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49% of Firms Use Bank Account Data to Flag Fraud
49% of Firms Use Bank Account Data to Flag Fraud
September 11, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Businesses may be able to strengthen their fraud defenses by putting the bank connections they already have to fuller use. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Payment...

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Stablecoins Trade Crypto Buzz for Banking Chores
Stablecoins Trade Crypto Buzz for Banking Chores
September 10, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins have gotten boring, fast. That’s good news for the industry, which is working to ensure end-users stop thinking of stablecoins as “stablecoins” and start...

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Walmart Opens Checkout as Amazon Builds Its AI Advantage
Walmart Opens Checkout as Amazon Builds Its AI Advantage
September 10, 2026  |  Retail

Today’s most consequential retail technology investments have little to do with making things better, and more to do with redesigning them entirely. Walmart is rolling...

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Weaker Job Prospects Put Consumers’ Cash Cushions in Focus
Weaker Job Prospects Put Consumers’ Cash Cushions in Focus
September 10, 2026  |  Economy

Americans aren’t expecting a wave of pink slips, but they’re becoming less confident about what would happen if they needed another job. The Federal Reserve...

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PYMNTS Launches BNN With Paulette Rowe’s New ‘Fired Up’ Podcast
PYMNTS Launches BNN With Paulette Rowe’s New ‘Fired Up’ Podcast
September 10, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Listen to the Fired Up podcast with Karen Webster. Artificial intelligence can compress work that once took days into minutes, but companies still must decide...

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For Labor Economy Workers, Sick Days Quickly Become Spending Cuts
For Labor Economy Workers, Sick Days Quickly Become Spending Cuts
September 10, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

For roughly 60 million workers in the United States, getting sick is not only a health event. It can be an income event, and, soon...

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45% of SMBs Want to Reduce Cash Use
45% of SMBs Want to Reduce Cash Use
September 10, 2026  |  SMBs

Small businesses that rely heavily on cash could offer banks a receptive audience for business credit cards, provided those cards solve everyday problems with costs...

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CFOs Keep Payment Complexity From Eating Into Margins
CFOs Keep Payment Complexity From Eating Into Margins
September 10, 2026  |  CFO

Middle market CFOs are getting themselves stuck by doing what they think is the right thing. And that “right thing” is typically still treating finance...

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Apple Owns the iPhone but Still Has to Prove the AI
Apple Owns the iPhone but Still Has to Prove the AI
September 09, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple hosted its annual fall “Surprise and Shine“ event Wednesday in a historic keynote: the first led by new CEO John Ternus. The headline reveal...

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