Tag: Customer Experience

This week in CX: deepfakes, digital payments, and destination travel

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news. This week, we’ve explored how deepfakes are emerging as a new security threat in call centres, why Gen Z and Millennials demand seamless in-app payments, and what the...

Why B2B customer experience should stop chasing ‘faster’

Speed is everywhere. Same day delivery. Instant payments. Real time support. In B2C, it works. The faster you are, the better you look. We live in an era where ‘I need it now’ has become the rallying cry of the digital...

Twilio and Microsoft team up to accelerate conversational AI for customer engagement 

Twilio has announced a strategic, multi-year collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate enterprise adoption of conversational AI by bringing together Twilio’s trusted engagement platform with Microsoft’s powerful Azure AI infrastructure. “Every interaction between a business and their customers is an opportunity to...

Press Ganey Forsta acquires InMoment

Press Ganey Forsta has announced the acquisition of InMoment, paving the way for a new era in experience intelligence. Bringing these two powerhouses together will enhance the combined company’s ability to capture and analyse experience data from different sources—including surveys, social...

Here’s how to improve your networking

If you ask Coach Jerry (also known as Jerry Seufert), there’s no substitute for getting out there and networking. Log out of LinkedIn, get in your car (on public transport, whatever) and head out to an event. The nature of...

Consumer confidence shifts as demand for American-made and second-hand goods rises

According to a new Gartner survey, nearly half of U.S. consumers (47%) plan to increase their purchases of American-made products this year, highlighting a trend toward local sourcing and domestic support. The findings suggest a shift in consumer values, driven...

Insurance rebounds, US retailers face scattered spider threat, and hybrid work misses the mark 

Insurance in 2025: a sector rebounding amid rising expectations Despite economic concerns and high cost-of-living anxiety (84%), public sentiment toward insurers is improving. Positive perceptions have grown, while views of insurers as “inconvenient” have declined. Claims are rising—especially in Germany and...

NICE and AWS transform customer service delivery with AI and cloud

NICE has announced a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to transform customer service delivery through a combination of AI, cloud computing, and automation. As part of this partnership, NICE’s flagship AI-powered customer experience platform, CXone Mpower,...

Pega Predictable AI Agents transforms risky AI into reliable business workflows

Pegasystems has introduced Pega Predictable AI Agents, a new generation of AI-powered tools designed to give businesses control and transparency when integrating AI into their operations. Unlike many AI systems that rely on unpredictable, prompt-based agents, Pega’s solution prioritises structured,...

Forethought debuts first omnichannel agentic AI for CX, raises $25M

Forethought has launched the first-ever multi-agent, omnichannel AI system designed to revolutionise how enterprises engage with customers. This next-generation solution enables businesses to deploy AI agents seamlessly across all communication channels—including chat, email, voice, and SMS—and extend their use beyond...