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Synchrony Puts Credit in the Test Kitchen

Synchrony Puts Credit in the Test Kitchen
Synchrony Puts Credit in the Test Kitchen
April 28, 2026  |  Data

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Credit Unions Find Their Gen Z Edge in Faster Payments
Credit Unions Find Their Gen Z Edge in Faster Payments
April 28, 2026  |  Faster Payments

Instant payments have shifted from a technological luxury to an existential necessity for traditional financial institutions (FIs). Driven in large part by the demands of...

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43% of Retailers Are Piloting AI Shopping Agents 
43% of Retailers Are Piloting AI Shopping Agents 
April 28, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Agentic artificial intelligence’s first real test in commerce may come not as a flashy shopping tool, but as a trust exercise that could decide who...

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Agentic Commerce Forces a Rethink of Card Infrastructure
Agentic Commerce Forces a Rethink of Card Infrastructure
April 27, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

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Affirm: Agentic Credit Rewrites the Rules of Consumer Lending
Affirm: Agentic Credit Rewrites the Rules of Consumer Lending
April 27, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

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Green Dot Says the New Data Moat Is Speed
Green Dot Says the New Data Moat Is Speed
April 27, 2026  |  Data

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Maverick Says Data Without Intent Is Just Expensive Storage
Maverick Says Data Without Intent Is Just Expensive Storage
April 27, 2026  |  Data

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AI Agents Move From Demo Day to Desk Work
AI Agents Move From Demo Day to Desk Work
April 27, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to move from conference-room promise to operating-room reality in financial services, where banks, insurers and asset managers are testing...

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63% of Firms Face Check Fraud as Paper Payments Linger
63% of Firms Face Check Fraud as Paper Payments Linger
April 27, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

The biggest obstacle to real-time payments adoption may not be fraud, but the fear of fraud. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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