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Brazil’s Pix Lays Foundation for ‘Perfect’ Digital Financial Ecosystem
Brazil’s Pix Lays Foundation for ‘Perfect’ Digital Financial Ecosystem
April 11, 2025  |  Digital Payments

Brazil isn’t just famous for samba, soccer and carnival anymore. It is now drawing attention for something else: its meteoric rise as the world’s most digitally...

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Credit Unions Convert 64% of Members to Primary Accounts
Credit Unions Convert 64% of Members to Primary Accounts
April 11, 2025  |  Credit Unions

Once perceived as technologically trailing larger financial institutions, credit unions are embracing digital innovation, positioning themselves for growth and engagement with a digitally native consumer...

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Amazon and Walmart Overhaul Supply Chains as China Tariffs Bite
Amazon and Walmart Overhaul Supply Chains as China Tariffs Bite
April 11, 2025  |  Retail

When Walmart, the largest retailer in the U.S., abruptly withdrew its first-quarter operating income guidance last week, the message was unmistakable: the tariff storm is...

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Fleet Operators Tap ‘On Demand’ Working Capital Solutions to Fuel Strategic Priorities
Fleet Operators Tap ‘On Demand’ Working Capital Solutions to Fuel Strategic Priorities
April 11, 2025  |  Working Capital

In a sector caught between regulatory pressure and technological disruption, fleet and mobility companies are redefining how they manage working capital. According to the newly...

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FinTech IPO Index Surges Nearly 14%, Driven by Crypto and BNPL Momentum
FinTech IPO Index Surges Nearly 14%, Driven by Crypto and BNPL Momentum
April 11, 2025  |  Fintech Investments

The majority of names in the FinTech IPO Index traded lower through a tumultuous five sessions of stock market activity that was dominated by tariffs....

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March’s CPI Drop Offers Short-Lived Comfort for Shoppers
March’s CPI Drop Offers Short-Lived Comfort for Shoppers
April 10, 2025  |  Economy

The March Consumer Price Index may wind up being a snapshot for wistful consumers — a look back at what was, before tariffs took root...

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WEX President: There’s an Urgent Need to Modernize Payment Systems for a Digital World
WEX President: There’s an Urgent Need to Modernize Payment Systems for a Digital World
April 10, 2025  |  B2B Payments

The business landscape hasn’t gotten the memo about moving entirely to digital payments. Despite technological advancements and increasing calls for modernization, progress in the migration...

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Why AI Is Becoming the ‘Pacemaker’ of Company Finances
Why AI Is Becoming the ‘Pacemaker’ of Company Finances
April 10, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Company finances are the hidden, beating heart of a business. Suppliers and workers don’t see the behind-the-scenes details of how they get paid, just that...

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Trump’s Tariff Freeze: What Could Have Happened if They Stayed in Place?
Trump’s Tariff Freeze: What Could Have Happened if They Stayed in Place?
April 10, 2025  |  Economy

Hate to say you read it here first, but here’s a prescient quote left on the cutting room floor from PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster’s interview...

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