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In it to win it: how to maximise your chances in competitions
Enter lots of contests, think of prizes as potential presents but beware of scammers Winning a competition can be a great feeling, but businesses don’t give away prizes out of generosity. Continue reading…
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Is this the man who invented BNPL?
A few people got excited about Affirm working with Apple Pay to embed BNPL (buy now, pay later) in their services. As reported by CNBC: Apple device users will be able to tap into buy now, pay later loans from Affirm for purchases Affirm will surface as an option for Apple Pay users on iPhones……
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As spicy as you want it: interactive fiction games put forward a new kind of narrative
Once derided for saucy advertisements and romance novel plots, these mobile games are venturing into the mainstream In late May, in a $58m Bel Air hilltop mansion, influencers, reality stars and other Angelenos milled around Netflix-branded TV screens displaying choices to be made: Are you a Gemini or a Capricorn? What color are your eyes?…
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Report: 49% shoppers likely to search for item after seeing on TV
Innovid, a software platform for the creation, delivery, measurement and optimisation of advertising across connected TV (CTV), linear TV, and digital, has announced the release of CTV x Commerce 2024: Data-Driven Insights to Reach Shoppers with CTV Advertising. The report, a collaboration between Innovid and Target’s retail media network, Roundel, looks at how US shopper…
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AI Briefing: What would Steve Jobs say about Apple’s ambitions for AI?
Decades before the first iPhone, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs expressed his vision for personal computing that seems strikingly similar to current innovations in generative AI. In a 1985 speech, Jobs imagined a world which now seems possible with modern large language models. Admitting the computer industry was “in the tank,” he said personal computing had…
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Inside look: Fiserv University tech training
Technology provider Fiserv is expanding its training offerings to clients through Fiserv University, which launched in May. “Many institutions are under pressure to do more with less, which requires a highly efficient and well-trained staff,” Dudley White, president of core account processing solutions at Fiserv, told Bank Automation News. Fiserv University offers tech and process…
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AI helping JPMorgan analysts check likeability
NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase is deploying AI to help investors research the likeability and growth trajectory of companies. The $3.5 trillion bank created its AI-driven “social calculator” to track positive, negative and neutral social media comments about companies, Manuela Veloso, head of AI research at JPMorgan Chase, said at the AI for Financial Services…
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Things worth reading: 14th June 2024
Things we’re reading today include … Trump Says ‘All’ Bitcoin Mining Should Be In The US (forbes.com) NHS chief calls for controls on cryptocurrency gambling after rise in addiction problems (telegraph.co.uk) This new King Charles £5 note sells for £11,000 at Bank of England auction | This is Money Wells Fargo fires workers over fake……
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What the Finternet?
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the guys who create the Basel rules and control much of the way the global banking system works, released a paper the other day about the Finternet: “the financial system for the future”. The idea is that all of the financial world will connect through unified ledgers integrated by……
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Judge likely to reject $30B Visa, Mastercard fee deal
A $30 billion settlement between Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and retailers to cap credit-card swipe fees is likely to be rejected by a federal judge in Brooklyn, a setback in the two decade-long litigation. Judge Margo Brodie of the US District Court of the Eastern District of New York indicated in a hearing Thursday that she probably…