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Walmart’s Grocery Lead Faces a Higher-Margin Test
Walmart’s Grocery Lead Faces a Higher-Margin Test
August 19, 2026  |  Retail

Walmart reports earnings Thursday (Aug. 20), and it enters with a valuable retail advantage that looks both powerful and underused. It captures the weekly grocery trip,...

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61% of Consumers Would Consider AI-Recommended Financing
61% of Consumers Would Consider AI-Recommended Financing
August 18, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Artificial intelligence may win a place at the Pay Later checkout by recommending the financing, then letting the shopper make the final call. New PYMNTS...

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Nearly 4 in 10 CFOs See Gen AI Paying Off Within Two Years
Nearly 4 in 10 CFOs See Gen AI Paying Off Within Two Years
August 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

CFOs have stopped treating generative artificial intelligence returns as one date circled on the calendar. By December, 39.1% expected very positive returns within one to...

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22% of Gen Z Consumers Use Credit to Build a Financial Profile
22% of Gen Z Consumers Use Credit to Build a Financial Profile
August 13, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

For younger consumers, credit is increasingly a ladder: 21.7% of Gen Z consumers view credit products as tools for building a credit profile, 17.6 percentage...

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71% of Stablecoin Holders Would Spend Them With a Debit Card
71% of Stablecoin Holders Would Spend Them With a Debit Card
August 11, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital assets may be winning consumers’ attention, but a 14-percentage-point gap shows they haven’t yet won the checkout. “From Asset to Everyday Money: Making Digital Currencies Spendable,” a...

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36% of Gen Z Used a Digital Wallet for Their Latest Retail Purchase
36% of Gen Z Used a Digital Wallet for Their Latest Retail Purchase
August 10, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Consumers under the most financial pressure aren’t abandoning the checkout. They’re choosing payment tools that can give them more control over it. That’s the central finding of “The New Checkout:...

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63% of SMBs Turn to Cards for Payment Protection
63% of SMBs Turn to Cards for Payment Protection
August 06, 2026  |  SMBs

Small businesses don’t appear to need more payment options as much as they need better control over when money leaves the business. That’s the central...

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55% of Banks Are Building a Stronger Database for Payments
55% of Banks Are Building a Stronger Database for Payments
August 05, 2026  |  Commerce

Issuer processing is moving closer to the moment when payment data becomes a decision, giving financial institutions a clearer path to approve more legitimate purchases...

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Digital Wallets Reach More Than 1 in 10 In-Store Payments
Digital Wallets Reach More Than 1 in 10 In-Store Payments
August 04, 2026  |  Digital Payments

Digital wallets are no longer simply changing how consumers present a payment at checkout. They’re also beginning to change where the money comes from. That shift stands...

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