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Amazon Tops 30% Market Share for Electronics
Amazon Tops 30% Market Share for Electronics
March 11, 2025  |  Retail

The retail sector in the United States is competitive, and Amazon has steadily gained ground, driven by a surge in discretionary spending. According to the...

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Old-School Billing Is Creating a Construction Industry Cash Crunch
Old-School Billing Is Creating a Construction Industry Cash Crunch
March 11, 2025  |  B2B Payments

During times of uncertainty, payment issues can be more of a threat to survival than just a nuisance. The construction industry, a $2 trillion-plus behemoth...

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Credit Unions Turn to Members to Help Shape Innovation
Credit Unions Turn to Members to Help Shape Innovation
March 11, 2025  |  Credit Unions

When it comes to designing the digital journeys that link banks with members, the old approach that “if you build it, they will come” holds...

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OCC Says Banks Can Hold Crypto, but Should They?
OCC Says Banks Can Hold Crypto, but Should They?
March 10, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Blockchain and banking have, since the former’s inception, operated almost entirely at odds. Cryptocurrencies, after all, were invented as a decentralized method to store value,...

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CE 100 Index Plunges 4.3% as Payment and Banking Names Slide on Tariff Volatility
CE 100 Index Plunges 4.3% as Payment and Banking Names Slide on Tariff Volatility
March 10, 2025  |  Connected Economy

It was a rough week for the CE 100 Index, which lost 4.3% across five days of trading, outpacing the losses seen in all other...

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Banks Outmaneuver Fraudsters by Beefing Up Human Intelligence
Banks Outmaneuver Fraudsters by Beefing Up Human Intelligence
March 10, 2025  |  Fraud Prevention

The payments landscape is more sophisticated than ever, but so are fraudsters. With financial institutions (FIs) deploying artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and other...

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80% of Pay-by-Bank Users Report Better Data Security and Lower Cart Abandonment
80% of Pay-by-Bank Users Report Better Data Security and Lower Cart Abandonment
March 10, 2025  |  Payment Methods

As digital payments evolve, pay by bank is gaining traction in consumer-facing sectors. The payment method is in its early stages, but it’s already helping...

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Revolving Debt and Credit Card Spending Muted in January
Revolving Debt and Credit Card Spending Muted in January
March 07, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

After a holiday spending frenzy, consumers have returned to a more normalized rate of spending, as measured in incremental borrowing on credit cards and other...

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Trump’s Crypto Summit Heavy on Victory Laps, Light on Regulation
Trump’s Crypto Summit Heavy on Victory Laps, Light on Regulation
March 07, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

On Friday (March 7), the crypto industry came to Washington D.C. Specifically, they came to the White House’s State Dining Room, where the nation’s first...

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