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TTEC Boosts Financial Wellness for U.S. Employees with DailyPay Integration

TTEC Holdings has announced a new partnership with DailyPay to bring real-time wage access to TTEC’s U.S.-based employees, providing financial flexibility and support in an economy where every dollar counts.With the addition of DailyPay to its employee benefits suite, TTEC...

Robots in Aisle 4? Shoppers Aren’t Sold on Retail Tech Yet

A new consumer study from SPAR Group reveals a simple but powerful truth about in-store shopping: if products aren’t available, shoppers won’t stick around. According to the 2025 SPAR Consumer Survey, 74% of shoppers cite product availability as their top...

InMoment Sets New Standard for Customer Engagement With Generative AI for Reviews

InMoment, part of Press Ganey Forsta, has unveiled a new AI Auto Responding feature within its Reputation Management platform. This tool aims to help multi-location businesses streamline how they manage online customer reviews, saving time while improving personalisation and brand...

Salesforce and ServiceNow Pour $1.5B into Genesys to Advance AI-Driven CX Orchestration

Genesys has announced a $1.5 billion investment from Salesforce and ServiceNow, marking a significant expansion of its long-standing partnerships with both companies. Each investor is contributing an equal share, backing Genesys’s strategy to bring more autonomy and intelligence to customer...

ChatGPT Surpasses Google in Key Areas as AI Adoption Soars Among U.S. Consumers

A new study by digital marketing expert Joe Youngblood reveals that artificial intelligence is now a core part of everyday life for most Americans, with three in four U.S. consumers having used an AI tool within the past six months.The...

More Than Half of Customers Now Start Support Journeys Outside Company Channels

A new Gartner survey has revealed that 51% of service journeys now begin on third-party platforms such as Google, YouTube, and generative AI tools like ChatGPT, often without customers ever visiting a brand’s official channels.This trend is particularly strong among...

Alvaria and CallMiner Just Made Contact Centres a Lot Smarter

Alvaria has entered into a strategic partnership with CallMiner to elevate customer experience and drive business impact through AI-powered insights and automation.This collaboration integrates Alvaria’s outbound engagement and compliance capabilities with CallMiner’s advanced analytics and conversation intelligence platform. The two...

This Week in CX: When AI Delivers, and Institutions Fall Behind

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored how AI is reshaping customer experience across sectors, from drive-thru automation and lagging loyalty programs to growing public sector frustrations and the rise of...

SoundHound AI and Acrelec Team Up to Automate Drive-Thrus with Voice AI

SoundHound AI has announced a global partnership with quick-service restaurant (QSR) tech provider Acrelec to roll out fully automated, voice-enabled drive-thru systems.The collaboration combines SoundHound’s Dynamic Drive-Thru voice technology with Acrelec’s content management and digital signage solutions. As a result,...

AI Agents Might Be the Reason Fraud Detection Tools Are Going Blind

The rapid rise of consumer-facing AI agents is undermining the very systems designed to detect online fraud, and most businesses aren’t prepared for what’s coming.Transmit Security’s new report, Blinded by the Agent, reveals that traditional fraud detection technologies are failing...