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61% of Firms Put Payroll Benefits Next in the Embedded Finance Queue

61% of Firms Put Payroll Benefits Next in the Embedded Finance Queue
61% of Firms Put Payroll Benefits Next in the Embedded Finance Queue
September 07, 2026  |  Payroll

Embedded finance appears to have crossed a revealing threshold: Companies are treating its growing pains as reasons to improve the technology rather than abandon it....

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Boomers Fueled Amazon and Walmart Summer Sales Crowds
Boomers Fueled Amazon and Walmart Summer Sales Crowds
September 07, 2026  |  Retail

The summer’s biggest retail sales events did more than create a larger shopping crowd. Their overlap also changed who showed up, how much they spent...

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Citadel CEO Says Small Business Lending Starts Before the Application
Citadel CEO Says Small Business Lending Starts Before the Application
September 04, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Watch more: Need to Know With Citadel Credit Union’s Bill Brown Small businesses can be profitable on paper and still find themselves short of cash...

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CFO Caution Creates an Opening for Bolder Competitors
CFO Caution Creates an Opening for Bolder Competitors
September 04, 2026  |  CFO

Corporate America may have a capital allocation problem hiding inside its risk management discipline. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Cost of Caution: Why CFOs Put...

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55% of Gen Z Lets Installment Payment Options Influence Healthcare Choices
55% of Gen Z Lets Installment Payment Options Influence Healthcare Choices
September 04, 2026  |  Healthcare

Installment plans can turn the first financed purchase into a lasting shopping habit, giving merchants a chance to win repeat business well beyond the original...

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Payment Networks Hold the Key to Stablecoin Scale
Payment Networks Hold the Key to Stablecoin Scale
September 03, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The stablecoin market, in an evolution that belies its own prefix, is entering a period of flux. While the stablecoin market’s first phase rewarded issuance...

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Amazon Turns 360,000 Customer Checks Into Fraud Intelligence
Amazon Turns 360,000 Customer Checks Into Fraud Intelligence
September 03, 2026  |  Retail

The next retail battleground may be the few seconds between receiving a suspicious notification and clicking it. Amazon on Wednesday (Sept. 2) introduced a feature...

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Lawmakers Test the Rules for AI Agents That Move Money
Lawmakers Test the Rules for AI Agents That Move Money
September 03, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents, stablecoins and tokenized securities put some of the mechanics of digital finance before lawmakers Wednesday (Sept. 2), including how software-driven transactions...

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