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Hot Mics and Hard Truths: Inside the Chaos of Earnings Season
Earnings
Hot Mics and Hard Truths: Inside the Chaos of Earnings Season
Consumer Financial Stress Is Changing the Rules of Shopping and Payments

Consumer Insights
Consumer Financial Stress Is Changing the Rules of Shopping and Payments
Only 24% of Americans Saved More in 2025

Consumer Insights
Only 24% of Americans Saved More in 2025
More Than 60% of US Adults Now Start New Tasks With AI

Artificial Intelligence
More Than 60% of US Adults Now Start New Tasks With AI
Fed Beige Book Shows Consumers Resilient Despite Uncertainty

Economy
Fed Beige Book Shows Consumers Resilient Despite Uncertainty
CFOs Discover Their Most Sensitive Data Travels Too Freely

B2B Payments
CFOs Discover Their Most Sensitive Data Travels Too Freely
Senate Crypto Regulation Markup Fizzles Over Stablecoin Yield Debate

Cryptocurrency
Senate Crypto Regulation Markup Fizzles Over Stablecoin Yield Debate

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Consumer Financial Stress Is Changing the Rules of Shopping and Payments
Digital Identity Framework - January 2026
Critical Moment: The AI Imperative for Credit Unions
Money Mobility - January 2026

Antitrust & Competition Policy

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Draft Budget Bills Would Slash Trump Administration’s Tech-Funding Requests Shadow AI Emerges as the New Front Line in GenAI Compliance  Google Asks Judge to Reject Media Company Claims Over AI Search Overviews UK Vows Further Steps to Crack Down on Deepfake ‘Nudification’ Apps
COMPETITION POLICY INTERNATIONAL

Artificial Intelligence

PNC Says Automation Added 30 Points of Operating Leverage Since 2022
Electric Rate Shock Triggers White House Crackdown on Data Centers
WEF Says AI Can Unlock $4.5 Trillion if CEOs Fix Execution
Regions Says AI Lifts Productivity 20% as Loan Growth Cools
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Editor's Picks

President Trump Orders Data Centers to Pay for Power as AI Strains the Grid
Amazon Seeks Supplier Discounts Amid Ongoing Tariff Fight
Big Tech Kicks off 2026 With AI Product Updates and Releases
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Data Point

Walmart’s Closing the Amazon Online Sales Gap
More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech
Embedded Finance Pays Off for 54% of US B2B Platforms
72% of B2B Buyers Favor Suppliers With Embedded Payment Options 
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B2B PAYMENTS

Earnings Show Banks Turning Transaction Banking Into a Platform Business
Cross-Border Payments Platform Project mBridge Processed $55.49B in Transaction Volume
Tokenized Deposits Herald the End of ‘End of Day’ Banking
CFOs Discover Their Most Sensitive Data Travels Too Freely
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RETAIL

Walmart Announces Leadership Changes Across Organization
GameStop to Close 430 US Stores to Help Optimize Retail Footprint
Consumer Financial Stress Is Changing the Rules of Shopping and Payments
More Than 60% of US Adults Now Start New Tasks With AI
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Grocery

Uber and Kroger Launch Nationwide Same-Day Delivery
Aldi Courts Private-Label Shoppers With 180-Store Expansion
Amazon Plans to Build Big-Box Store Near Chicago
Albertsons Says AI Shopping Assistant Increased Customers’ Basket Size by 10%
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Restaurants

Starbucks Plans to Add and Remodel Stores After Closing 400 This Year
New York Cash Payments Law to Take Effect in March
Digital Tipping Keeps Employees Loyal as Restaurants Battle Labor Gaps
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Strain Sharpens Retail and QSR Spending Gap
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Healthcare

