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Amazon’s Retail Lead Goes Beyond Electronics

Amazon’s Retail Lead Goes Beyond Electronics
Amazon’s Retail Lead Goes Beyond Electronics
October 06, 2026  |  Retail

Amazon now captures more spending than Walmart in five of seven retail categories, extending its reach from electronics and apparel into health and personal care....

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53% of In-House Identity Teams Report KYA Incidents or Losses
53% of In-House Identity Teams Report KYA Incidents or Losses
October 01, 2026  |  Digital Identity

Companies that keep digital identity verification in-house face a pronounced exposure to adversarial bots and agents: 53% report know-your-agent (KYA) related incidents or losses, compared...

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Middle Market Firms Struggle Most to Justify Financial Tech Upgrades, PYMNTS Finds
Middle Market Firms Struggle Most to Justify Financial Tech Upgrades, PYMNTS Finds
September 28, 2026  |  Fintech Investments

Middle market companies are the most active embedded finance upgraders, but they also report the greatest difficulty connecting those investments to business strategy. Among firms...

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55% of Gen Z Lets Installment Payment Options Influence Healthcare Choices
55% of Gen Z Lets Installment Payment Options Influence Healthcare Choices
September 04, 2026  |  Healthcare

Installment plans can turn the first financed purchase into a lasting shopping habit, giving merchants a chance to win repeat business well beyond the original...

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57% of Firms Find Payment Fraud After Settlement
57% of Firms Find Payment Fraud After Settlement
September 01, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Uncertainty can turn a routine payment problem into a cost that is twice as large. That gap sits at the center of “Early Detection: Why...

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35% of Subprime Consumers Remain Outside the Card Market
35% of Subprime Consumers Remain Outside the Card Market
August 27, 2026  |  Credit Cards

More than 1 in 3 subprime consumers sit outside the card market, leaving lenders and merchants with room to build a more manageable entry point...

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83% of Financial Firms Rate ID Systems Highly Despite Customer Friction
83% of Financial Firms Rate ID Systems Highly Despite Customer Friction
August 21, 2026  |  Digital Identity

Financial firms have confidence to spare in digital identity systems, even when the results leave plenty of room for improvement. The January 2026 PYMNTS Intelligence...

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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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