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Loyalty Programs Make Smaller Rewards Balances Spendable
Loyalty Programs Make Smaller Rewards Balances Spendable
October 05, 2026  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Loyalty points are becoming more liquid as airlines give customers more choices over when and how much of their accumulated rewards to spend. American Airlines...

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AWS Says Banks Face a 24/7 Payments Balancing Act
AWS Says Banks Face a 24/7 Payments Balancing Act
October 05, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Moving money faster has compressed the time banks have to answer a more complicated question: How should this particular payment move? A transaction can arrive...

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Going Global Exposes Payments’ Weak Spots
Going Global Exposes Payments’ Weak Spots
October 05, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Watch more: Need to Know With Spreedly’s Nick Daley Selling in another country can force a merchant to find out how much growth its payments...

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AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Retail competition used to happen on shelves and screens. AI agents are moving it to data feeds and API endpoints. The retailer with the most...

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Shoppers Want Technology to Do the Deal Hunting
Shoppers Want Technology to Do the Deal Hunting
October 05, 2026  |  Shopping

Embedded offers have a sizable audience before merchants, banks and brands solve for full automation. Consumers who are most receptive to automated offer management account...

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EMVCo Takes On Proof of Permission for AI Payments
EMVCo Takes On Proof of Permission for AI Payments
October 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence agents add information to a card payment that merchants, issuers and networks don’t routinely exchange today: what the consumer authorized the agent to...

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Smart Shopping Agents Still Need Someone to Vouch for Them
Smart Shopping Agents Still Need Someone to Vouch for Them
October 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Synchrony’s Mike Storiale Artificial intelligence can already recommend the running shoes. The payments industry still must figure out...

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AI Could End Finance’s Point-and-Click Era
AI Could End Finance’s Point-and-Click Era
October 02, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Billtrust’s Dave Ruda The finance technology playbook was once relatively straightforward. CFOs built out their department tech stacks...

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Tighter Budgets Push Grocery Shoppers Online
Tighter Budgets Push Grocery Shoppers Online
October 02, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Consumers under financial pressure are buying bigger baskets and choosing value-focused merchants, giving retailers an opportunity to help shoppers make each purchase go further. That’s...

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