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The World Cup Rewrote a City’s Spending Habits
The World Cup Rewrote a City’s Spending Habits
September 24, 2026  |  SMBs

The World Cup gave small businesses in host cities a sales bump. That, at least, was a relatively predictable outcome. But findings shared in the...

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Small Businesses Create Big Openings for Cross-Border Payments
Small Businesses Create Big Openings for Cross-Border Payments
September 24, 2026  |  SMBs

Small businesses could give credit unions their next opening for growth, with demand for artificial intelligence financial tools running ahead of consumer interest. The PYMNTS...

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5 Ways Millennials’ Cash-Flow Habits Are Shaping Payments
5 Ways Millennials’ Cash-Flow Habits Are Shaping Payments
September 24, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Millennials’ financial lives are shaping how they receive, spend and manage money, creating new opportunities for payment providers to make transactions faster and more useful....

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Benefits Payment Exceptions Eat Up 62.5 Staff Hours a Month
Benefits Payment Exceptions Eat Up 62.5 Staff Hours a Month
September 24, 2026  |  Next-Gen AP Automation

Benefits teams can spend more than a week of staff time every month handling transactions that don’t move cleanly through the system. For a benefits...

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Pop-Up Stores Put Retail Technology on the Clock
Pop-Up Stores Put Retail Technology on the Clock
September 23, 2026  |  Retail

Like clockwork, the season of temporary retail, in the form of pop-up stores, is here. Spirit Halloween is opening more than 1,550 seasonal stores across...

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Amazon Moves to Power the Agents That Power Commerce
Amazon Moves to Power the Agents That Power Commerce
September 23, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s next artificial intelligence push for merchants is less about giving sellers better answers than reducing how often they need to ask questions at all....

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WorkWhile CEO Bets AI Creates a Worker Shortage, Not a Job Shortage
WorkWhile CEO Bets AI Creates a Worker Shortage, Not a Job Shortage
September 23, 2026  |  Gig Economy

The loudest arguments about artificial intelligence and labor have focused on how many jobs machines will take. WorkWhile CEO Simon Khalaf is planning around a...

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Credit Unions’ Crypto Plans Outpace Their Progress
Credit Unions’ Crypto Plans Outpace Their Progress
September 23, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions may be debating how much member demand exists for cryptocurrency, but some institutions have already moved well beyond that debate. PYMNTS Intelligence’s August...

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Tech Teams Gain Sway Over AP Buying Decisions
Tech Teams Gain Sway Over AP Buying Decisions
September 23, 2026  |  SMBs

Accounts payable technology is being judged on how well it connects to the systems businesses already use, giving developers, IT teams and implementation specialists a...

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