Tag: Artificial Intelligence

Consumers Want Instant Payments, Not Instant AI

Urgent and same-day bill payments are becoming a habit for a growing share of consumers. The 2025 ACI Speedpay Pulse Report shows that 30% of people made an urgent or same-day payment in the past year, with Gen Z and...

AI Adoption Is Rising, But the Consumer Trust Gap Widens

A new joint report from HubSpot and SurveyMonkey reveals a widening disconnect between how quickly businesses are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and how cautiously consumers are embracing it. The findings highlight four tensions shaping today’s AI landscape: rapid business integration...

Cresta Brings AI Agent Assist and Conversation Intelligence to Email Support

Cresta has expanded its Agent Assist and Conversation Intelligence solutions to the email channel, bringing the same breakthrough capabilities it pioneered for voice and chat to one of the most widely used customer support formats. This move allows companies to...

AI Can Answer Faster. But Can It Care?

Artificial intelligence is making customer service faster, cheaper, and more efficient, at least from the company’s perspective. However, according to Verizon’s latest CX Annual Insights report, speed isn’t the same as satisfaction. The study reveals a clear gap between the...

Tariff-Proof Your Business

Faced with an unpredictable economic environment led by frequently changing US policies, executives must navigate a landscape riddled with volatility. Tariffs, rising supply costs, and squeezed margins threaten growth. Shareholders, employees and customers demand clarity on how leadership will weather...

The New Holiday Shopping Calendar: Starts in Summer, Powered by AI

Holiday shopping is stretching far beyond the Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) weekend, and artificial intelligence is now playing a starring role in how consumers browse, compare, and buy. According to Klaviyo’s survey, over half (54%) plan to use AI...

The Rise of Intent-based UI: How AI is Creating Proactive Digital Experiences

My favourite online bookstore disappointed me for the second time this month by sending me my order in poor packaging that almost damaged the books inside. I asked ChatGPT for a strong letter of complaint that I could send. The...

NiCE and Salesforce Bring Real-Time AI Orchestration to Customer Service

NICE and Salesforce have expanded their partnership to deliver seamless, AI-powered customer experiences through deeper integration between NICE CXone Mpower and Salesforce Service Cloud. Building on their 2022 launch of Bring Your Own Telephony with Salesforce Service Cloud Voice, the two...

Intermedia Adds Microsoft 365 Email to Intelligent Archiving

Intermedia Cloud Communications has unveiled an upgrade to its Intelligent Archiving platform, the addition of Microsoft 365 (M365) email. This move allows businesses to store and manage their emails right alongside voice calls, chat, SMS, and video communications, including data...

Fixing Broken Links in Retail’s Mobile Customer Service Chain

When a purchase goes wrong, mobile customer service often becomes the lifeline between a shopper and the brand. At its best, it can resolve issues in minutes; at its worst, it leaves customers stuck in a loop of delays and...