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Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work

Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work
Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work
January 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraudsters are nothing if not creative, constantly reshaping old tricks with new technology to stay one step ahead of consumers and the institutions that serve...

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Consumers Pay the Price as State Regulation Fractures FinTech Scale
Consumers Pay the Price as State Regulation Fractures FinTech Scale
January 13, 2026  |  What's Hot

The CFPB’s decision to dial down enforcement of BNPL and other nonbank credit products hasn’t created a vacuum. It has invited fifty competing rulebooks to...

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More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech
More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech
January 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Merchants are discovering that fraud prevention has become less about stopping bad actors at checkout and more about managing risk across the entire payment journey,...

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Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed
Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed
January 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

With CES wrapping last week and the National Retail Federation event kicking off Monday (Jan. 12) there’s been a renewed focus on The Prompt Economy’s...

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Mid-Tier Retailers Caught Between Amazon and Walmart
Mid-Tier Retailers Caught Between Amazon and Walmart
January 13, 2026  |  Retail

For decades, the retail industry was organized around a familiar axis: price versus experience, scale versus specialization, mass versus premium. Get the Full Story Complete...

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HSBC Establishes Asset Management Business in UAE
HSBC Establishes Asset Management Business in UAE
January 12, 2026  |  Banking

HSBC has launched a United Arab Emirates (UAE) asset management business that it said will play a key role in its Middle East, North Africa...

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Wayfair Participates in Google’s New Standard for Agentic Commerce
Wayfair Participates in Google’s New Standard for Agentic Commerce
January 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Wayfair said Monday (Jan. 12) that it participated in the development of Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for agentic commerce and will soon enable shoppers...

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Citigroup to Cut 1,000 Jobs in Ongoing Restructuring Effort
Citigroup to Cut 1,000 Jobs in Ongoing Restructuring Effort
January 12, 2026  |  Personnel

Citigroup plans to cut 1,000 jobs this week as part of a restructuring plan announced two years ago, Bloomberg reported Monday (Jan. 12), citing unnamed sources. Get the...

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