Category: CXM News

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...

Ipsos Brings Human-Centric CX Benchmarking to Qualtrics Marketplace

Ipsos has launched its Forces of CX solution on the Qualtrics XM Marketplace, offering businesses a ready-to-use, research-backed tool to measure and improve customer experience. Developed in collaboration with Qualtrics, the self-guided solution allows organisations to benchmark performance, uncover emotional drivers...

Treasure Data Launches Enterprise AI Agents Built on Unified Customer Data

Customer data platform provider Treasure Data has expanded its AI Agent ecosystem to help enterprises deploy generative AI tools that are both powerful and safe to use at scale. Built on its core customer data platform and powered by Amazon...

Digital Grocery Loyalty Isn’t Keeping Up with Its 71% Adoption Rate

Online grocery shopping is now firmly part of American consumer behaviour: 71% of shoppers have done it, and half do it at least once a month. But a new survey from composable commerce provider VTEX shows that loyalty hasn’t caught...

PCI Pal Brings AI Fraud Detection to the Voice Channel

PCI Pal has launched a new Fraud Management Suite aimed at tackling card-not-present (CNP) fraud in contact centres, a growing problem as voice payments remain vulnerable compared to e-commerce. The first feature in the suite is real-time AI risk scoring for...

Public Sector Hold Times Now UK’s Biggest CX Headache, Beating Banks

Healthcare providers and government agencies have overtaken banks as the most frustrating organisations to reach by phone in the UK, according to a new survey by customer experience platform 8×8. Seventy-five percent of UK consumers say they often can’t get through...

NiCE to Acquire Cognigy for $955M to Build Unified AI Platform for Customer Experience

NiCE has signed a definitive agreement to acquire conversational AI company Cognigy in a deal valued at approximately $955 million. The acquisition combines NiCE’s CXone Mpower platform with Cognigy’s conversational and agentic AI capabilities to accelerate the adoption of AI-first...

Travelers Turn to EVs and Digital Payments to Save Money

New data from CarTrawler shows that summer travellers are increasingly renting electric vehicles and using digital payment methods in a bid to reduce costs and gain more flexibility. According to the Q2 2025 Car Rental Market Monitor, rental demand in the...