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AI Pushes Big Brands to Reinvent Their Workforce Strategy
AI Pushes Big Brands to Reinvent Their Workforce Strategy
December 12, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Modern enterprise leaders have grown accustomed to major technological transitions arriving with a playbook. Cloud migration? There were frameworks, maturity models and reference architectures. Cybersecurity?...

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Global Wallet Use Rises Nearly 30 Percent In-Store Since 2022
Global Wallet Use Rises Nearly 30 Percent In-Store Since 2022
December 12, 2025  |  Mobile Wallets

An analysis of mobile wallet adoption across 11 major economies shows that the most consequential shift in digital payments is unfolding not in headline growth...

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Walmart Uses Stores to Counter Amazon’s Speed Advantage
Walmart Uses Stores to Counter Amazon’s Speed Advantage
December 11, 2025  |  Retail

When one thinks of retail competition, the battle between eCommerce and brick-and-mortar is typically what leaps to mind. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Embedded Finance Improves Cash Flow for SaaS Platforms
Embedded Finance Improves Cash Flow for SaaS Platforms
December 11, 2025  |  Digital Payments

Vertical software companies have built thriving businesses by deeply understanding niche industries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Prediction Markets Become Flash Point Between Federal and State Regulators
Prediction Markets Become Flash Point Between Federal and State Regulators
December 11, 2025  |  Markets

Prediction markets, which let users bet on everything from the future price of Bitcoin to the future president of the United States, are the latest...

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AI Agents Shift Power From Marketing to Metadata
AI Agents Shift Power From Marketing to Metadata
December 11, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Merchants have spent much of the eCommerce era obsessed over understanding a single buyer: the human at the other end of a screen, swayed by...

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61% of Gaming Winners Shift to Instant Payouts
61% of Gaming Winners Shift to Instant Payouts
December 11, 2025  |  Money Mobility

A new PYMNTS Intelligence report suggests that the most meaningful trend in instant payments is not how fast money moves but how recipient behavior is...

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Lowe’s and Home Depot Tap AI to Capture DIY Spend
Lowe’s and Home Depot Tap AI to Capture DIY Spend
December 10, 2025  |  Retail

The traditional consumer journey from initial home project idea to completed build is notoriously inefficient, opaque and cash intensive. Retailers and construction managers are now...

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Fed Signals Shift as Washington Targets Paper Checks
Fed Signals Shift as Washington Targets Paper Checks
December 10, 2025  |  Payment Methods

Check usage continues to decline each year as consumers and businesses shift toward digital tools. At the same time, significant numbers of users still depend...

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