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Fed Capital Changes Put Small Business Lending Back in Play

Fed Capital Changes Put Small Business Lending Back in Play
Fed Capital Changes Put Small Business Lending Back in Play
April 07, 2026  |  SMBs

The flow of credit to small businesses may loosen somewhat, but the direction of that capital will be determined by digital channels. Get the Full...

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Trulioo Pushes Back Beyond One-Time Identity Checks
Trulioo Pushes Back Beyond One-Time Identity Checks
April 07, 2026  |  Identity

Verification once concentrated almost entirely on the moment an account was opened. That model, according to Zac Cohen, chief product officer at Trulioo, no longer...

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6 in 10 Banks Turn to Payments Hubs to Speed Money Movement
6 in 10 Banks Turn to Payments Hubs to Speed Money Movement
April 07, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Banks may find that the next phase of payments competition is less about adding new rails and more about making all rails feel like one...

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For Small Businesses, Slow Money Is Expensive Money
For Small Businesses, Slow Money Is Expensive Money
April 07, 2026  |  Faster Payments

For many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), financial health is not determined solely by total revenue, but by the precise timing of that revenue’s arrival....

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Wage Divide Widens as Many Delay Medical Care to Cover Essentials
Wage Divide Widens as Many Delay Medical Care to Cover Essentials
April 07, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

The dividing line in today’s consumer economy is no longer employment itself. It is how workers experience liquidity. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Middle East FinTech Funding Shifts Toward Local Infrastructure
Middle East FinTech Funding Shifts Toward Local Infrastructure
April 06, 2026  |  Fintech Investments

The Middle East has, in recent years, stood out among the more productive settings for payments innovation, where digital adoption and infrastructure development have advanced...

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Stablecoin Pilots Keep Stalling on the Road to Scale
Stablecoin Pilots Keep Stalling on the Road to Scale
April 06, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins seem to have found their winning enterprise narrative. Having evolved past their history as crypto-native instruments, stablecoins are instead becoming programmable financial primitives embedded...

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Proprietary Data Gives Payments Firms a New AI Moat
Proprietary Data Gives Payments Firms a New AI Moat
April 06, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The companies that process the world’s payments have spent decades building a record of how money moves across merchants, geographies and account types. Get the...

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Rezolve AI CEO on the Future of Agentic Commerce
Rezolve AI CEO on the Future of Agentic Commerce
April 06, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Watch more: The Digital Shift With Rezolve AI’s Dan Wagner Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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