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92% See AP Automation as a Way to Move Beyond Routine Tasks

92% See AP Automation as a Way to Move Beyond Routine Tasks
92% See AP Automation as a Way to Move Beyond Routine Tasks
October 23, 2026  |  Next-Gen AP Automation

Businesses looking to automate supplier payments are giving technology teams a bigger say in purchasing decisions, and the reason starts with a practical priority: making...

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80% of Top CFOs Use Working Capital to Fund Growth
80% of Top CFOs Use Working Capital to Fund Growth
October 22, 2026  |  CFO

At the most efficient growing companies, 80% say their primary reason for using working capital is planned growth. Among the least efficient, just 2% say...

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Scams Capture 22.4% of Fraud Dollars as Banks Adjust Defenses
Scams Capture 22.4% of Fraud Dollars as Banks Adjust Defenses
October 16, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Banks have an opportunity to strengthen fraud prevention by looking more closely at payments that arrive with a valid login or a customer’s approval. That’s...

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33% of US Shoppers Use Digital Wallets Online
33% of US Shoppers Use Digital Wallets Online
October 14, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Merchants could keep more ready buyers at checkout by accepting the digital wallets those shoppers already use, with wallet gaps putting roughly 36 million U.S....

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Two-Thirds of Shoppers Let Payment Preferences Guide Store Choice
Two-Thirds of Shoppers Let Payment Preferences Guide Store Choice
October 13, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

American shoppers are giving retailers a reason to rethink how they attract customers: The payment methods a store accepts increasingly help determine whether they’ll shop...

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Tighter Budgets Push Grocery Shoppers Online
Tighter Budgets Push Grocery Shoppers Online
October 02, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Consumers under financial pressure are buying bigger baskets and choosing value-focused merchants, giving retailers an opportunity to help shoppers make each purchase go further. That’s...

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A Half Point Can Reveal the Real Cost of a Debit Upgrade
A Half Point Can Reveal the Real Cost of a Debit Upgrade
September 30, 2026  |  Next-Gen Debit

A debit processor migration can look successful on a project plan and still create problems at the checkout counter. That’s one of the central findings...

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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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