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Small businesses don’t sell the same way everywhere, but it’s the digital shift that can be the tailwind to sales growth, no matter the location, especially as the mobile phone is being used in brick-and-mortar settings.
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PYMNTS Intelligence data shows small‑town and suburban firms are the least likely to live by the cash register alone, that is, through physical sales....
BMO has launched a new travel rewards card with Mastercard, saying the card meets frequent travelers’ demands for rewards and benefits.
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The new BMO Escape Credit Card features accelerated rewards on travel-related spending, no foreign transaction fees and additional traveler benefits, the companies said in a Monday (Aug. 18) press release.
The card offers 4x points per...
Investors will watch this week’s earnings reports from Home Depot and Lowe’s for signs of any reduction in the headwinds that have been facing the home and garden market.
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The sector has faced a sluggish housing market, tariffs, high interest rates and consumer caution when it comes to big purchases, Reuters reported Monday (Aug. 18).
While most categories of retailers...
UBS Global Research reportedly advised investors looking at the artificial intelligence industry to keep an eye on overheating risk and the health of the asset class.
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UBS strategists wrote this in a Monday (Aug. 18) note in which they said private credit lenders are becoming an important source of capital for the industry, Bloomberg reported Monday.
Private debt loaned...
From “winning the AI race,” to making America the “crypto capital” of the world, the 2025 political sphere has raised a host of implications for business.
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And while Congress is in its August recess, when the House of Representatives returns in early September, U.S. lawmakers will be sitting on a potent docket that could potentially reshape how Americans pay, bank and...
Ticket reseller Key Investment Group said Monday (Aug. 18) that it will “vigorously defend itself” against a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit.
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The FTC announced the lawsuit Monday, alleging in a press release that Key Investment Group and its affiliated companies, including Epic Seats, TotalTickets.com and Totally Tix, violated the FTC Act and the Better Online Ticket...
Recent IBM research finds an “AI oversight gap” among organizations that had experienced data breaches.
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“Consider this: a staggering 97% of breached organizations that experienced an AI-related security incident say they lacked proper AI access controls,” the company said in promoting findings from its Cost of a Data Breach Report.
In addition, 63% of the surveyed...
Exports from the European Union’s 27 member states to the United States reportedly dropped 10% year over year in June due to new U.S. tariffs.
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These exports were gauged at €40 billion in June after having reached a record high of €72 billion in March when U.S. importers brought in goods from the region ahead of the tariffs, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday...
California lawmakers are moving to tighten guardrails around the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare with a new bill aimed at curbing misleading representations by these systems.
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Assembly Bill 489, which was the subject of a Senate committee hearing on Monday (Aug. 18), would prohibit AI systems from presenting themselves as licensed healthcare...
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