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Quantifind Raises $200 Million to Find the Fraudster in the Financial Chain
Quantifind Raises $200 Million to Find the Fraudster in the Financial Chain
August 05, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Watch more: Need to Know With Quantifind’s Ari Tuchman An atomic physicist goes looking for the molecule that can reveal a buried land mine before...

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Member Behavior Gives Credit Unions an Early Warning System
Member Behavior Gives Credit Unions an Early Warning System
August 05, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Trust has become the starting point, rather than the finish line. Credit unions continue to enjoy a reputation for personal service and strong member relationships,...

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Payment Friction Costs Middle Market Firms Nearly 2% of Annual Revenue
Payment Friction Costs Middle Market Firms Nearly 2% of Annual Revenue
August 05, 2026  |  Digital Payments

Payment friction rarely arrives as one clearly identifiable expense. That’s probably why most executives think about payment friction as an inconvenience and not a hidden-in-plain-sight...

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AP Automation Can’t Fix What It Can’t Connect
AP Automation Can’t Fix What It Can’t Connect
August 05, 2026  |  Accounts Payable

Accounts payable has no shortage of automation. However, the July edition of the Business Payments Tracker® Series, a PYMNTS Intelligence collaboration with WEX, revealed that...

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55% of Banks Are Building a Stronger Database for Payments
55% of Banks Are Building a Stronger Database for Payments
August 05, 2026  |  Commerce

Issuer processing is moving closer to the moment when payment data becomes a decision, giving financial institutions a clearer path to approve more legitimate purchases...

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i2c CEO Says AI Agents Make Entire Workflows Disappear
i2c CEO Says AI Agents Make Entire Workflows Disappear
August 05, 2026  |  Opinion

The organizations scaling agentic AI successfully are building guardrails before they need them, i2c CEO Amir Wain writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Building the...

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Real-Time Payments Help Banks Win the Whole Commercial Relationship
Real-Time Payments Help Banks Win the Whole Commercial Relationship
August 04, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Instant payments are no longer simply a payments product. They are becoming commercial banking infrastructure. That’s the case for financial institutions and their clients who...

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Agentic Payments Turn Proof Into Competitive Advantage
Agentic Payments Turn Proof Into Competitive Advantage
August 04, 2026  |  Opinion

Governance must shape how agents are designed, tested and monitored from the start, Volante Technologies Chief Product, Engineering and Delivery Officer Deepak Gupta writes in a...

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Digital Wallets Reach More Than 1 in 10 In-Store Payments
Digital Wallets Reach More Than 1 in 10 In-Store Payments
August 04, 2026  |  Digital Payments

Digital wallets are no longer simply changing how consumers present a payment at checkout. They’re also beginning to change where the money comes from. That shift stands...

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