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AdvancedMD Uses AI to Cut Physician Pajama Time and Recover Revenue

AdvancedMD Uses AI to Cut Physician Pajama Time and Recover Revenue
AdvancedMD Uses AI to Cut Physician Pajama Time and Recover Revenue
August 27, 2026  |  Healthcare

Watch more: Need to Know With AdvancedMD’s Amanda Sharp The last patient has gone home, but the physician hasn’t finished working. Hours later, doctors are...

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WEX Says Faster Payments Need Smarter Brakes
WEX Says Faster Payments Need Smarter Brakes
August 27, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With WEX’s Ron Griswold The linear model of traditional business payments is breaking apart thanks to embedded payments, instant...

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CFOs Find Working Capital Hiding in Every Payment
CFOs Find Working Capital Hiding in Every Payment
August 27, 2026  |  Accounts Payable

Watch more: Need to Know With Priority Commerce’s Court Toomey The next working capital lever for chief financial officers may not require renegotiating supplier terms,...

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Synchrony Says AI Has Put Every Checkout in Play
Synchrony Says AI Has Put Every Checkout in Play
August 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Synchrony’s Maran Nalluswami Agentic commerce is forcing payments companies to make investment decisions before they know where the...

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35% of Subprime Consumers Remain Outside the Card Market
35% of Subprime Consumers Remain Outside the Card Market
August 27, 2026  |  Credit Cards

More than 1 in 3 subprime consumers sit outside the card market, leaving lenders and merchants with room to build a more manageable entry point...

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Open Finance Exposes the Limits of the Primary Account
Open Finance Exposes the Limits of the Primary Account
August 26, 2026  |  Banking

A primary financial relationship loses some of its value when the provider can see only a fraction of the customer’s money. Consumers now routinely distribute...

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X9 Wants Fraud Data to Move as Fast as Money
X9 Wants Fraud Data to Move as Fast as Money
August 26, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The U.S. payments industry does not lack fraud data. It lacks agreement about what that data means. The Accredited Standards Committee X9’s new Payment Fraud...

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Splitit CEO Says Payments Firms Must Build for AI, Not Just Use It
Splitit CEO Says Payments Firms Must Build for AI, Not Just Use It
August 26, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Splitit’s Nandan Sheth For payments executives, artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming less interesting as a productivity tool...

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