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The Five-Day Gap Hiding Inside B2B Payments

The Five-Day Gap Hiding Inside B2B Payments
The Five-Day Gap Hiding Inside B2B Payments
August 18, 2026  |  Disbursements

The basic, traditional architecture of a business disbursement has historically contained an unusual gap. Companies can decide that money should move long before the recipient...

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61% of Consumers Would Consider AI-Recommended Financing
61% of Consumers Would Consider AI-Recommended Financing
August 18, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Artificial intelligence may win a place at the Pay Later checkout by recommending the financing, then letting the shopper make the final call. New PYMNTS...

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Rising Fuel Costs Change How 64% of Workers Work
Rising Fuel Costs Change How 64% of Workers Work
August 18, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

A posted hourly wage can overstate what a shift is worth to the person being asked to work it. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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X Money Wants to Make the Feed a Financial Front Door
X Money Wants to Make the Feed a Financial Front Door
August 17, 2026  |  Mobile Payments

Digital wallets have made the phone a familiar place to pay. X Money is testing whether a social platform can claim a place in that...

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Corporate America’s Top 1% Spend $7,400 Per Employee on AI
Corporate America’s Top 1% Spend $7,400 Per Employee on AI
August 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The top 1% of U.S. businesses spent a median of $7,400 per employee on artificial intelligence in July, while the top 10% spent roughly $650,...

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Square Accelerates Push to Integrate Small Business Finance
Square Accelerates Push to Integrate Small Business Finance
August 17, 2026  |  SMBs

Square’s refresh of its Square Credit Card, which was announced last week, is part of parent company Block’s broader strategy to more closely integrate payments, banking, credit...

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Stripe’s Deal Targets Money and Machine Intelligence
Stripe’s Deal Targets Money and Machine Intelligence
August 17, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The next corporate spender may not carry a company card, submit an expense report or even be a person. It may be software. Technology markets...

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UPS Automates 90% of Daily Customs Clearances With AI Agents
UPS Automates 90% of Daily Customs Clearances With AI Agents
August 17, 2026  |  Delivery

A package crossing into the United States used to depend on a person to review it, classify and catch any errors, slowing the process with...

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