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FIS: Issuer Modernization Is Reshaping Card Competition
FIS: Issuer Modernization Is Reshaping Card Competition
November 12, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: Need to Know With Troy Mann of FIS  Card issuers once had more time to introduce products, process transactions and tell customers what...

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US Fans Walk Away From $110 Billion in Experience Purchases a Year
US Fans Walk Away From $110 Billion in Experience Purchases a Year
November 09, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

A fan can spend weeks looking forward to a concert and lose interest in the time it takes to read the total at checkout. That...

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Black Friday Escapes the Calendar and Heads for Your Wallet
Black Friday Escapes the Calendar and Heads for Your Wallet
November 07, 2026  |  Retail

Black Friday has developed a scheduling problem. It keeps arriving before Friday. The official date this year is Nov. 27, followed by Cyber Monday on...

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Tungsten CEO Says It’s Time B2B Networks Gave Suppliers a Voice
Tungsten CEO Says It’s Time B2B Networks Gave Suppliers a Voice
November 05, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: Need to Know With Tungsten Automation’s Peter Hantman The buyer-supplier network has always had a gap between its promise and its payoff. The...

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Google’s Next Big Bet Is a Business It’s Never Won
Google’s Next Big Bet Is a Business It’s Never Won
November 04, 2026  |  eCommerce

On October 28, Google told Wall Street something that publishers, small businesses and anyone who’s ever depended on search traffic have been telling Google for...

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Luxury Mystery Boxes Turn Shopping Into a $500 Surprise
Luxury Mystery Boxes Turn Shopping Into a $500 Surprise
October 31, 2026  |  Retail

Luxury shopping has developed a new answer to “What did you buy?” “I’ll know in a moment.” Beezie, a platform that combines collectibles with digital...

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AI and Embedded Finance Raise the Bar for Payment Controls
AI and Embedded Finance Raise the Bar for Payment Controls
October 29, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: Your Payments Got Smarter. Did Your Infrastructure? Faster payments compress the time available to catch a bad transaction, reconcile an exception or determine...

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Why AI Agents Will Live or Die on Permission
Why AI Agents Will Live or Die on Permission
October 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Grace Hopper, the Yale PhD in math, computer pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral, liked to tell audiences that “it’s much easier to apologize...

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Who You Gonna Call? The Librarian.
Who You Gonna Call? The Librarian.
October 24, 2026  |  The Weekender

If something strange is happening in your neighborhood this Halloween, you might want to call the librarian. Concord Public Library in New Hampshire is encouraging...

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