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Walmart’s Closing the Amazon Online Sales Gap

Walmart’s Closing the Amazon Online Sales Gap
Walmart’s Closing the Amazon Online Sales Gap
January 14, 2026  |  Walmart

Walmart’s online business is no longer defined by how far it trails Amazon, but by how quickly it is changing the structure of the retail...

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More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech
More Than Half of Merchants Shift Fraud Spend From People to Tech
January 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Merchants are discovering that fraud prevention has become less about stopping bad actors at checkout and more about managing risk across the entire payment journey,...

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72% of B2B Buyers Favor Suppliers With Embedded Payment Options 
72% of B2B Buyers Favor Suppliers With Embedded Payment Options 
January 08, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The most telling signal in the latest PYMNTS Intelligence research is not how fast embedded finance is spreading, but how decisively companies are stepping away from building...

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Credit Card Installment Use Rises 46% Since Spring 2025
Credit Card Installment Use Rises 46% Since Spring 2025
January 05, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Pay Later has stopped being a seasonal convenience and started to look like a standing line item in how many households manage money. Get the...

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Manual Billing Costs Banks $98.5 Million Every Year
Manual Billing Costs Banks $98.5 Million Every Year
December 30, 2025  |  Banking

Banks have spent years tuning front-end digital experiences, yet a growing share of revenue risk now sits deeper inside the institution, where billing logic, pricing...

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Connected Tech Ownership Drives Changes in How Consumers Pay
Connected Tech Ownership Drives Changes in How Consumers Pay
December 26, 2025  |  Connected Economy

Consumers are not racing to add more devices, but the way those devices shape how people pay is changing steadily and in ways that matter...

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