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Rufus and Sparky Turn Amazon and Walmart Into Holiday Rivals

Rufus and Sparky Turn Amazon and Walmart Into Holiday Rivals
Rufus and Sparky Turn Amazon and Walmart Into Holiday Rivals
November 28, 2025  |  Retail

The retail industry is pulling every growth lever it can this holiday season. The question is whether those levers are enough. Get the Full Story...

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Fake Sellers Trap Shoppers Racing for Holiday Deals
Fake Sellers Trap Shoppers Racing for Holiday Deals
November 28, 2025  |  Security & Fraud

Marketplace scams are emerging as one of the fastest growing threats facing holiday shoppers, taking advantage of consumers who are searching for deals and making...

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Payments Leaders Say That Strategy Mattered More Than Scale in 2025
Payments Leaders Say That Strategy Mattered More Than Scale in 2025
November 27, 2025  |  Digital Payments

 Visa — Sam Hamilton, Head of AI and Data In January, Hamilton was prescient about artificial intelligence (AI). He laid out just how pervasive he...

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Agentic AI Adoption Creates a ‘Two-Speed’ Enterprise Landscape
Agentic AI Adoption Creates a ‘Two-Speed’ Enterprise Landscape
November 27, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Over the summer of 2025, a quiet but decisive split began to emerge inside the upper ranks of American enterprise. It wasn’t about budgets, markets...

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Will Black Friday 2025 Be a Repeat of Last Year?
Will Black Friday 2025 Be a Repeat of Last Year?
November 27, 2025  |  Retail

Black Friday 2024. Nov. 29. The top movies were “Wicked,” “Moana 2” and “Gladiator 2.” It rained on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. News stories...

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64% of Marketplaces Cut Churn With Embedded Finance Tools
64% of Marketplaces Cut Churn With Embedded Finance Tools
November 27, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

Online marketplaces have spent the last decade layering payments and financial tools into their platforms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Jeff Bezos’ AI Startup Acquires Computer Agent Maker General Agents
Jeff Bezos’ AI Startup Acquires Computer Agent Maker General Agents
November 26, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Jeff Bezos’ new artificial intelligence (AI) startup Project Prometheus reportedly acquired computer agent maker General Agents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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U.S. Bank Tests Stablecoin Issuance, Viewing Blockchain as ‘Alternative Payment Rail’
U.S. Bank Tests Stablecoin Issuance, Viewing Blockchain as ‘Alternative Payment Rail’
November 26, 2025  |  Blockchain

U.S. Bank is testing custom stablecoin issuance on the Stellar blockchain network. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Exchanges Group Says Crypto Companies Should Be Required to Follow Same Rules
Exchanges Group Says Crypto Companies Should Be Required to Follow Same Rules
November 26, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), whose members include Nasdaq, reportedly said the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) plan to allow crypto companies to sell...

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