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Consumers Pay the Price as State Regulation Fractures FinTech Scale
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Consumers Pay the Price as State Regulation Fractures FinTech Scale
Longevity Rewrites the Economics of Inheritance

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Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work

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Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work
More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech

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More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech
Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed

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Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed
Mid-Tier Retailers Caught Between Amazon and Walmart

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Mid-Tier Retailers Caught Between Amazon and Walmart

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Artificial Intelligence

Chainalysis Says AI Scams Drove Crypto Fraud up 17% in 2025
Does Google’s Agentic Partnership With Walmart Signal the End of Click-and-Buy Retail?
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Microsoft Turns Retail Into an AI Agent Test Bed
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From Mines to Oil Rigs, How AI Is Rewiring Mining, Energy and Agriculture
Employers Encourage AI at Work, With or Without Guardrails
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Data Point

More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech
Embedded Finance Pays Off for 54% of US B2B Platforms
72% of B2B Buyers Favor Suppliers With Embedded Payment Options 
74% of Credit Union Members Pass the Loyalty Test
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B2B PAYMENTS

BNY Says Digital Asset Innovations Helped Drive Record Results in Q4
JPMorgan’s Dimon Bets on Tech and AI as Apple Card Buildout Begins
U.S. Bancorp Aims to Grow Capital Markets Business With BTIG Acquisition
US Small Businesses Expect Improved Conditions for 2026
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Amazon Brings Just Walk Out Tech to Pop-Up Stores
Does Google’s Agentic Partnership With Walmart Signal the End of Click-and-Buy Retail?
Mid-Tier Retailers Caught Between Amazon and Walmart
Wayfair Participates in Google’s New Standard for Agentic Commerce
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Amazon Plans to Build Big-Box Store Near Chicago
Albertsons Says AI Shopping Assistant Increased Customers’ Basket Size by 10%
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Starbucks Plans to Add and Remodel Stores After Closing 400 This Year
New York Cash Payments Law to Take Effect in March
Digital Tipping Keeps Employees Loyal as Restaurants Battle Labor Gaps
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Strain Sharpens Retail and QSR Spending Gap
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How Healthcare Innovation Starts With Regulation and Ends With Integration
Longevity Rewrites the Economics of Inheritance
OpenAI and Anthropic Take Different Paths to Own Healthcare’s AI Stack
Anthropic Increases Healthcare Focus With New Claude Program
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From Assistive to Agentic AI: Consumers Wade Into Autonomous Commerce
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Regulations


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CFPB and DOJ Say Creditors Can Consider Borrowers’ Citizenship Status
UK’s FCA Helps Crypto Firms Prepare for New Regulatory Regime
Ripple Secures Electronic Money Institution License and Crypto Asset Registration in UK
Senate Sets Dueling Markups for High-Stakes Crypto Market Regulation
Congress Targets Regulation to Jumpstart New Community Banks
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Connected Economy

Google, UCP, Universal Commerce Protocol
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Google Aims at Merchants With Open-Source Universal Agentic Protocol
What Agentic Commerce Can Learn From B2B Payments
Retailers Prepare for Agent-Driven Shopping at Scale
Executives Say AI Redefines Value and the Payments Competitive Landscape
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SMB


SMBs
US Small Businesses Expect Improved Conditions for 2026
Why SMBs Can’t Afford Cash Flow Blind Spots as Bankruptcies Hit 15-Year High
Hugimals Founder Credits Growth to AI, Payments and Amazon Store
Banks Are 2026’s Secret Weapon for Supplier Enablement
Experian Adds Commercial Data to Ascend Lender Platform
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BNY
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Kraken-Affiliated KRAKacquisition Plans to Go Public
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Cryptocurrency


Fraud Attack
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Kraken-Affiliated KRAKacquisition Plans to Go Public
Ingenico and WalletConnect Launch Stablecoin Payments Partnership
Polygon Makes $250 Million Investment in Stablecoin Payments
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Banking

BNY
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The Governance Problem Stablecoins Weren’t Built to Solve
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Citigroup to Cut 1,000 Jobs in Ongoing Restructuring Effort
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