51% of eCommerce Merchants Hold the Line on Fraud Staffing

51% of eCommerce Merchants Hold the Line on Fraud Staffing
51% of eCommerce Merchants Hold the Line on Fraud Staffing
September 25, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraud budgets are moving in two different directions. Fifty-one percent of global eCommerce merchants expect spending on fraud-management staff to remain flat or decline, while...

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Digital Freelancers Find More Work and New Pressure on Pay
Digital Freelancers Find More Work and New Pressure on Pay
September 25, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

AI can produce a first draft. Someone still has to make the finished work worth paying for. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Fed Proposes Stablecoin Reserve and Capital Rules Under GENIUS Act
Fed Proposes Stablecoin Reserve and Capital Rules Under GENIUS Act
September 24, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Federal Reserve Board is requesting public comment on two proposals related to establishing a regulatory framework for the payment stablecoin issuers it supervises under...

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Revolut Wins Central Bank Approval to Acquire Argentine Bank
Revolut Wins Central Bank Approval to Acquire Argentine Bank
September 24, 2026  |  Banking

Revolut is moving ahead with the completion of its acquisition of Argentine bank Banco Cetelem Argentina S.A. after receiving approval from the Central Bank of...

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Buyers Want to Pay Later. Suppliers Want Cash Earlier. Who Funds the Difference?
Buyers Want to Pay Later. Suppliers Want Cash Earlier. Who Funds the Difference?
September 24, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The oldest tension in B2B payments is becoming one of its newest business models. A dollar cannot simultaneously stay longer on the buyer’s balance sheet...

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Databricks Buys Spreadsheet Builder Row Zero to Enhance AI Coworker
Databricks Buys Spreadsheet Builder Row Zero to Enhance AI Coworker
September 24, 2026  |  Acquiring

Data and artificial intelligence (AI) company Databricks has acquired spreadsheet builder Row Zero, Databricks said in a Thursday (Sept. 24) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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UK Banks Execute First Transactions With Tokenized Deposits
UK Banks Execute First Transactions With Tokenized Deposits
September 24, 2026  |  Blockchain

An initiative involving seven U.K. banks completed the first live customer transactions using tokenized sterling deposits, banking and finance industry organization UK Finance said in...

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Best Buy Uses AI to Stop Passing Customers Around
Best Buy Uses AI to Stop Passing Customers Around
September 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A customer seeking help with a malfunctioning laptop might call Best Buy, explain the problem, get sent to a second department and explain it again....

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FedNow Opens Door to Cross-Border Instant Payments
FedNow Opens Door to Cross-Border Instant Payments
September 24, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

The Federal Reserve is taking its instant payment system global. Federal Reserve Financial Services said Wednesday (Sept. 23) that the FedNow® Service will soon support...

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