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Fraudsters Leave Patterns, and AWS Wants AI to Follow Them
Fraudsters Leave Patterns, and AWS Wants AI to Follow Them
October 27, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraud attacks can now be assembled with commercially packaged software, distributed across accounts and devices, and altered faster than banks can rewrite a conventional fraud...

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Tungsten Automation Says Scale Will Keep Humans in the Payment Loop
Tungsten Automation Says Scale Will Keep Humans in the Payment Loop
October 27, 2026  |  Next-Gen AP Automation

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Tungsten Automation’s Emily Nash-Walker A company can automate routine supplier payments while requiring human approval for unusually large...

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Scams Gain 10 Percentage Points in Share of Fraud Dollars
Scams Gain 10 Percentage Points in Share of Fraud Dollars
October 27, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Banks have an opportunity to strengthen fraud protection by helping customers recognize when someone is persuading them to send money to a criminal. That’s a...

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AI Breaks the Traditional Relationship Between Business Growth and Hiring
AI Breaks the Traditional Relationship Between Business Growth and Hiring
October 27, 2026  |  SMBs

Artificial intelligence is creating a new competitive question for small businesses. What happens when revenue can grow without payroll growing alongside it? The PYMNTS Intelligence...

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Backbase Helps Banks Deploy Agentic AI With Delivery Factory
Backbase Helps Banks Deploy Agentic AI With Delivery Factory
October 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Backbase has introduced a tool that pairs banking teams with specialized artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The banking operating system provider’s Delivery Factory lets a bank’s delivery...

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CFOs See the Same Downturn. Only Some Can Afford to Exploit It.
CFOs See the Same Downturn. Only Some Can Afford to Exploit It.
October 27, 2026  |  CFO

Economic uncertainty is supposed to make CFOs defensive. Today, it’s giving the strongest companies permission to attack. New data in the October 2026 edition of...

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Gen X Wants More From Familiar Payment Tools
Gen X Wants More From Familiar Payment Tools
October 27, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Generation X is giving payments providers a clear signal to make payments more flexible, but keep them familiar. This cohort is not particularly interested in...

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Truist Weighs Sale of Insurance Lender Afco Credit
Truist Weighs Sale of Insurance Lender Afco Credit
October 26, 2026  |  Banking

Truist is seeking a buyer for specialty lender Afco Credit as the bank sharpens its focus on banking operations, Bloomberg reported Monday (Oct. 26), citing...

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DoorDash Could Close Instacart Deal This Week
DoorDash Could Close Instacart Deal This Week
October 26, 2026  |  Acquiring

DoorDash could announce a deal to buy Instacart as soon as Thursday (Oct. 29) morning, CNBC reported Wednesday (Oct. 28), citing unnamed sources. Reached by...

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