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January 16, 2019

Matchmaker Podcast Series

With This Ring, I Thee Pay — Buy, And Authenticate

Wearables are hot, and moving beyond wrist-wrapped fitness tracking to take on more payments and authentication tasks. In the latest Matchmakers podcast, Tejash Unadkat, CEO at Motiv, tells Karen Webster why rings as wearables can enable all sorts of tasks vital to daily consumer living in this digital world — tasks that also include payment and authentication via behavioral biometrics.

 

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eCommerce

Chairish CEO: What High-End Furniture eTail Can Learn From Designer Clothing's eFoibles

Online high-end and vintage furniture eCommerce platform Chairish announces its acquisition of Dering Hall, the discovery platform for contemporary furniture brands and interior designers. Its Co-founder and CEO Gregg Brockway tells Karen Webster that the brand’s expansion comes as it continues on the path to scale the premier digital platform for high-end home furnishings, while the sector itself makes a rapid transition into the world of eCommerce.

 

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Cash Flow

Fiserv On Solving Cash Flow’s Crunch Digitally

Short-term cash flow problems haunt consumers and smaller businesses alike. Overdraft — and its high fees — often serves as their primary fallback. Yet, in an interview with Karen Webster, Fiserv’s SVP and Managing Consulting Director Ken Patrick and Director of Product Management Victoria Dougherty talk about how digital technology, algorithms and other tools can provide more liquidity.

 

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Digital Identity Tracker™

Why Last-Mile Logistics Needs Last-Mile Authentication

Consumers increasingly use on-demand moving services for last-mile delivery. That requires a double-binding trust: trusting movers to handle items with care, and movers' trust of consumers to provide a safe work environment and pay them. In the new Digital Identity Tracker, Kristin Smith, COO of on-demand moving service Dolly, discusses how tech is making the authentication of movers and consumers less of a moving target.

 

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