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Longevity Rewrites the Economics of Inheritance
Longevity Rewrites the Economics of Inheritance
January 13, 2026  |  What's Trending

AI-driven longevity is redefining aging, with longer, healthier lives fueling more spending later in life. The result: inheritance happens later and looks very different.

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Citi Links Regulation and Reality in the Next Phase of Digital Assets
Citi Links Regulation and Reality in the Next Phase of Digital Assets
January 13, 2026  |  Blockchain

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Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work
Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work
January 13, 2026  |  Fraud Attack

Fraudsters are nothing if not creative, constantly reshaping old tricks with new technology to stay one step ahead of consumers and the institutions that serve...

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More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech
More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech
January 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Merchants are discovering that fraud prevention has become less about stopping bad actors at checkout and more about managing risk across the entire payment journey,...

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Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed
Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed
January 13, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

With CES wrapping last week and the National Retail Federation event kicking off Monday (Jan. 12) there’s been a renewed focus on The Prompt Economy’s...

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Mid-Tier Retailers Caught Between Amazon and Walmart
Mid-Tier Retailers Caught Between Amazon and Walmart
January 13, 2026  |  Retail

For decades, the retail industry was organized around a familiar axis: price versus experience, scale versus specialization, mass versus premium. Get the Full Story Complete...

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OpenAI and Anthropic Take Different Paths to Own Healthcare’s AI Stack
OpenAI and Anthropic Take Different Paths to Own Healthcare’s AI Stack
January 12, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The artificial intelligence (AI) race has moved from the laboratory to the clinic, marking a pivotal shift in how the digital economy’s most valuable data...

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Legacy Business Models Break
Legacy Business Models Break
January 12, 2026  |  What's Trending

“Your margin is my opportunity” was Jeff Bezos’s way of describing Amazon’s hunger for bloated profit pools. In 2026, the real question isn’t whether margins...

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North American Middle-Market Firms Signal Major Working Capital Expansion in 2026
North American Middle-Market Firms Signal Major Working Capital Expansion in 2026
January 12, 2026  |  VISA

The “2025–2026 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index: North America Edition,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa, examines how middle-market companies across the United States and...

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