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Travel apps are helping hotels get onto travelers’ radar by delivering deeply personalized discovery experiences based on data. By tracking customer behavior, SIX Travel is trying to better recommend hotels to travelers. The app’s Founder and CEO Khalid Meniri tells PYMNTS how the app leverages AI and social media to help drive bookings. Read More...

As consumers increasingly harmonize with voice assistants to order everything from groceries to movie tickets, smart speakers' emergence as an important medium for commerce is undeniable. According to the PYMNTS How We Pay Report, retailers trying to ride the wave are rolling out voice support in hope of boosting loyalty and convenience. Check out the latest trends rising to the top of the voice-activated charts.Read More...

For every object in the world, there seems to be someone out there hoping to build a smarter, more connected version of it. That’s good news for consumers and even the enterprise, as they can tap into wholly new capabilities in a much wider range of locations — but it’s challenging news for authentication and security experts, who have a whole new layer of permeable interfaces for fraudsters to go after. Read More...