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Mastercard’s Mark Barnett Says the Real Currency for SMBs Is Payment Timing

Mastercard’s Mark Barnett Says the Real Currency for SMBs Is Payment Timing
Mastercard’s Mark Barnett Says the Real Currency for SMBs Is Payment Timing
April 14, 2026  |  SMBs

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Central Banks Test a New Cross-Border Playbook
Central Banks Test a New Cross-Border Playbook
April 13, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

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Cybersecurity’s Hottest New Job Is Negotiating With Hackers
Cybersecurity’s Hottest New Job Is Negotiating With Hackers
April 13, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

In the escalating cybersecurity arms race, the enterprise’s most valuable asset may no longer be its defense perimeter but rather someone who knows how to...

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Hippo’s CEO Says InsurTech Grew Up and the Progressive Deal Proves It
Hippo’s CEO Says InsurTech Grew Up and the Progressive Deal Proves It
April 13, 2026  |  Insurance

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Embedded Payments Make Fraud Harder to See and Faster to Hit
Embedded Payments Make Fraud Harder to See and Faster to Hit
April 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

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How AI Is Rewriting Credit Decisioning in Real Time
How AI Is Rewriting Credit Decisioning in Real Time
April 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

For decades, credit and payment decisions have relied on static scorecards and rigid “if-then” rules built for a slower payments environment. That model is now...

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Inflation Hits 58% of Small Businesses and Pushes Embedded B2B Finance Forward
Inflation Hits 58% of Small Businesses and Pushes Embedded B2B Finance Forward
April 13, 2026  |  SMBs

What started as a convenience play in consumer apps is becoming something much bigger in business: a way for platforms to turn payments, credit and...

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Enterprise AI Moves Beyond Chatbots Into Decisions and Workflows
Enterprise AI Moves Beyond Chatbots Into Decisions and Workflows
April 13, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Agentic AI for consumers and shopping seems to be in a holding pattern as merchants and LLMs catch up with the technology and security issues....

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Braze: AI Runs Payments but Governance Will Decide the Winners
Braze: AI Runs Payments but Governance Will Decide the Winners
April 13, 2026  |  Opinion

AI requires deliberate investment in governance, observability and specialists, Braze Senior Director, AI Solutions Consulting Kipp Johnson writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “AI Runs...

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