44% of Consumers Hit a Wall When Paying Medical Bills
How Healthcare Innovation Starts With Regulation and Ends With Integration
Longevity Rewrites the Economics of Inheritance
OpenAI and Anthropic Take Different Paths to Own Healthcare’s AI Stack
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Citi and PYMNTS Launch ‘From the Block’ Podcast: Straight Talk on Digital Assets
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TETHER BACKS STARTUP SQRIL, THE SCAN-TO-PAY QR CODE PAYMENT SWITCH FOR ASIA, AFRICA & LATIN AMERICA.
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What 2026 Will Make Obvious
Longevity Rewrites the Economics of Inheritance
Consumers Pay the Price as State Regulation Fractures FinTech Scale
Legacy Business Models Break
AI Doers Drown Out AI Naysayers
Online Finally Breaks Brick and Mortar
The Labor Economy Becomes the Next Payments Innovation Engine

Latest Trackers®

Credit unions face rising AI-driven member expectations, forcing a balance between speed, trust and organizational readiness.
Artificial Intelligence
Critical Moment: The AI Imperative for Credit Unions
Chain Reaction: Regulatory Clarity as the Catalyst for Blockchain Adoption
From Potential to Performance: How CUs Can Capture the FinTech Partnership Opportunity
Orchestrating Trust: The Future of Fraud Prevention in Payments
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Studies


Active Study
Digital Identity Framework - January 2026
Money Mobility - January 2026
2025–2026 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index: North America Edition - January 2026
From Assistive to Agentic AI: Consumers Wade Into Autonomous Commerce
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Regulations

Visa
Cryptocurrency
This Week in Stablecoins: Card Payments, Crypto Policies and Bank Pushback
Visa, Mastercard and Revolut Lose UK Battle Over Interchange Fees
Ripple Clears Cross-Border Payments Hurdle With EU Approval
Legal Expert Says Bank Charters Are Crypto’s Credibility Play
Card Program Complexity Puts Scale-or-Stall Pressure on Issuers
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Connected Economy

Google, UCP, Universal Commerce Protocol
Google
Google Aims at Merchants With Open-Source Universal Agentic Protocol
What Agentic Commerce Can Learn From B2B Payments
Retailers Prepare for Agent-Driven Shopping at Scale
Executives Say AI Redefines Value and the Payments Competitive Landscape
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SMB


SMBs
US Small Businesses Expect Improved Conditions for 2026
Why SMBs Can’t Afford Cash Flow Blind Spots as Bankruptcies Hit 15-Year High
Hugimals Founder Credits Growth to AI, Payments and Amazon Store
Banks Are 2026’s Secret Weapon for Supplier Enablement
Experian Adds Commercial Data to Ascend Lender Platform
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Markets

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Earnings
Hot Mics and Hard Truths: Inside the Chaos of Earnings Season
Earnings Show Banks Turning Transaction Banking Into a Platform Business
Goldman Ditches Consumer Credit as AI Takes Center Stage
Bank of America CEO Says AI Paying Off as Bank Cuts Costs
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Cryptocurrency

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Cryptocurrency
This Week in Stablecoins: Card Payments, Crypto Policies and Bank Pushback
Crypto Leaders Call for Negotiations as Senate Postpones Markup of Crypto Bill
Ripple Clears Cross-Border Payments Hurdle With EU Approval
Pakistan Inks Stablecoin Deal With Trump-Connected Firm
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Banking

PNC Bank
Earnings
PNC Says Automation Added 30 Points of Operating Leverage Since 2022
Earnings Show Banks Turning Transaction Banking Into a Platform Business
WEF Says AI Can Unlock $4.5 Trillion if CEOs Fix Execution
Regions Says AI Lifts Productivity 20% as Loan Growth Cools
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TechREG®

Congress, House of Representatives
Blockchain
Witnesses Fault ‘Regulation by Enforcement’ of Digital Assets at Congressional Hearing
SEC Pauses Binance Prosecution Amid New Crypto Landscape
Report: UK Orders Apple to Allow Access to User Data
How US Stablecoin Regulation Could Change the Game for Global Payments
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