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Seel Lets Shoppers Sell What Stores Won’t Take Back

Seel Lets Shoppers Sell What Stores Won’t Take Back
Seel Lets Shoppers Sell What Stores Won’t Take Back
September 03, 2026  |  eCommerce

Watch more: Digital Shift With Seel’s Zack Peng The final-sale dress that looks different at home, the jacket that misses its return deadline and the...

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Suppliers Put Payment Acceptance to Work
Suppliers Put Payment Acceptance to Work
September 03, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: Need to Know With Billtrust’s Kunal Patel There’s a sea change sweeping over B2B payments. But this change isn’t being prompted by a...

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Nasdaq Verafin Takes the Fraud Fight to the Dark Web
Nasdaq Verafin Takes the Fraud Fight to the Dark Web
September 03, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Banks often don’t see a fraud scheme until money has left the account, and then it’s too late. A stolen check, compromised card or banking...

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Credit Union Card Loyalty Pays Off in Deposits
Credit Union Card Loyalty Pays Off in Deposits
September 03, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions typically treat card usage as a payment metric. More transactions produce more interchange revenue, more engagement and a greater return on the cost...

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Debit Dominates as Low-Income Consumers Guard Cash Flow
Debit Dominates as Low-Income Consumers Guard Cash Flow
September 03, 2026  |  Economy

For merchants selling to low-wage consumers, the competition isn’t simply over who offers the lowest price. It’s over whether the purchase can clear a tight...

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Digital Sales Give Small Businesses a Map for Growth
Digital Sales Give Small Businesses a Map for Growth
September 03, 2026  |  SMBs

Digital channels gave small and medium-sized businesses more than reach in 2025. They gave those companies a measurable growth edge: Digital-led SMBs were 14 percentage...

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The CFPB Could Get a New Boss Called Congress
The CFPB Could Get a New Boss Called Congress
September 02, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

House Republicans are proposing a rewrite of the statutory framework that governs how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau makes rules, supervises financial institutions and brings...

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Interoperability Now Drives Asia-Pacific’s Real-Time Payments Agenda
Interoperability Now Drives Asia-Pacific’s Real-Time Payments Agenda
September 02, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Real-time payments in Asia-Pacific are entering a new phase. After years of building domestic instant payment rails, countries across the region are now connecting those...

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