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Healthcare AI Rules Shift Risk From Regulators to Hospitals
Healthcare AI Rules Shift Risk From Regulators to Hospitals
August 04, 2026  |  Healthcare

Watch more: TechReg Talks With Douglas Grimm of ArentFox Schiff and Doug McCormack of Acumen Partners  The conventional story about healthcare artificial intelligence is that...

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Card Networks Push Beyond Payments to Lock In Growth
Card Networks Push Beyond Payments to Lock In Growth
August 03, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Revenue growth remained healthy across the payments industry this quarter, but earnings calls and P&L statements also shed light on what makes a payment network...

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Gradium CEO Says Voice AI Must Understand, Not Just Transcribe the Words
Gradium CEO Says Voice AI Must Understand, Not Just Transcribe the Words
August 03, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Monday Conversation With Gradium’s Neil Zeghidour Voice AI can hear every word you said and still have no idea what you meant. Anyone...

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The Customer Journey Is Becoming the Small Business Treasure Map
The Customer Journey Is Becoming the Small Business Treasure Map
August 03, 2026  |  SMBs

For many small businesses, revenue growth starts with a tap on a smartphone screen, because that’s where most customers already are. This finding comes from...

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Cards Make Their Case in an Agentic World
Cards Make Their Case in an Agentic World
August 03, 2026  |  Credit Cards

When AI agents start buying things, somebody has to settle the transaction. This week, the four largest card networks in the United States each made...

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Stablecoins Turn Corporate Cash Into Working Inventory
Stablecoins Turn Corporate Cash Into Working Inventory
August 03, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins change how liquidity is managed, not simply how payments move. And findings in the July 2026 edition of the Payments Innovation Tracker® Series, a PYMNTS Intelligence...

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Nine Out of Ten Firms Struggle to Manage Bot Traffic
Nine Out of Ten Firms Struggle to Manage Bot Traffic
August 03, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Bots have become the new majority on the internet, forcing companies to rethink how they tell a trusted customer from an automated threat. That shift...

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Visa Says the Agentic Enterprise Starts With Better Controls
Visa Says the Agentic Enterprise Starts With Better Controls
August 03, 2026  |  Opinion

Agentic AI systems need clear guardrails around an organization’s data to protect privacy while ensuring value, Visa SVP, Global Head of Growth and Partnerships Rubail...

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AI Agents Need Rules Before They Can Run Payments
AI Agents Need Rules Before They Can Run Payments
July 31, 2026  |  Opinion

Assigning work to agents and agentic workflows requires clear rules and defined decision rights, Bottomline Global Head of Product Colin Swain writes in a new PYMNTS...

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