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Smart Shopping Agents Still Need Someone to Vouch for Them

Smart Shopping Agents Still Need Someone to Vouch for Them
Smart Shopping Agents Still Need Someone to Vouch for Them
October 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Synchrony’s Mike Storiale Artificial intelligence can already recommend the running shoes. The payments industry still must figure out...

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AI Could End Finance’s Point-and-Click Era
AI Could End Finance’s Point-and-Click Era
October 02, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Billtrust’s Dave Ruda The finance technology playbook was once relatively straightforward. CFOs built out their department tech stacks...

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FIS Sees Smarter Payments Powering AI Agents
FIS Sees Smarter Payments Powering AI Agents
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Mike Magennis of FIS Fall brings football, starting lineups and plenty of arguments over who deserves the first...

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AI’s Payments Breakthrough Will Be Knowing When Not to Pay
AI’s Payments Breakthrough Will Be Knowing When Not to Pay
September 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Chris Trainor of Paymentus Giving an artificial intelligence agent a wallet is easy to understand. Giving it permission...

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CFOs Pay a Price for Every Disconnected Payment System
CFOs Pay a Price for Every Disconnected Payment System
September 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Tungsten Automation’s Andrew Ng The problem with fragmented payments infrastructure is usually described as technical debt. For today’s...

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AI Turns Scattered Payment Data Into Smarter Routing Decisions
AI Turns Scattered Payment Data Into Smarter Routing Decisions
September 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Spreedly’s Adam Hiatt Artificial intelligence’s near-term payments value may come less from autonomous checkout than from making the...

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Billtrust CEO Takes Aim at B2B’s Trillion-Dollar Cash Jam
Billtrust CEO Takes Aim at B2B’s Trillion-Dollar Cash Jam
August 28, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Billtrust’s Grant Halloran Every market has its semi-permanent operating assumptions. For B2B payments, complexity is what has been...

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WEX Says Faster Payments Need Smarter Brakes
WEX Says Faster Payments Need Smarter Brakes
August 27, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With WEX’s Ron Griswold The linear model of traditional business payments is breaking apart thanks to embedded payments, instant...

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