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What Fraud Data Says About Where Payment Security Is Headed
What Fraud Data Says About Where Payment Security Is Headed
October 22, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Artificial intelligence is changing both sides of payments fraud. Fraudsters can use it to make impersonation attempts more convincing, while finance teams can use it...

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80% of Top CFOs Use Working Capital to Fund Growth
80% of Top CFOs Use Working Capital to Fund Growth
October 22, 2026  |  CFO

At the most efficient growing companies, 80% say their primary reason for using working capital is planned growth. Among the least efficient, just 2% say...

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AI Recommendations Need a Checkout Shoppers Trust
AI Recommendations Need a Checkout Shoppers Trust
October 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is making it easier for retailers to get discovered. It is doing considerably less to help them get paid. Data in the October...

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Instant Payments May Give Credit Unions a Deposit Growth Advantage
Instant Payments May Give Credit Unions a Deposit Growth Advantage
October 22, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Banks have generally measured instant payments by transactions: how many customers use them, how much money moves and how quickly payments arrive. An example from...

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Governments and Organizations Take Sites Offline to Patch Web Vulnerability
Governments and Organizations Take Sites Offline to Patch Web Vulnerability
October 21, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Many websites around the world were taken down as a precaution or for preventative maintenance Wednesday (Oct. 21) as organizations responded to the disclosure of...

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Anthropic’s New AI Agent Purchases Business Supplies
Anthropic’s New AI Agent Purchases Business Supplies
October 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic has unveiled an app in which Claude works as a “proactive agent” on behalf of professionals and small business owners, including purchasing business supplies,...

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Walmart Opens Doors for AI Agents That Obey Strict Rules
Walmart Opens Doors for AI Agents That Obey Strict Rules
October 21, 2026  |  Retail

Walmart has introduced three tools designed to let customers shop at Walmart and Sam’s Club through their choice of apps and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. “Shopping with an agent...

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Meta Puts All Its AI Eggs in the Muse Basket
Meta Puts All Its AI Eggs in the Muse Basket
October 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has found a new centerpiece for the company’s artificial intelligence ambitions: Muse, a personal AI agent he is positioning as the...

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AWS Executive Says 40% of European Startups Consider Leaving Region to Scale
AWS Executive Says 40% of European Startups Consider Leaving Region to Scale
October 21, 2026  |  Startups

An Amazon Web Services executive said Wednesday (Oct. 21) that nearly 4 in 10 European startups, and over half of the fastest-growing ones, have told...

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