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Consumer Finance
Consumer Card Debt Paydowns May Prove Temporary Amid Tariff and...

In May, the pace of consumer credit, overall, decelerated. And in...

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Retail
Shoppers Embrace Embedded Payments in Shift From Prime Day Splurging...

Amazon Prime Day generated nearly $15 billion last year. The sales...

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Retail
David’s Bridal Expands Offerings With New Brand and Amazon Storefront

David’s Bridal opened a new Amazon storefront featuring a new brand...

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Cryptocurrency
Ripple Taps BNY for Stablecoin Reserve Custody

Blockchain company Ripple chose BNY for the primary custody of its...

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Acquisitions
Clarity AI Acquires ecolytiq to Expand Sustainability Intelligence Platform

Clarity AI has acquired ecolytiq to expand the capabilities of its...

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Transportation
China’s Baidu Touts World’s First Autonomous Car Rentals

China’s Baidu has launched what it calls the world’s first autonomous car rental...

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Cryptocurrency
Ant International Weighs Global Payment-Focused Stablecoin Launch

FinTech Ant International is weighing stablecoin license applications in several countries....

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Cryptocurrency
Crypto ATM Ban Proposed in New Zealand Financial Crime Crackdown

New Zealand wants to outlaw cryptocurrency ATMs and place limits on...

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CFO
B2B Procurement as a Strategic Lever Is Healthcare CFO’s New...

The high-stakes world of healthcare procurement is also a high-cost one....

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Subscriptions
Click to Cancel Subscription Rule Quashed in Federal Court 

A federal court has blocked the so-called “click to cancel” rule...

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Payments Innovation
Banks Now View Payment Hubs as ‘Mission Control’ Centers

Watch more:  Banks Use FIS Payment Hubs to Navigate Complex Regulatory...

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Accounts Payable
Hospitality Sector Checks Out Paperless Invoicing to Manage Peak Season

When one thinks about hospitality innovation, it’s easy to picture smart...

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SMBs
Tally Tumbler Team Masters Amazon Strategy to Drive Seasonal Sales

It’s summertime, and that means sun, friends, backyards and cold beverages....

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financial apps
Daily Budget App Adoption Stalls at 14%

Amid persistent financial anxieties affecting most Americans, a new report highlights...

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Digital Payments
Saudi Women Lead World in Mobile Shopping Adoption

Saudi Arabia is rapidly emerging as the world’s new benchmark in...

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Credit Unions
Gen Z Is Ready to Stay if Credit Unions Step...

Gen Z is often typecast as a different species, a pervasively...

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Opinion
Banks and Merchants Demand Flexible Payment Tools Amid Market Volatility

BNPL partnerships help banks and merchants meet the needs of consumers...

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eCommerce
Adobe Says Retailers’ AI-Driven Traffic Will Leap 3,200% During Prime...

Adobe said Monday (July 7) that during Amazon’s Prime Day sales...

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Personnel
Apple COO Jeff Williams to Hand off Some Duties, Then...

Apple said Tuesday (July 8) that Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams will...

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Wearables
Meta Reportedly Buys 3% Stake in Smart Glasses Partner EssilorLuxottica

Meta reportedly bought a roughly 3% stake in eyewear maker EssilorLuxottica,...

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Acquisitions
VC-Backed Firms Choose Mergers and Buyouts Amid Uncertainty Around IPOs

Companies backed by venture capital (VC) firms are reportedly choosing mergers,...

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artificial intelligence
Report: Mistral Aims to Raise Financing for AI Cloud Service

Mistral AI is reportedly in talks to raise as much as...

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Consumer Insights
NY Fed Finds Inflation Expectations Ease, but Spending Outpaces Income

The June Survey of Consumer Expectations by the Federal Reserve Bank...

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Amazon
Momentum Commerce Says Amazon Prime Day Sales Down 14% in...

The first four hours of Amazon’s Prime Day event reportedly saw...

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Investments
Propel Finance Raises $2 Billion to Fund UK Small Businesses

British FinTech Propel Finance has raised $2 billion in a new...

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artificial intelligence
PayJunction and Twilio Team to Combat Manual Payment Slowdowns

Payments company PayJunction has launched an integration with customer engagement platform Twilio. The integration, announced Tuesday...

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Cryptocurrency
Trump Media Plans ‘Crypto Blue Chip Fund’ in 3rd ETF...

Trump Media is reportedly making another venture into the digital assets...

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SPAC
Crypto-Asset Management Firm ReserveOne to Go Public in $1 Billion...

Digital asset management firm ReserveOne is going public in a $1...

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Consumer Finance
Inflation and Rising Debt Force Consumers to Double Down on...

With the news Tuesday (July 8) that consumers expect inflation to...

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Consumer Finance
Credit Card Balances Drop on Annual Basis for First Time...

Credit card performance improved for the first time in over four...

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Payment Methods
Venmo Debuts College-Themed Debit Card Fleet

Venmo has introduced a line of college-branded card designs for its debit...

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artificial intelligence
AI Startups: Aether Taps AI to Spot Market Sentiment Shifts...

Aether Holdings, a New York-based FinTech firm that went public in...

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Earnings
Samsung Forecasts 56% Drop in Profit Due to AI and...

Trade and artificial intelligence-related headaches are reportedly behind a projected 56%...

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Cryptocurrency
Tether Invests in Crystal Intelligence to Combat Illicit Stablecoin Use

Digital asset company Tether has invested in blockchain analytics firm Crystal Intelligence, saying...

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Cryptocurrency
Robinhood ‘Confident’ Tokenized Equities Will Withstand Regulatory Scrutiny

Robinhood is reportedly in discussions with European regulators about its new...

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Payroll
Würk Integrates DailyPay’s On-Demand Pay Into Payroll Platform

Würk has integrated DailyPay’s On-Demand Pay product into its payroll, human...

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Retail
Amazon, Walmart Summer Sales Become Stress Test for Consumer Spending

For the world’s biggest retailers, summer means two things: sales events,...

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Regulation
FCA Fines Monzo $28.5 Million for Accepting ‘Implausible’ Customer Info

Monzo, a digital bank in the United Kingdom, was fined 21,091,300...

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