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Consumers Use Rewards to Subsidize Holiday Spending

Consumers Use Rewards to Subsidize Holiday Spending
Consumers Use Rewards to Subsidize Holiday Spending
December 02, 2025  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Consumers are using credit in strategic ways. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Gradium Gets $70 Million to Turn Voice Into AI’s Universal Interface
Gradium Gets $70 Million to Turn Voice Into AI’s Universal Interface
December 02, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

By any conventional startup logic, raising a $70 million seed round sounds improbable. Double that improbability for a business just exiting from stealth after being...

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AI Agents Turn Issuers Into Real-Time Decision Makers
AI Agents Turn Issuers Into Real-Time Decision Makers
December 02, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

New applications of artificial intelligence technologies, from dynamic wallets to autonomous shopping agents, are compressing the distance across global commerce between intent and transaction to...

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Economist Michael Noel Challenges How Regulators Police Big Tech
Economist Michael Noel Challenges How Regulators Police Big Tech
December 02, 2025  |  Big Tech

Consolidation reshapes industries of every size, from manufacturing to retail to digital markets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Gen Z Faces Financial Stress as Hourly Wages Lose Ground
Gen Z Faces Financial Stress as Hourly Wages Lose Ground
December 02, 2025  |  Economy

How your job pays you as an employee is important. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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80% of Banks Acknowledge Billing Shortfalls
80% of Banks Acknowledge Billing Shortfalls
December 02, 2025  |  Banking

Banks have long treated account analysis as routine maintenance, yet new data shows it has become a decisive factor in revenue integrity and client trust....

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Instant Payouts Pull Workers Toward Rival Platforms
Instant Payouts Pull Workers Toward Rival Platforms
December 02, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

Instant money movement is accelerating across the U.S. economy, and nowhere is that shift more visible than in the gig economy, where workers increasingly expect...

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ChatGPT Turns Three and Pulls Financial Services Into the AI Era
ChatGPT Turns Three and Pulls Financial Services Into the AI Era
December 01, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Do you remember the first time you used ChatGPT? It probably wasn’t Nov. 30, 2022, when the platform debuted. But it was probably soon after....

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