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Alacriti CEO: Voice And The Rise Of ‘Elegant’ Payments

The power of voice technology, Alacriti's Co-Founder and CEO, Manish Gurukula, tells Karen Webster, is its ability to turn payments into a simple, elegant payments experience. One of the most obvious payments use cases is paying bills. Making those payments conversational and secure won’t be easy, Gurukula said, but soon, it won’t be an option.

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As Audits Loom, AP Automation Moves To Top Of Mind

Audits are every company’s nightmare but have become a welcome wake-up call for the need to automate the AP function, particularly among middle-market companies, Tipalti CEO Chen Amit tells Karen Webster in the latest Topic TBD.

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Mueller Indictment Exposes ID Theft Risks

Beyond the act of Russians trying to influence the 2016 U.S. election, we’ve also just learned the ways in which they plied their craft, including the use of stolen data to open bank accounts to buy ads and pay for rallies. The Mueller indictments, released Friday, expose the risks we still face when authenticating consumers, particularly when they show up for the first time to open new accounts.

The DMV Goes To The Grocery Store

Bread? Check. Milk? Check. Vehicle registration renewal … check! Californians can now add DMV transactions to their grocery lists, thanks to an initiative that puts kiosks in grocery stores to reduce long lines and driver frustration. In this month’s Unattended Retail Tracker, Jessica Gonzalez of the California Department of Motor Vehicles tells PYMNTS how its kiosk strategy is working.

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