More than four years ago, the great digital shift — already in motion — began to accelerate at warp speed. The pandemic forced us all indoors. We lived life online, making purchases, waiting out supply chain snarls, paying online and working from home. The world sheltered in place, with digital conduits the...
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The speed of business today demands agility, yet outdated accounts receivable (AR) processes remain a stubborn bottleneck for many organizations. Increasingly, the complexity and volume of invoices threaten to overwhelm manual systems, leaving businesses even more vulnerable to inefficiencies and lost revenue. In the face of these challenges, AR automation...
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As consumers leverage digital wallets in greater numbers, businesses across sectors must understand the latest trends to compete. One such trend is that debit cards have become the primary payment method digital wallet users ultimately leverage. This prevalence suggests that many users like digital wallets’ convenience but value the discipline...
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When they arrived on the scene, voice assistants seemed like sci-fi made real. Once hailed as revolutionary, they are now seeing a downshift in consumer enthusiasm. The share of U.S. consumers using voice assistants has sat at 60% this year. This ambivalence is evident across generations. Declining trust and satisfaction...
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Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) holds immense potential for transforming how organizations deploy technology to improve operational efficiency and drive innovation. Still, many firms fail to fully leverage the technology’s capabilities. For example, half of surveyed chief marketing officers (CMOs) use GenAI for routine tasks like drafting emails and visualizing data....
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Today’s restaurant customers crave the convenience of contactless payments, and opportunities abound to provide them. However, the comfort of conventional payment methods, coupled with the challenges of staffing shortages and broader macroeconomic factors, is impacting adoption rates, leaving some restaurants at risk of losing diners to more innovative competitors. Newer...
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