As part of Cheddar's #HolidayIsHappening series, Hope King went inside the Oculus in downtown Manhattan to get a look at the Chase Pay village. Dina DeMerell, Head of Marketing for Chase Pay, explains how the company is innovating the mobile shopping experience.
The Chase Pay Village features a curated shopping experience and holiday market. DeMerell says this offers merchants an opportunity to showcase their products in an iconic space. The experience is all about getting the consumer more comfortable with the mobile payment experience, says DeMerell.
The Chase Pay Village offers consumers the opportunity to find deals, and also enjoy the holidays, says DeMerell. Chase Pay Village at Westfield World Trade Center's Oculus launched on Black Friday, and is open until January 7th.
President Donald Trump is talking up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank. The new entity, Stargate, will start building out data centers and the electricity generation needed for the further development of the fast-evolving AI in Texas, according to the White House. The initial investment is expected to be $100 billion and could reach five times that sum. While Trump has seized on similar announcements to show that his presidency is boosting the economy, there were already expectations of a massive buildout of data centers and electricity plants needed for the development of AI.
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