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Retailers Lean on Digital as Cost Pressures Rewrite Q3
Retailers Lean on Digital as Cost Pressures Rewrite Q3
November 26, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

The latest earnings from Kohl’s, Burlington Stores and Dick’s Sporting Goods, all released Tuesday (Nov. 25), show a consumer who is still spending but doing...

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Consumers Pay for Card Features That Deliver Flexibility and Control
Consumers Pay for Card Features That Deliver Flexibility and Control
November 26, 2025  |  Credit Cards

Credit cards remain central to how consumers navigate everyday financial demands, especially when prices, income cycles and needs do not always align. The latest PYMNTS...

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Visa and Aquanow Partner on Stablecoin Settlement Across CEMEA Region
Visa and Aquanow Partner on Stablecoin Settlement Across CEMEA Region
November 25, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Visa has partnered with Aquanow to provide stablecoin settlement capabilities across the Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region. Get the...

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Bank of America Strategists Say Prediction Markets and Sports Gambling Could Pressure Credit Quality
Bank of America Strategists Say Prediction Markets and Sports Gambling Could Pressure Credit Quality
November 25, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

Bank of America strategists reportedly expect consumers’ growing use of prediction markets and sports gambling sites to create new credit risk for lenders. Get the...

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Walmart Considers Ads in Chatbot
Walmart Considers Ads in Chatbot
November 25, 2025  |  Walmart

Walmart is reportedly considering placing ads in its artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant, Sparky. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Google and Anthropic Drop AI Prices and Release New Models
Google and Anthropic Drop AI Prices and Release New Models
November 25, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Two major artificial intelligence (AI) releases landed less than a week apart. Google introduced Gemini 3 on Nov. 18, presenting the model as a major...

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Polymarket Says CFTC Approval Allows It Intermediated Access to US Market
Polymarket Says CFTC Approval Allows It Intermediated Access to US Market
November 25, 2025  |  Regulation

Prediction market Polymarket said Tuesday (Nov. 25) that it received an approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that positions the company to return...

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FBI Alerts Public to Fraudsters Posing as Bank Employees
FBI Alerts Public to Fraudsters Posing as Bank Employees
November 25, 2025  |  Cybersecurity

The FBI’s Internet Crime Compliant Center is cautioning the public that cybercriminals are impersonating financial institutions to steal money or information from individuals, businesses and...

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Researchers Train AI Agents to Share Complex Tasks
Researchers Train AI Agents to Share Complex Tasks
November 25, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Researchers at Imperial College London and Ant Group, part of the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group, introduced a new method for training groups of artificial intelligence...

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