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AmEx Debuts Flexible Payments for Small Businesses

AmEx Debuts Flexible Payments for Small Businesses
AmEx Debuts Flexible Payments for Small Businesses
February 05, 2026  |  Credit Cards

American Express (AmEx) has debuted its Flexible Payment Option (FPO) for small businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Visa Platform Offers Small Businesses Access to Financing, Marketing and Tech Support
Visa Platform Offers Small Businesses Access to Financing, Marketing and Tech Support
February 05, 2026  |  VISA

Visa has launched a new platform designed to help small business owners access capital, reach customers and adopt modern business tools. Get the Full Story...

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Stripe Alums Raise $35 Million for Identity Platform Duna
Stripe Alums Raise $35 Million for Identity Platform Duna
February 05, 2026  |  Digital Identity

Compliance/identity platform Duna has raised $35 million in a Series A funding round. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Mastercard Says Readiness Is Key as Enterprises Move to AI Agents
Mastercard Says Readiness Is Key as Enterprises Move to AI Agents
February 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Agentic artificial intelligence is gaining momentum across banking and commerce, and payments networks are among the leaders. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Smarsh CFO Says Finance Now Shapes Product Decisions
Smarsh CFO Says Finance Now Shapes Product Decisions
February 05, 2026  |  CFO

Watch more: Office of the CFO With Smarsh Ian Goodkind Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Instant Payments Hit Mainstream as Consumer Adoption Climbs to 74%
Instant Payments Hit Mainstream as Consumer Adoption Climbs to 74%
February 05, 2026  |  Disbursements

Instant payments have moved from novelty to norm, reshaping how consumers expect to receive money across payroll, insurance, rewards and platform disbursements. Nearly three in...

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Two-Thirds of Cardholders View Issuers More Positively After Credit Limit Increases
Two-Thirds of Cardholders View Issuers More Positively After Credit Limit Increases
February 05, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Nearly three-quarters of credit cardholders who requested a limit increase and were denied turned to installment plans as an alternative source of credit, revealing how...

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eCommerce Growth Makes Tokenized Checkout the Baseline
eCommerce Growth Makes Tokenized Checkout the Baseline
February 05, 2026  |  Opinion

Digital wallet use has accelerated, resetting expectations for frictionless commerce, Thales Europe Region SVP Cyril Villemin writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “2025’s Over/Under: The Bets...

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