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Furniture.com and Flex Pay Turn 77 Stores Into One Purchase

Furniture.com and Flex Pay Turn 77 Stores Into One Purchase
Furniture.com and Flex Pay Turn 77 Stores Into One Purchase
August 11, 2026  |  Retail

Watch more: Need to Know With Tom Botts of Flex Pay by Upgrade and Dan Russotto of Furniture.com Nobody furnishes a living room one retailer...

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How AI Shopping Agents, Stablecoins and Smarter Checkout Drive Business Growth
How AI Shopping Agents, Stablecoins and Smarter Checkout Drive Business Growth
August 11, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Payments used to arrive at the end of a sale, take the money and leave. Now they have a much bigger job. They can help...

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Connected Vendor Networks Modernize Insurance Claim Payouts
Connected Vendor Networks Modernize Insurance Claim Payouts
August 11, 2026  |  Insurance

Watch more: Need to Know With Eileen Carlin of One Inc An insurer can approve a claim and still leave the policyholder waiting because the...

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71% of Stablecoin Holders Would Spend Them With a Debit Card
71% of Stablecoin Holders Would Spend Them With a Debit Card
August 11, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital assets may be winning consumers’ attention, but a 14-percentage-point gap shows they haven’t yet won the checkout. “From Asset to Everyday Money: Making Digital Currencies Spendable,” a...

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Credit Unions Give AI the Legwork and Humans the Last Word
Credit Unions Give AI the Legwork and Humans the Last Word
August 11, 2026  |  Opinion

In launching AI, credit unions should start with workflows where risk can be managed and human oversight remains central, Velera EVP, Chief Product and Technology...

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What the OCC’s Wise and Bunq Denials Mean for FinTech Bank Charters
What the OCC’s Wise and Bunq Denials Mean for FinTech Bank Charters
August 10, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

A national bank charter promises FinTechs a more direct route into U.S. financial services. But the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is...

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Method Financial CEO Says Lenders Spot Borrower Financial Distress Too Late
Method Financial CEO Says Lenders Spot Borrower Financial Distress Too Late
August 10, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Watch more: Monday Conversation With Method’s Jose Bethancourt A lender underwrites a borrower on the strength of a financial picture that starts aging the moment...

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Why Merchant-Owned Apps Are Retail’s Fastest-Growing Sales Channel
Why Merchant-Owned Apps Are Retail’s Fastest-Growing Sales Channel
August 10, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

Merchant-owned apps are becoming more important to retail growth at precisely the moment when the traditional customer journey is beginning to break apart. The PYMNTS...

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