Customer data stories
Shoppers at 48 FairPrice outlets will soon be able to scan and pay as they shop, after the supermarket group expands its smart cart rollout.
The update aims to speed up high-intent journeys by making forms easier to build, personalise and complete without heavy IT support.
Merchants could soon get payments, loyalty, lending and checkout tools from one supplier as firms chase fuller control of commerce.
Banks risk falling behind as fragmented legacy estates slow AI and cloud gains, with modern core systems now key to growth and service delivery.
The move gives the Dutch payments group a bigger role in merchants’ pricing and promotions, as it seeks to unify online and store sales.
Marketers could soon let AI agents handle campaigns, content and analytics as Adobe ties its creative tools to one workflow system.
Joint customers could cut campaign overhead as SAP and Google Cloud tie customer data and AI agents across platforms, with rollout due in 2026.
Banks could use the new platform to cut frontline bottlenecks, as Backbase says 80% of such work happens in disconnected system gaps.
Financial services marketers can now test creative against synthetic AI personas before approval, reducing costly changes after campaigns go live.
Marketers could soon cut manual campaign work as SAP and Google Cloud link customer data and AI agents across both platforms.
Marketing teams can now link Adobe tools with outside AI services under a governed system aimed at auditable customer experience workflows.
More than half of UK and Irish hospitality businesses fear AI could expose customer and company data, a new survey shows.
AI tools have surfaced customer records and other sensitive files at 29% of firms, highlighting weak Microsoft 365 governance.
More banks and credit unions are opting for bundled onboarding and engagement tools as Alkami ties account opening to digital banking and marketing.
Shoppers can now buy eligible beauty products in Google’s AI tools, as Ulta pushes discovery and checkout into conversational search.
Europe-hosted automation may ease data concerns for brands, as Braze adds AI workflows that aim to speed campaign creation and targeting.
Brands flooding customers with AI-generated messages risk wasted spend, as Braze says only those tying tools to live data are seeing clear returns.
Canadian shoppers can now use tokenised Visa details at checkout in Chrome and Android, reducing card exposure to merchants.
Marketers can now automate campaigns and keep customer data in Europe as Braze rolls out AI agents, creative tools and regional hosting.
Complaints over data handling are mounting across UK finance and health, with the ICO seeing the sharpest rise in retail and manufacturing too.