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window (and potentially tapping your credit card details into a fraudster's form
Microsoft says the aim is "to reduce friction between action and intent"
In other words, to make your life easier.Initial partners include payment services Stripe and Braintree, billing service Zuora, and
invoicing services FreshBooks, Intuit, Invoice2Go, Sage, Wave, and Xero
Any business that uses one of these providers to manage its payments will be able to send you bills to pay without leaving your inbox.Slice
The theory is, if an email asks you to perform a task, it should be as easy as possible for you to do it.The first Actionable Messages were
designed for businesses (for managing customer help tickets, for example), but Microsoft is now finding ways to take the pressure off home
users too.Microsoft will begin rolling out the service within the next couple of weeks, and it will become available to all Outlook users
within a few months.Via The Verge
