EU Threatens Google breakup, China captures most blockchain patents, Can Shopping Actions take on Amazon? | | Averon CEO: Mobilizing The Wireless Identity Network What if we told you that a simple solution for authenticating the digital identity of a consumer has been right under our noses for 30 years? Wendell Brown, Averon CEO, tells Karen Webster that it has, and itâs the mobile carrier billing network thatâs now the basis for Averonâs Identity As A Service platform. (P.S. Now we know why Marc Benioff wanted in.) |
Worldpay: How Apps Can Make Themselves At Home On The Home Screen People still download mobile apps, but they donât always use them â many get deleted just as quickly as theyâre installed. What does it take to be one of the keepers? John O'Brien, SVP, strategic solutions, global enterprise eCommerce, Worldpay says to start with user experience â but merchants canât stop there. Hereâs what they should (and shouldnât) spend their time and money doing. |
How Alexa Makes Voice Caller ID A Two-Way Street Billers and banks worry a lot about authenticating their inbound calls to consumers, but are starting to worry just as much about the outbound calls they make â and authenticating themselves to callers who answer. For the 2018 PYMNTS.com Voice Challenge with Amazon Alexa, Semafoneâs Ben Rafferty and James Kirrage explain how Alexa's Phone Concierge addresses two key security functions during potentially sensitive phone conversations â and explain why itâs more secure than KBA over the phone. |
| The Amazon Effect | Can Googleâs Shopping Actions Take On Amazon? Between Facebookâs data scandal meltdown and Jack Dorsey buzzing about bitcoin as our global currency in about 10 years, you might have missed the launch of Googleâs Shopping Actions. Karen Webster says that making search shoppable via a universal shopping cart and one-click payment method checks a lot of boxes for Google and the retailers it has recruited as launch partners. Whether it checks the consumer box â and helps retailers quell the Amazon Effect on their businesses â will ultimately depend on one thing, Webster says. Any guesses? | | |
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