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Walking in a Payments Wonderland

Walking in a Payments Wonderland
Walking in a Payments Wonderland
December 25, 2025  |  Opinion

(2025) Snow falls soft on legacy rails, Paper checks stuck in the mail. We gather ‘round the dashboard glow, Watching how payments flow. AI agents...

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Retail Closes the Holiday Season Leaner and More Focused
Retail Closes the Holiday Season Leaner and More Focused
December 24, 2025  |  Retail

Retail in 2025 was defined less by a single breakthrough than by a set of pressures that forced retailers to get practical. Consumers kept shopping....

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2025: Karen Webster on the Year in Payments and the AI Economy
2025: Karen Webster on the Year in Payments and the AI Economy
December 23, 2025  |  Karen Webster

Open these pages as you would open a door to a room where the future is already arguing with the present. My 2025 columns were...

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Visa Maps a Path to Agentic Commerce That Feels Familiar — and Safe
Visa Maps a Path to Agentic Commerce That Feels Familiar — and Safe
December 22, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Monday Conversation: Visa’s Rubail Birwadker A digital assistant can already do a lot of the work that once belonged to people. It can...

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NYE Rentals Offer Everything From Bunkers to Castles
NYE Rentals Offer Everything From Bunkers to Castles
December 20, 2025  |  The Weekender

New Year’s Eve is supposed to be a clean break. A fresh calendar. A symbolic reset. Instead, it has become the Olympics of planning: the...

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Why Pay Timing Is Becoming the New Financial Fault Line
Why Pay Timing Is Becoming the New Financial Fault Line
December 19, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

The December 2025 update of the “Wage to Wallet™ Index” reveals an economy that is no longer moving in a single direction, but splitting along a...

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Why the ‘Person’ of the Year in 2025 Should Be the Chatbot
Why the ‘Person’ of the Year in 2025 Should Be the Chatbot
December 17, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

It was sort of an accident. In 1927, Time magazine was chasing an interview with Charles Lindbergh shortly after his successful, first-ever solo transatlantic flight from New...

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Credit Is Being Rewritten and Banks Are Running Out of Time, Says Thredd CEO
Credit Is Being Rewritten and Banks Are Running Out of Time, Says Thredd CEO
December 16, 2025  |  Payment Methods

Watch more: Need to Know: Thredd’s Jim McCarthy There’s new urgency for banks to innovate as consumers embrace flexible repayment options and new digital channels....

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