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Gen Z Gives Payment Perks More Weight at Grocery Checkout
Gen Z Gives Payment Perks More Weight at Grocery Checkout
November 13, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Gen Z grocery shoppers want a quick checkout and the freedom to use their preferred payment method. They are also more than twice as likely...

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Fed Data Shows Household Debt Hits $19.1 Trillion as Bill Payers Lose Confidence
Fed Data Shows Household Debt Hits $19.1 Trillion as Bill Payers Lose Confidence
November 10, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers living paycheck to paycheck who were keeping up with their bills grew less confident as recently as last month that they could manage their...

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Unexpected Expenses Hit More Consumers Still Keeping Up With Bills
Unexpected Expenses Hit More Consumers Still Keeping Up With Bills
November 09, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Keeping up with monthly bills leaves another financial test for paycheck-to-paycheck consumers: finding room for expenses they hadn’t planned to pay. In October, 32.5% of...

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US Fans Walk Away From $110 Billion in Experience Purchases a Year
US Fans Walk Away From $110 Billion in Experience Purchases a Year
November 09, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

A fan can spend weeks looking forward to a concert and lose interest in the time it takes to read the total at checkout. That...

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How Large US Companies Put AI Agents to Work
How Large US Companies Put AI Agents to Work
November 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

AI agents have crossed the company threshold. Getting permission to do the work is taking longer. “The Agentic Edge Index: How Leading Companies Put AI...

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5 Ways the CFO’s Cash Playbook Is Being Rewritten
5 Ways the CFO’s Cash Playbook Is Being Rewritten
November 05, 2026  |  CFO

Corporate finance has spent the past several years pursuing a straightforward ambition. Get cash moving faster. And by many measures, the strategy is working. Data...

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Younger Consumers Make Providers Pay for Bad Billing
Younger Consumers Make Providers Pay for Bad Billing
November 04, 2026  |  Personal Finance

A monthly bill shouldn’t come with homework. Yet paying for everyday services can mean wrestling with a login, hunting for a payment option or calling...

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Most Firms Using Three or More AI Tools Stop 90% of Fraud Attempts
Most Firms Using Three or More AI Tools Stop 90% of Fraud Attempts
November 02, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Companies using several artificial intelligence fraud tools are more likely to stop attempted theft before money leaves their accounts, offering an encouraging direction for businesses...

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Subprime Card Denial Rate Is More Than Two Times the Super-Prime Rate
Subprime Card Denial Rate Is More Than Two Times the Super-Prime Rate
October 28, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers seeking to build credit can face a difficult cash decision: How much money they can afford to set aside before using a secured card....

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