Drones, Diamonds and the Ultra-Extravagant Impulse Buy

Drones, Diamonds and the Ultra-Extravagant Impulse Buy
Drones, Diamonds and the Ultra-Extravagant Impulse Buy
January 03, 2026  |  The Weekender

Somewhere between the last peppermint latte and the first “dry January” seltzer, the consumer psyche performs an elegant pivot: from recovering to romancing. Valentine’s Day is the annual...

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Proactive Technology Helps Extended Households Turn Strain Into Stability
Proactive Technology Helps Extended Households Turn Strain Into Stability
January 02, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Extended households have become a defining feature of U.S. consumer finance, even as they remain underrepresented in traditional financial models. Get the Full Story Complete...

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B2B Logistics Resets for 2026 as Old Pricing Models Break Down
B2B Logistics Resets for 2026 as Old Pricing Models Break Down
January 02, 2026  |  B2B Payments

A New Year brings new beginnings. For the B2B freight and logistics landscape, those new beginnings have been simmering in the background ever since President...

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Fiserv Integrates Mastercard Agent Pay Into Merchant Platform
Fiserv Integrates Mastercard Agent Pay Into Merchant Platform
January 02, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Fiserv and Mastercard expanded their partnership to support agentic commerce, as payments companies move to establish how artificial intelligence systems can securely initiate and complete...

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Disney to Pay $10 Million to Settle Alleged Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws
Disney to Pay $10 Million to Settle Alleged Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws
January 02, 2026  |  Legal

A federal court has approved a settlement in which Disney will pay $10 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated children’s privacy...

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Commercial Real Estate Turns to AI to Automate the Back Office
Commercial Real Estate Turns to AI to Automate the Back Office
January 02, 2026  |  Real Estate

Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to reshape commercial real estate—not through futuristic smart buildings, but by automating the manual back-office work that underpins valuations, underwriting,...

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Commerce Bancshares Completes Acquisition of FineMark Bank
Commerce Bancshares Completes Acquisition of FineMark Bank
January 02, 2026  |  Acquisitions

Commerce Bancshares, the parent company of Commerce Bank, has completed its previously announced acquisition of FineMark Holdings, the parent company of FineMark National Bank &...

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Google Pushes AI Onto Devices
Google Pushes AI Onto Devices
January 02, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

For much of the past decade, artificial intelligence has been concentrated in the cloud. Large models trained and run in centralized data centers have powered...

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Saks Executive Chairman Becomes CEO Amid Retailer’s Potential Bankruptcy
Saks Executive Chairman Becomes CEO Amid Retailer’s Potential Bankruptcy
January 02, 2026  |  Retail

Saks Global Executive Chairman Richard Baker has assumed the additional role of CEO amid reports that the luxury retail company is considering bankruptcy. Get the Full...

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