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Bitcoin Slides Below $70K as Stablecoins Gain Ground in Payments and Payroll

Bitcoin Slides Below $70K as Stablecoins Gain Ground in Payments and Payroll
Bitcoin Slides Below $70K as Stablecoins Gain Ground in Payments and Payroll
February 06, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The cryptocurrency market’s familiar boom-and-bust cycle has entered another pronounced downswing. Capital is leaving digital assets at a pace not seen since the depths of...

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Bank of America Warns Middle Class Wages Are Stalling
Bank of America Warns Middle Class Wages Are Stalling
February 06, 2026  |  Economy

Wage growth for middle-income households showed some weakness in January, while that of lower- and higher-income households remained steady, the Bank of America Institute said...

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Apple Scales Back AI Health Coach Plans
Apple Scales Back AI Health Coach Plans
February 06, 2026  |  Apple

Apple Inc. is scaling back plans for an AI-based health coach, a retreat that underscores the difficulty of turning health tracking into a paid service....

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Citi Argues Tokenized Deposits Belong at the Core of Finance
Citi Argues Tokenized Deposits Belong at the Core of Finance
February 06, 2026  |  Blockchain

Watch more: The Digital Shift With Citi’s Biswarup Chatterjee Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Nearly Two-Thirds of Credit Unions Turn to FinTechs to Upgrade Core Products
Nearly Two-Thirds of Credit Unions Turn to FinTechs to Upgrade Core Products
February 06, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Not long ago, FinTechs and credit unions often approached each other from opposite sides of the same market. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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73% of Microbusinesses Say Real-Time Payments Improve Cash Flow
73% of Microbusinesses Say Real-Time Payments Improve Cash Flow
February 06, 2026  |  Faster Payments

For many small businesses, the most important payment is no longer the one they expect. It is the one they do not. Get the Full...

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Paysafe CEO Says Pandemic Accelerated Payments Shift by Five Years
Paysafe CEO Says Pandemic Accelerated Payments Shift by Five Years
February 06, 2026  |  eBook

Adaptability is a key competitive advantage in the evolving payments industry, Paysafe CEO Bruce Lowthers writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “2025’s Over/Under: The Bets That...

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Small Businesses Dump Manual Workflows for BILL AI Tools
Small Businesses Dump Manual Workflows for BILL AI Tools
February 05, 2026  |  Earnings

Businesses and their accountants continued to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) agents and other digital tools in the quarter ended Dec. 31, BILL executives said Thursday...

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Amazon Q4 Results Show Agentic Shopping Push Beyond AI Spending
Amazon Q4 Results Show Agentic Shopping Push Beyond AI Spending
February 05, 2026  |  Amazon

Amazon’s Q4 earnings call on Thursday (Feb. 5) produced the number everyone repeated: CEO Andy Jassy said Amazon expects to invest about $200 billion in...

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