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How Instant Payouts Become Loyalty’s Secret Weapon

How Instant Payouts Become Loyalty’s Secret Weapon
How Instant Payouts Become Loyalty’s Secret Weapon
September 15, 2025  |  Payment Methods

They came for the speed, but they stayed for the habit. In “Beyond Speed: The Case for Instant Payout Adoption and Stickiness,” PYMNTS Intelligence, in...

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Prompt Economy™ Recalculates Basic Math of Commerce
Prompt Economy™ Recalculates Basic Math of Commerce
September 15, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

A year ago, it was “everything is about AI.” Months later, it was “everything is about gen AI.” Now the focus has shifted to agentic...

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FORUM Credit Union Bets on Digital Tools to Keep 5,000 Businesses Loyal
FORUM Credit Union Bets on Digital Tools to Keep 5,000 Businesses Loyal
September 15, 2025  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions are under pressure to give business customers the same clean interfaces, self‑service onboarding and actionable insights they get from bigger banks. And they...

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AI Dreams Lift Oracle and Tesla, While Kroger Doubts Sink Ocado
AI Dreams Lift Oracle and Tesla, While Kroger Doubts Sink Ocado
September 15, 2025  |  Connected Economy

The CE 100 Index managed to tack on a slight 0.4%, trailing all broader benchmarks, as a majority of pillars finished in the green. Get...

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Underdog BNPL Apps Outrank Klarna in August Shake-Up
Underdog BNPL Apps Outrank Klarna in August Shake-Up
September 15, 2025  |  Mobile

Klarna’s IPO last week piqued our interest in buy now, pay later (BNPL) apps, and it turns out to be a good reason. August’s PYMNTS...

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46% of Once-Stable Consumers Now Live Paycheck to Paycheck
46% of Once-Stable Consumers Now Live Paycheck to Paycheck
September 15, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

A growing number of consumers in the United States are living paycheck to paycheck, not because they earn too little, but because of how their...

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Spreadsheets Slow Buildings Faster Than Broken Elevators
Spreadsheets Slow Buildings Faster Than Broken Elevators
September 15, 2025  |  Real Estate

For many property managers, inefficiencies lurk not in the halls of apartment buildings but in the filing cabinets and spreadsheets of the back office. Get...

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AI-Powered Scams Target Trust Before Transactions, Visa DPS Says
AI-Powered Scams Target Trust Before Transactions, Visa DPS Says
September 12, 2025  |  Cybersecurity

Watch more: Visa DPS Talks Holistic Intelligence to Block Fraud Up Front Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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