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The Grocery Run No Longer Belongs to One Retailer

The Grocery Run No Longer Belongs to One Retailer
The Grocery Run No Longer Belongs to One Retailer
July 14, 2026  |  Retail

A weekly grocery run seems like the perfect opportunity to fill a shopping cart with everything else a household needs. New data suggests consumers increasingly...

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EarnIn Adds Jobs Platform as Wage Access Draws Scrutiny
EarnIn Adds Jobs Platform as Wage Access Draws Scrutiny
July 13, 2026  |  Payroll

Watch more: Monday Conversation With EarnIn’s Ram Palaniappan Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Smaller Card Issuers Can Out-Compete the Giants, New Study Finds
Smaller Card Issuers Can Out-Compete the Giants, New Study Finds
July 13, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Customer lifetime value has long been treated as an output metric, a way to judge whether a card portfolio performed well after the fact. Increasingly,...

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State Governments Turn to AI to Do the Grunt Work
State Governments Turn to AI to Do the Grunt Work
July 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

This week in the Prompt Economy, the spotlight is on how AI is reshaping local and federal government. One of the most dramatic examples surfaced...

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85% of CFOs Say Automation Cuts Payments Friction
85% of CFOs Say Automation Cuts Payments Friction
July 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Security controls are designed to stop bad payments, but new data suggested the strongest systems may be the ones customers barely notice. Get the Full...

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Why the Companies Winning at Payments Aren’t Adding Providers
Why the Companies Winning at Payments Aren’t Adding Providers
July 13, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Payments are now part of the customer experience layer, the uptime layer and the revenue operations layer. That means they can no longer be managed...

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New York Turns to AI to Cut Regulatory Red Tape
New York Turns to AI to Cut Regulatory Red Tape
July 10, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has launched a sweeping effort to reduce regulatory burdens across state government, pairing a broad review of existing rules with...

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Banks and FinTechs Give Consumers New Ways to Weather a Rainy Day
Banks and FinTechs Give Consumers New Ways to Weather a Rainy Day
July 10, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

The emergency fund used to sit in a savings account, earned modest interest, and waited for the water heater to fail or the transmission to...

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