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Splitit CEO Says AI Agents Need the Full Financial Picture to Pick Pay Later

Splitit CEO Says AI Agents Need the Full Financial Picture to Pick Pay Later
Splitit CEO Says AI Agents Need the Full Financial Picture to Pick Pay Later
October 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Need to Know With Splitit’s Nandan Sheth Artificial intelligence could turn pay later from an offer at checkout into advice about whether financing...

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59% of Firms With AI Fraud Defenses Stop Losses Before They Start
59% of Firms With AI Fraud Defenses Stop Losses Before They Start
October 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Businesses that combine several artificial intelligence tools to fight payments fraud are nearly twice as likely to stop at least 90% of attempted attacks before...

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SAP and Samsung Shift Stablecoin Competition From Issuance to Distribution
SAP and Samsung Shift Stablecoin Competition From Issuance to Distribution
October 08, 2026  |  Blockchain

The stablecoin industry has traditionally measured progress through issuance, transaction volume and blockchain activity. The headlines this week, however, point to another metric that may...

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AI Answers Get Cheaper as Model Choices Multiply
AI Answers Get Cheaper as Model Choices Multiply
October 08, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A bank’s customer-service team fields thousands of routine questions a day. Where is my card? Why was I charged twice? Each answer artificial intelligence writes...

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Walmart Says It Prices ‘Products, Not People’ as Amazon Rolls Out Deals
Walmart Says It Prices ‘Products, Not People’ as Amazon Rolls Out Deals
October 08, 2026  |  Retail

Amazon spent the week telling shoppers how much they could save. Walmart spent part of it explaining why consumers shouldn’t worry about how their prices...

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Consumers Brace for Higher Prices and Plan to Spend More Anyway
Consumers Brace for Higher Prices and Plan to Spend More Anyway
October 08, 2026  |  Economy

Consumers are entering the final months of the year less worried about losing their jobs, more worried about prices and less confident about where their...

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Mastercard Bets Shoppers Will Trust AI Agents One Purchase at a Time
Mastercard Bets Shoppers Will Trust AI Agents One Purchase at a Time
October 08, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: The Agentic Experience With Mastercard’s Pablo Fourez Consumers won’t hand artificial intelligence agents unrestricted purchasing authority on day one, but repeated successful transactions...

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B2B Payments Already Have the Controls AI Agents Need
B2B Payments Already Have the Controls AI Agents Need
October 08, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: How Payments Turn AI Into Action Every swipe, ACH transfer or virtual card transaction carries clues about who is spending, where money is moving,...

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