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PayPal and april Team on Faster Tax Filing

PayPal and april Team on Faster Tax Filing
PayPal and april Team on Faster Tax Filing
January 20, 2026  |  Taxes

PayPal has launched a partnership with embedded tax technology platform april. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Payments Executives on What Worked, What Failed and What Comes Next for Commerce in 2026
Payments Executives on What Worked, What Failed and What Comes Next for Commerce in 2026
January 20, 2026  |  Digital Payments

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Visa on How Trust Is Built at the Moment of Authorization
Visa on How Trust Is Built at the Moment of Authorization
January 20, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Trust and security have always underpinned payments, but they have become the decisive factors that determine whether a cardholder continues using a credential or pivots...

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Banking, Retail and Tech Leaders Align on AI Agents’ High-Impact Use Cases
Banking, Retail and Tech Leaders Align on AI Agents’ High-Impact Use Cases
January 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

At first guess, one might think the agentic AI boom would splinter into a thousand use cases. Retailers automating inventory. Banks unleashing robo-analysts. Manufacturers fine-tuning...

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Unpredictable Pay Cycles Break Financial Stability for America’s Hourly Workers
Unpredictable Pay Cycles Break Financial Stability for America’s Hourly Workers
January 20, 2026  |  Payroll

At 60 million and growing, the U.S. Labor Economy represents a sizeable segment of the country’s manpower. Yet, even as these individuals serve food, staff...

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82% of Merchants Plan to Expand Digital Wallet Adoption
82% of Merchants Plan to Expand Digital Wallet Adoption
January 20, 2026  |  Digital Payments

Back-office payments are starting to look a lot more like consumer checkout, and that shift could determine which firms see their cash position clearly and...

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Credit Unions See AI’s Promise, but Readiness Lags Adoption
Credit Unions See AI’s Promise, but Readiness Lags Adoption
January 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help credit unions scale personalization, improve fraud detection and streamline operations, but only if the foundations beneath those...

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A Nostalgic Look Back to 2016 With a PYMNTS Twist
A Nostalgic Look Back to 2016 With a PYMNTS Twist
January 19, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

As nostalgia sweeps across social media, touching everything from posts to playlists, 2016 has emerged as a reference point for how different things felt and...

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