schools that teach executives how to, well, execute. Read More... |
| Behind Worldpay Acquisition, Vantivâs Strategy For Payments, Globally
Three hundred payment methods. One hundred and forty-six countries and more than 120 currencies. Thatâs a lot of payment processing options, across a landscape that's truly global, and 24/7/365. The backdrop for the Vantiv/Worldpay acquisition, as recounted by Mark Heimbouch, Vantiv COO. The obvious lure, he said, was cross-border eCommerce â but that wasnât the only reason. Get the details.
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| How Ericsson And Zenuity Want To Drive The Connected Car Conversation
If the estimates are right, connected car data will be worth between $450 billion and $750 billion in revenue over the next decade. Given the price tag, it's unsurprising so many players â big and small â are looking to crack the code on mobilizing and monetizing all that data. Ericsson's made a major leap forward in the race â partnering with Volvo-backed Zenuity on an end-to-end connected car platform. We talked to Ericsson VP of emerging business Natalie Jones about the pair-up â and what it means for the future of connected cars. Read More... |
| | Artificial Intelligence | | Time To Up The IQ On Artificial Intelligence
Whatâs so intelligent about artificial intelligence if it needs human data scientists to hold its hand through every little function? It may sound like a harsh critique, but Brighterion founder, president and CEO Akli Adjaoute, wouldnât call such a platform âAIâ at all. The term gets thrown around much too loosely, Adjaoute said. In this first of a six-part series, hereâs what he tells Karen Webster âAIâ really means, and where he feels data scientists should be investing the time theyâre currently spending to micromanage AIs. Read More... |
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