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Retailers Face a Spending Squeeze Beyond Struggling Households
Retailers Face a Spending Squeeze Beyond Struggling Households
November 11, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Consumers who lived paycheck to paycheck and kept up with their bills bought from an average of 1.9 discretionary categories over the previous year. That...

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52% of CFOs Prioritize a Clearer View of Cash Flow
52% of CFOs Prioritize a Clearer View of Cash Flow
November 11, 2026  |  CFO

Growing companies are finding that stronger sales don’t automatically bring a clearer view of cash, and their finance chiefs are directing investment toward closing that...

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Bottomline Sees Expertise Turning AI Potential Into Customer Value
Bottomline Sees Expertise Turning AI Potential Into Customer Value
November 11, 2026  |  Opinion

Customers are willing to adopt AI, but they still want guidance from people who understand business, Bottomline SVP, Product Management Jeff Feuerstein writes in a...

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Card Networks Use B2B Payments to Write the Rules for Agentic Commerce
Card Networks Use B2B Payments to Write the Rules for Agentic Commerce
November 10, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Business payments have a bookkeeping problem that’s been keeping them manual for centuries. Millennia, even. In 2026, after one company approves an invoice, someone often...

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OpenAI Gives Businesses New Tools to Reach ChatGPT Users
OpenAI Gives Businesses New Tools to Reach ChatGPT Users
November 10, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI is launching a new suite of tools that lets companies manage their presence on the platform, track customer engagement and deploy artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Oura Pays $625 Million for AI Health Company Counsel
Oura Pays $625 Million for AI Health Company Counsel
November 10, 2026  |  Acquiring

Smart ring maker and health intelligence platform Oura is set to acquire artificial intelligence (AI) health company Counsel Health. The $625 million deal, announced in...

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Goldman and Citi Help Fund $270 Million Stablecoin Venture
Goldman and Citi Help Fund $270 Million Stablecoin Venture
November 10, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

A group of banking giants have reportedly pledged roughly $270 million in financing toward a joint stablecoin venture. The banks included Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Santander...

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Online Travel Agencies’ Shares Drop Following OpenAI Acquisition of Travel Startup Odessia
Online Travel Agencies’ Shares Drop Following OpenAI Acquisition of Travel Startup Odessia
November 10, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Shares of major online travel agencies tumbled Tuesday (Nov. 10) after artificial intelligence (AI) developer OpenAI acquired automated travel platform Odessia, Seeking Alpha reported. The...

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Fed Data Shows Household Debt Hits $19.1 Trillion as Bill Payers Lose Confidence
Fed Data Shows Household Debt Hits $19.1 Trillion as Bill Payers Lose Confidence
November 10, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers living paycheck to paycheck who were keeping up with their bills grew less confident as recently as last month that they could manage their...

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