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What Happens to Stores When AI Agents Do the Shopping?
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What Happens to Stores When AI Agents Do the Shopping?
Experience Economy Pushes Payments to $20B Super Bowl Test

Digital Payments
Experience Economy Pushes Payments to $20B Super Bowl Test
Generations Under Pressure: How Younger Consumers Are Coping With Higher Living Costs

Consumer Insights
Generations Under Pressure: How Younger Consumers Are Coping With Higher Living Costs
As Tax Refunds Tackle Debt, Installment Payments Become a Budget Tool

Taxes
As Tax Refunds Tackle Debt, Installment Payments Become a Budget Tool
Nearly Half of Digital Bank Customers Prefer Digital Wallets

Mobile Wallets
Nearly Half of Digital Bank Customers Prefer Digital Wallets
AI Pushes SaaS Toward Usage-Based Pricing

Artificial Intelligence
AI Pushes SaaS Toward Usage-Based Pricing
New York Fed Weighs In on Who Should Create Money

Cryptocurrency
New York Fed Weighs In on Who Should Create Money

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Generations Under Pressure: How Younger Consumers Are Coping With Higher Living Costs
The Trust Imperative in Embedded Finance
CFOs Take Control of Enterprise Gen AI
Tax Refund Season Reveals the Reality of Paycheck-to-Paycheck America

Antitrust & Competition Policy

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FTC Moves to Bring Back Rules To Make It Easier for Consumers to Cancel Subscriptions  The Battle Between CFTC and State Regulators Over Prediction Markets Spreads to Capitol Hill British Government Vows Changes to Toughen Children’s Online Safety Laws The Feds Are Coming for Prediction Markets 
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Artificial Intelligence

Treasury to Roll Out AI Success Manuals for Financial Firms
World Labs Raises $1 Billion to Scale Spatial AI
Fiverr Says Humans Remain Essential as AI Influences Hiring
Former Google DeepMind Scientist Targets $4 Billion Valuation for New AI Lab
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Editor's Picks

Bank Charters Are Reshaping Who Can Compete for Consumer Deposits
Labor Economy Workers Less Worried Than Office Workers About Robots Taking Their Jobs
Anthropic Announces Claude Opus 4.6 as Next Step in Enterprise AI Development
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Data Point

14% of Consumers Use BNPL Even After Holiday Spending Surge
Firms Report Improved Financial Performance Linked to Use of Embedded Finance
More Than Half of Banks Plan to Outsource Fraud Detection 
70% of Consumers Say Yes to AI Agents for Shopping
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B2B PAYMENTS

Treasury to Roll Out AI Success Manuals for Financial Firms
Visa and Banqup Team to Meet New EU e-Invoicing Rules
Stripe-Owned Bridge Clears OCC Hurdle for Federal Bank Charter
Private Software Firms Beat AI Disruption Fears With Early Earnings
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RETAIL

America’s Malls Split in Two After the Holidays
What Happens to Stores When AI Agents Do the Shopping?
Amazon Plans Second Big-Box Store Near Chicago
Banks Shift Loyalty From Points to Everyday Payments
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Grocery

Ahold Delhaize Sees US Online Grocery Sales Jump 22%
Kroger Picks Walmart Vet Greg Foran as New CEO
PepsiCo Cuts Snack Prices as Affordability Pressures Reshape Grocery Spending
Amazon Delivered 30% More Items Same or Next Day in 2025
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Restaurants

Steak ’n Shake Says Bitcoin Helps Beef Up Sales
Half of Retail Small Businesses Rely on Daily Sales to Stay Afloat
Illinois Swipe Fee Law Upheld by Federal Court
GrubMarket Hits $4.5 Billion Valuation as AI Optimizes Food Supply Chain
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Healthcare

Robots, Compliance and AI Receptionists: $1.45 Billion Backs AI Embedded in Real Operations
Pharma Rewires Drug Development With AI Operations
Ant Group Centers Growth Strategy on AI Healthcare
Amazon Accelerates Medical Ambitions With Faster Prescription Deliveries and AI Insights
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Consumers Pay the Price as State Regulation Fractures FinTech Scale
Legacy Business Models Break

Latest Trackers®


Digital Payments
2026’s Digital Blueprint: Building Payment Stability in Construction
Value-Driven Innovation: How Restaurants Are Adapting to Digital Expectations
Critical Moment: The AI Imperative for Credit Unions
Chain Reaction: Regulatory Clarity as the Catalyst for Blockchain Adoption
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Studies

Younger consumers are working harder to stay afloat as the higher cost of living erodes financial confidence across generations.
Consumer Insights
Generations Under Pressure: How Younger Consumers Are Coping With Higher Living Costs
The Trust Imperative in Embedded Finance
Tax Refund Season Reveals the Reality of Paycheck-to-Paycheck America
FinTechs Tap Embedded Payments to Deepen Customer Relationships - February 2026
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Regulations

Digital Invoicing
Partnerships
Visa and Banqup Team to Meet New EU e-Invoicing Rules
Crypto Advocates Urge UK’s FCA to Narrow Regulatory Scope
DraftKings Sees Slower 2026 Growth Despite $10 Billion Prediction Market Opportunity
On ‘From the Block,’ Experts Warn Crypto Must Fix Scams and User Errors Before Scaling
EC President Calls for Deep EU Regulatory Housecleaning
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Connected Economy


Amazon
Amazon’s eero Ensures Smart Homes Stay Online
Search Is Having Its New Haircut, New Me Moment
Google Expands Personal Intelligence Feature to AI Mode in Search
Google Aims at Merchants With Open-Source Universal Agentic Protocol
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SMB

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SMBs
Wayflyer Secures $250 Million From Atlas to Fuel Small Business Growth
FinTechs Target Latin America Small Business Cash Flow Gaps
Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Says Economy Needs Small Business AI
Truist Teams With Mastercard for First Open Banking Integration
Half of Retail Small Businesses Rely on Daily Sales to Stay Afloat
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Markets

Fiverr
Artificial Intelligence
Fiverr Says Humans Remain Essential as AI Influences Hiring
CPG CEOs Say Consumers Keep Buying Despite Affordability Pressures
DraftKings Sees Slower 2026 Growth Despite $10 Billion Prediction Market Opportunity
Expedia Embraces Agentic Commerce to Fight Platform Disruption
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Cryptocurrency

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Cryptocurrency
New York Fed Weighs In on Who Should Create Money
Steak ’n Shake Says Bitcoin Helps Beef Up Sales
Chainalysis Says Crypto Flows to Human Trafficking Groups Jumped 85% in 2025
Nexo Brings Crypto Business Back to US
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Banking


Loans
Fed Wants Big Banks Back in the Mortgage Business
Banks Hire Chain Jugglers to Drive Cross-Chain Financial Services
Mastercard and Ericsson Team to Help Bolster Money Movement
JPMorgan Wants to Open 160 Branches in 2026
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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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