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Caution Clouds Walmart and Amazon Outlook as Shoppers Tighten Budgets

Caution Clouds Walmart and Amazon Outlook as Shoppers Tighten Budgets
Caution Clouds Walmart and Amazon Outlook as Shoppers Tighten Budgets
March 14, 2025  |  Retail

Mark your calendar for earnings reports. For Amazon it’s April 29. For Walmart it’s May 15.   Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Better DPO Management Emerges as Key Outcome of Working Capital Efficiency
Better DPO Management Emerges as Key Outcome of Working Capital Efficiency
March 14, 2025  |  B2B Payments

For enterprises of all types and across all industries, tariffs, trade wars, reconfigured supply chains and inflation are all top of mind. Get the Full...

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Cost and Integration Concerns Keep Smaller Banks From Adopting Real-Time Payments
Cost and Integration Concerns Keep Smaller Banks From Adopting Real-Time Payments
March 14, 2025  |  Banking

The benefits of real-time payments may be readily apparent to financial institutions (FIs) — as they can serve their clients with new use cases, including...

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Update: As Markets Enter Correction Territory, FinTech IPO Index Plunges 4.8%
Update: As Markets Enter Correction Territory, FinTech IPO Index Plunges 4.8%
March 14, 2025  |  Fintech Investments

Markets were awash in a sea of red this past week, and the broader gauges, such as the Dow and the S&P 500 Stock Index,...

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77% of Banks Considering Tap-To-Authenticate Technology to Stop Fraud
77% of Banks Considering Tap-To-Authenticate Technology to Stop Fraud
March 14, 2025  |  Fraud Prevention

America’s banks are under siege, and the enemy is invisible. Authentication-based fraud is skyrocketing, leaving financial institutions scrambling to fight back against an epidemic of...

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How Fortune 100 Companies Are Already Using GenAI to Reshape the Business
How Fortune 100 Companies Are Already Using GenAI to Reshape the Business
March 13, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

C-suite leaders from three of the nation’s largest companies — United Airlines, Target and AT&T — said they are actively deploying generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) even...

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Wave of FinTech Dealmaking Spotlights Appeal of Embedded Finance
Wave of FinTech Dealmaking Spotlights Appeal of Embedded Finance
March 13, 2025  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Within the FinTech space, a surge in dealmaking over the past few months is taking shape as macro factors set the stage for mergers, acquisitions...

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Bilt Rewards Snaps Up Banyan to Deepen Merchant Data and Consumer Insights
Bilt Rewards Snaps Up Banyan to Deepen Merchant Data and Consumer Insights
March 13, 2025  |  Acquisitions

Bilt Rewards, the fast-growing payments and commerce platform known for turning housing payments into loyalty rewards, has made its first acquisition, purchasing item-level receipt data...

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Mews Founder Says It’s Time to Stop Treating Hotel Guests Like a Room Number 
Mews Founder Says It’s Time to Stop Treating Hotel Guests Like a Room Number 
March 13, 2025  |  Travel Payments

The hospitality industry is built on service, but the hotel experience has remained largely unchanged for decades. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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