The latest news in the digital world

1. Digital news that you
don’t want to miss…
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Updates from the last week
28/5/2017

2. You can now order whatever you want and
pick it up on your way home, with just 15
minutes notice.
And if you are an Amazon prime member,
the service will be for free.
Amazon book store
Amazon has officially opened its new
grocery stores- AmazonFresh.
Amazon opens its first Brick and
Mortar book store in NYC
AmazonFresh
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The company that began its way as a web
company enters to physical world.
The experience at in the store is similar to
the experience in the Amazon website.

3. Twitter is presenting a new feature “Direct
message card” to engage customers with
brands. The feature is based on a chatbot
interface within the social platform.
Twitter's chatbots
Twitter is giving brands a new way
to promote their chatbots
AI & Chatbots
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How Amazon's Echo went from a
smart speaker to the center of your
home
Amazon alexa
With over 12,000 devices which support
Amazon Alexa skills, Amazon is leading in the
personal virtual assistants market.To remain
the leader, but it makes new moves.

4. Toyota signs on a few partnerships in order
to create a higher value to its customers
using blockchain technology.
It wants to collect information and suggest
smart insights and smart insurance plans.
Toyota&Blockchain
Toyota pushes into blockchain tech
to enable the next generation of cars
Connected cars
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Connected cars
Cars that can refuel, recharge & park
on their own and pay for those services
as well through iot, are being developed
In addition, blockchain can give vehicles a kind of digital
identity. Once this identity is in place, the GPS can
follow the car, time-stamping its location on blockchain.
Cars equipped with a repository of cryptocurrency could
purchase services, including a tune-up or an oil change.

5. The company helps parents plan their and their
children's future with a smart tuition savings.
The product will help estimate the tuition future
amount and builds a relevant saving plan.
Wealthfront tuition savings
Banking
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Going from being a fintech startup to a Neo Bank.
TransferWise offers a bank account for businesses
and freelancers which have a global activity.
Wealthfront now helps users save up
for their kids’ college tuition
TransferWise launches ‘Borderless’
account for businesses
TransferWise Borderless account

6. A smart AI based prod Plum will take your
financial data and will help you manage
your money smartly.
Including checking your financial products
and offering to switch to better options.
Plum smart banking
Banking
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Plum bets on Facebook Messenger
as the place to manage your finances
Only 6% of bank board members have
professional experience in the technology
A recent Accenture study of 109 large, global banks,
found that more than 40 percent of banks did not have a
single board member with a professional background in
technology, and
only 6% of board members have professional technology
experience.
At the same time, customers become increasingly
technologically knowledgeable, and expect new
innovations that will serve them in a more personalized
and efficient manner.
Bank board members

7. Mastercard’s Messenger bot can search for
restaurants and handle the payment in the same
conversation, so the restaurant can process the order
and have it ready when the customer arrives. Right
now, Subway, The Cheesecake Factory, and
FreshDirect have this feature activated.
Apple pay MasterCard
Payments
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Apple is trying to increase the use of its
payments app.
After launching the service in 2015 with
amount limits, the company now removes
those limits.
Apple Pay now supports higher
value transactions
MasterCard Introduces Shopping
Chatbots For Facebook Messenger

8. Google has built many tools for office use on the
digital platform. Now, it takes it to the physical
world with a new digital board. The board has
many graphical skills and an option to connect to
other boards and tablets.
Pinterest recipes
Pinterest adds new features to help
you find the recipes you love based
on a photo upload
Jamboard
Mobile
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You can upload a photo on the photo category to
Pinterest and get the recipe.
How? Using machine learning technology and the
camera of course, Pinterest can identify what is in
your picture and find the relevant recipe.
Google Jamboard: a surprisingly
fun 4K ‘whiteboard’

9. Quilt
Insurance startup Quilt adds life
insurance to its portfolio of
products
Bitcoin
More in finance
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Quilt startup tries to solve the customer
experience in the process of buying
insurance.With a digital app it promise to
buy a life insurance in less that 15 minutes.
Bitcoin set new price records this
week as the value of a single coin
crossed the $2,000 threshold
Since bitcoin was announced in 2009, the
ecosystem of cryptocurrencies has exploded,
where new coins are launched
In a newly famous transaction type called “Initial
Coin Offering” or ICO.

10. About us
Orly Stern Izhaki
Digital, Fintech & Customer experience consultant.
A passionate products builder & Digital strategy manager with
vast experience in the Fintech and Digital industry,
including founding and building the first Digital Bank in Israel.
Orly manages a professional blog about Digital Transformation.
orlys.izhaki@gmail.com
orlydigital.com
Meirav Harel
Chosen for "Women in Fintech 2016 Powerlist" by Innovative
Finance UK,
Meirav provides consulting services about leveraging businesses
with Digital & FinTech, especially in times of Technological
Disruption.
She thrives in interdisciplinary challenges and enjoys building and
growing business opportunities particularly in changing
environments.
meiravharel25@gmail.com