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New Data Shows Dramatic Consumer Shift on Instant Digital Disbursements

New Data Shows Dramatic Consumer Shift on Instant Digital Disbursements
New Data Shows Dramatic Consumer Shift on Instant Digital Disbursements
March 27, 2025  |  Disbursements

Even as an executive order mandating digital disbursements from the U.S. Treasury gains momentum, data from a new report underscores a powerful undercurrent reshaping financial...

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64% of Credit Unions Plan to Offer Biometrics Authentication
64% of Credit Unions Plan to Offer Biometrics Authentication
March 27, 2025  |  Credit Unions

As is the case with any entity, banks’ relationship with their end customers is only as strong as the trust that exists between the two,...

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Amazon Grabs 16.2% of Clothing Sales, Leaving Walmart Behind
Amazon Grabs 16.2% of Clothing Sales, Leaving Walmart Behind
March 26, 2025  |  Retail

While the narrative of Amazon’s ascendance in discretionary spending and Walmart’s grip on grocery sales dominates the retail conversation, a closer examination of the latest...

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Consumers’ Food Habits Are Changing With Return to the Office
Consumers’ Food Habits Are Changing With Return to the Office
March 26, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, return to office has become the dominant work mode. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Middle-Market Firms Wary of Smaller AI-Driven Rivals
Middle-Market Firms Wary of Smaller AI-Driven Rivals
March 25, 2025  |  Startups

In the business realm, the word “startup” conjures up the garage as innovation lab, the bootstrapping and scrapping micro-firm that has the potential to disrupt...

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65% of Grocery Retailers Lack Real-Time Supply Chain Data
65% of Grocery Retailers Lack Real-Time Supply Chain Data
March 25, 2025  |  Retail

A comprehensive study of U.S. grocery and non-grocery retailers with annual revenues exceeding $500 million has laid bare the critical link between data readiness and...

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Rural Small Businesses Report Double the Sales Decline of Urban Counterparts
Rural Small Businesses Report Double the Sales Decline of Urban Counterparts
March 25, 2025  |  SMBs

Urban small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the backbone of city economies. It’s been a volatile few years for them, with pandemic disruptions, inflationary pressures...

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Real-Time Gap: Consumers Wait as Banks Tackle Legacy Payments Tech
Real-Time Gap: Consumers Wait as Banks Tackle Legacy Payments Tech
March 25, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

Faster payments have loomed large in financial services through the past couple of years — and with the uncertainty of tariffs and inflation, speedier payments...

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How Pay Later Options Are Redefining Consumer Spending — an Expert Look at What’s Next
How Pay Later Options Are Redefining Consumer Spending — an Expert Look at What’s Next
March 24, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest research finds that the U.S. market for buy now, pay later (BNPL) credit totals $175 billion. While that’s a small slice of...

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