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Mastercard Warns Credit Gap Is Holding Back Gen Z Small Businesses
SMBs
Mastercard Warns Credit Gap Is Holding Back Gen Z Small Businesses
Payments Shift From Who You Are to What You’re Trying to Do

Authentication
Payments Shift From Who You Are to What You’re Trying to Do
AI Finds the Cracks Between Login and Payment

Cybersecurity
AI Finds the Cracks Between Login and Payment
Merchants Face Smarter Shoppers Who Know Which Payment Button to Press

BNPL
Merchants Face Smarter Shoppers Who Know Which Payment Button to Press
75% of Consumers Say Inflation Coping Strategies Aren’t Working

Consumer Insights
75% of Consumers Say Inflation Coping Strategies Aren’t Working
Hollywood Laughs at AI Joke as Industry Confronts Real Change

artificial intelligence
Hollywood Laughs at AI Joke as Industry Confronts Real Change
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Artificial Intelligence

Payments Shift From Who You Are to What You’re Trying to Do
AI Finds the Cracks Between Login and Payment
Nvidia's Jensen Huang Says AI Compute Could Near $1 Trillion by 2027
Encyclopedia Britannica Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
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Services Carry the Economy While Shoppers Skip Big Purchases
NYC Lawmakers Target Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage as Restaurants Warn of Job Cuts
The New FinTech Scorecard Starts With a Bank Charter
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Data Point

54% of B2B Platforms Report Revenue Gains From Embedded Finance
71% of Services Firms Cite AI Skill Gaps
68% of Banks Turn to AI as Fraud Outpaces Rule-Based Systems
98% of US Product Leaders Expect Gen AI to Improve Workflows
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B2B PAYMENTS

Mastercard Warns Credit Gap Is Holding Back Gen Z Small Businesses
OpenAI Plans $10 Billion in Partnerships With PE Firms
Visa and Fiserv Streamline Merchant Payment Acceptance With New APIs
Alibaba Consolidates AI Divisions to Power the Agent Economy
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RETAIL

China’s JD.Com Brings eCommerce Platform to EU and UK
Target Accelerates Growth Plan With Price Cuts
42% of Power Users Say They Now Use Search Less
Amazon Opens Its Platform While Walmart Automates Its Warehouses
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Grocery

75% of Consumers Say Inflation Coping Strategies Aren’t Working
eCommerce Emerges as Bright Spot Amid Overall Retail Sales Dip
Kroger’s New CEO Bets on Deals, AI and eCommerce to Boost Sales
Grocery Battle Shifts to Loyalty as Walmart Dominates and Amazon Expands Digital
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Restaurants

NYC Lawmakers Target Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage as Restaurants Warn of Job Cuts
Papa Johns Thinks the Next Great Pizza Topping Is Software
eCommerce Emerges as Bright Spot Amid Overall Retail Sales Dip
Fast Food Chains Put AI to Work
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Healthcare

75% of Consumers Say Inflation Coping Strategies Aren’t Working
Algorithms Now Argue Over Your Medical Bill
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AI Deployed by Both Hospitals and Insurers in Payment War
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Real-Time Payments
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Waiting for Certainty: Why Most CFOs Are Holding Back on Crypto and Stablecoins
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Consumer Wallet Reset: How Amazon Wins Discretionary Spend and Walmart Holds Necessities
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March Madness 2026: AI and Prediction Markets Replace the Office Pool
Alchemy Pay Scales Fiat-Crypto Compliance Platform With Delaware License
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Connected Economy

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Search Is Having Its New Haircut, New Me Moment
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86% of Top Performing Credit Unions Support Open Banking
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Dollar General Logs 7 Million App Users as Consumers Shop Digitally
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Cryptocurrency

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Wizz Financial and BitGo Team on X-Border Stablecoin Payments
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Banking

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