digital transformation

Smart Checkout Gives Merchant Data New Bargaining Power

Smart Checkout Gives Merchant Data New Bargaining Power
Smart Checkout Gives Merchant Data New Bargaining Power
September 04, 2026  |  Connected Economy

Payments platforms have plenty of transaction data. Smart checkout is raising the value of the merchant information they do not have. Get the Full Story...

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Lawmakers Test the Rules for AI Agents That Move Money
Lawmakers Test the Rules for AI Agents That Move Money
September 03, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents, stablecoins and tokenized securities put some of the mechanics of digital finance before lawmakers Wednesday (Sept. 2), including how software-driven transactions...

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Digital Sales Give Small Businesses a Map for Growth
Digital Sales Give Small Businesses a Map for Growth
September 03, 2026  |  SMBs

Digital channels gave small and medium-sized businesses more than reach in 2025. They gave those companies a measurable growth edge: Digital-led SMBs were 14 percentage...

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Most Banks Wait Six Years for AI Payback. Discovery Didn’t.
Most Banks Wait Six Years for AI Payback. Discovery Didn’t.
September 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Banks have a lot of data on their customers, but most of it sits unused. The customer gets flooded the same generic offer everyone else...

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Spreedly Sees Good Bots Becoming an Agentic Commerce Channel
Spreedly Sees Good Bots Becoming an Agentic Commerce Channel
September 02, 2026  |  eCommerce

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AI Agent Security Startup AIR Raises $50 Million to Guard Enterprise Supply Chains
AI Agent Security Startup AIR Raises $50 Million to Guard Enterprise Supply Chains
September 01, 2026  |  Investments

Artificial intelligence (AI) security startup AIR publicly debuted Tuesday (Sept. 1) with $50 million in seed financing to help businesses monitor and secure the software...

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Jackson Hole and G20 Map a Future of 24/7 Payments and AI
Jackson Hole and G20 Map a Future of 24/7 Payments and AI
September 01, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

A financial market that trades around the clock can’t wait until the next banking day to settle. A business selling digital services overseas has a...

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The Hardest Job in Logistics Is Going to Robots
The Hardest Job in Logistics Is Going to Robots
September 01, 2026  |  Shipping

Warehouse automation has always been easiest where a company can build the environment around the machines: standardized bins, fixed conveyor paths, predictable inputs. The harder...

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