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Unpredictable Pay Cycles Break Financial Stability for America’s Hourly Workers
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Unpredictable Pay Cycles Break Financial Stability for America’s Hourly Workers
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Visa on How Trust Is Built at the Moment of Authorization
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Antitrust & Competition Policy

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As Companies Move From AI Testing to Implementation, Compliance Takes Center Stage California Fines S&P Global Under New Data Broker Rules  Congress, White House Try to Get Ahead of the Growing Local Backlash to Data Centers Draft Budget Bills Would Slash Trump Administration’s Tech-Funding Requests
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Artificial Intelligence

Retention Is Name of the Game for Netflix’s AI Strategy
Davos Signals a Disciplined Era for AI in Banking and FinTech
Google Sees Surge in Sales of Gemini AI Models
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says AI Could Increase Both Economic Growth and Unemployment
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Editor's Picks

TreviPay Teams With Visa to Offer Banks Pay by Invoice Tool
NYSE Takes Stocks On-Chain and Tests Wall Street’s Old Rules
Regulators Rewrite How Blockchain Gets Built
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Data Point

82% of Merchants Plan to Expand Digital Wallet Adoption
7 in 10 Banks Increase Fraud Spending as Losses and Complexity Grow
Walmart’s Closing the Amazon Online Sales Gap
More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech
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B2B PAYMENTS

U.S. Bancorp Says Payments Transformation Key to Q4 Earnings
TreviPay Teams With Visa to Offer Banks Pay by Invoice Tool
Wise Says Dual Listing Will Increase Profile in US and Accelerate Global Growth
KeyCorp Uses AI to Reinforce Lending Discipline as Credit Improves
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RETAIL

Amazon Adds More Payment Options to Latest Smart Shopping Cart
Stripe’s John Collison Says FinTech Not Racing to Go Public
Amazon CEO Says Tariffs Bleeding Into Product Prices
Payments Executives on What Worked, What Failed and What Comes Next for Commerce in 2026
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Amazon Adds More Payment Options to Latest Smart Shopping Cart
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
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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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Latest Trackers®

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Studies


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Digital Identity Framework - January 2026
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From Assistive to Agentic AI: Consumers Wade Into Autonomous Commerce
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Regulators Rewrite How Blockchain Gets Built
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Visa, Mastercard and Revolut Lose UK Battle Over Interchange Fees
Ripple Clears Cross-Border Payments Hurdle With EU Approval
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Connected Economy

Google, UCP, Universal Commerce Protocol
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Retailers Prepare for Agent-Driven Shopping at Scale
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SMB

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Federal Reserve Opens Door to Main Street’s Post-Check Payments Future
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
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U.S. Bancorp Says Payments Transformation Key to Q4 Earnings
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Cryptocurrency

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Digital Dollars Keep Getting Stuck Outside the Real Economy
Pomelo Plans Stablecoin Card After Raising $55 Million
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Banking

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Davos Signals a Disciplined Era for AI in Banking and FinTech
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TechREG®

Congress, House of Representatives
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Report: UK Orders Apple to Allow Access to User Data
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