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Kasisto’s Bid To Build Way Smarter Bots

Ninety percent of bots are just plain dumb, Kasisto CEO Zor Gorelov told Karen Webster, which explains why consumers are not impressed. He also said that it doesn’t have to be that way. Gorelov is on a mission to raise the IQ bar for bots and has turned his smarter than your average bot platform to financial services as proof. Say Hi to KAI.

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The Matchmaker Is In

Yapstone And The “Accidental” Payments Platform

As Yapstone Founder and CEO Tom Villante tells it, their whole world changed when a sales guy called on a vacation rental company by mistake ten years ago. In this week’s episode of The Matchmaker Is In, Villante tells the story of how what began as a mistake, has grown some very strong roots in the vacation rental world. Listen in.
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Apple Earnings

Apple Investors Take Out Their iPhone Worry Beads

Apple's earnings per share were higher than the street expected, but revenue missed — driven down by iPhones underselling analyst expectations. CEO Tim Cook brushed it off as a blip on the road to the really big show this fall. But Apple's after hours stock price suggests investors aren't entirely sold.

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NEW REPORT: What Faster Payments Mean To Venmo — And The P2P Use Case

While P2P transactions are gaining popularity, can they address the age-old discomfort of splitting bills among friends? For the latest issue of the Faster Payments Tracker™, PYMNTS caught up with Venmo’s COO Mike Vaughan about some of the “awkwardness of money” that P2P can create, and the role of social media — and faster payments — in overcoming it. Plus, the latest news about the faster payments solutions that are transforming the way businesses and individuals exchange funds.

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