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Three Key Questions To Consider for Payment Strategies in 2026 

By: Michael Jaszczyk, CEO of GK Americas The holidays are the most anticipated shopping season for both consumers and retailers. The second that coffee shops begin offering pumpkin-flavored drinks, and temperatures start to dip, US consumers pull out their wallets – and retailers are ready. However, ...
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AI Payments Trends

Securing Payment Primacy in the Invisible Checkout Era

By Shawn Conahan, Chief Revenue Officer, Wildfire Systems With agentic shopping, the e-commerce shopping cart as we know it will soon disappear, along with the familiar flow of payments during checkout. This coming shift fundamentally inverts the traditional online shopping funnel. Instead of a shopper ...
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US spending drops
Buy Now Pay Later Mobile Payments

Americans Reduce Spending While Payments Behaviors Expand

By Lilah Raynor, CEO & Founder, Logica Research Americans are navigating an uneven financial landscape. Inflation, tariffs, and economic uncertainty are putting pressure on household budgets, while digital tools are reshaping everyday transactions. Recent findings from the Logica® Future of Money study show two in ...
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Cybersecurity Fraud

Signs Your Organization Needs an Automated OFAC Checking Solution

Phil Binkow, CEO of Financial Operations Networks (FONS) It’s Monday morning, and your finance team is buried under a mountain of supplier payments that need processing before the end of the day.  As part of your compliance responsibilities, every new vendor and every payment must be ...
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US consumer savings sinking
Banking Payments Research

US consumers fighting for financial security and failing

In 2025, US consumers are fighting a losing battle for financial security. Instead of building buffers, growing debt is dragging them down. Rising living costs, persistent inflation, and surging debt are eroding what little cushion remains. For global payments and FI executives, these trends could ...
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Fast Payments Mobile Payments

Are Physical Credit Cards Doomed?

By John Toman, Co-founder & Chief Product Officer, Pivot Payables A time may soon come when future generations won’t recognize physical credit cards because they’ve become obsolete. The path to their decline is already underway, as more consumers adopt contactless payments for their speed, convenience ...
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AI Fraud Payments Trends

AI Payments Are Coming Fast – But So Is Agentic Fraud

By Douglas Hall, Founder & CEO, EQUE The payments industry is entering a new chapter. AI-driven commerce – where autonomous AI agents shop on behalf of consumers – is moving from theory to reality fast. And, AI fraudsters are moving even faster. Google has unveiled ...
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ERP fraud risk
Cybersecurity Fraud

Attacking ERP Systems: The Next Frontier in B2B Payment Fraud

By Shai Gabay, Co-founder and CEO, Trustmi Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are the bedrock for a business’s operations. They oversee finance, procurement, supply chains, and customer relationships, making them the hub of both sensitive data and payments.   With all this power concentrated in ...
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Fast Payments Payments Trends

How SMEs Can Shift Power in the Next Era of Transactions

By Melinda Roylett, Managing Director, Lloyds Merchant Services The way we pay has changed more in the past five years than in the previous fifty. From biometric authentication and digital wallets to AI-powered personalisation and instant settlement, the checkout is no longer just a place ...
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Faster payments mean higher retention
Banking Fast Payments

Payments that lag, lose corporate customers

By Jessica Cheney, VP of Strategic Solutions, Bottomline In today’s real-time economy, anything less than instant needs to be changed. In fact, according to the US Faster Payments Council’s 2025 Barometer, 80% of organizations consider faster payments a “must-have” – with 84% of financial institutions ...
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