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Merchants

The sales that never post: Christian Schönhuth on recovering margin at checkout

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Banking

Beyond reimbursement: ACI’s Jackie Barwell on stopping APP scams while the money is still in flight

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Billers

Debit is having a moment: Why consumers prefer it and why billers win when they support it

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Billers

The demographic shift powering debit: Why younger, digital‑first customers are choosing it over ACH

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Banking

Real-time payments outrun the rules: Craig Ramsey on pay-by-bank and orchestration

Real-time payments are scaling faster than rules. Learn how orchestration, pay-by-bank, and regulation gaps are reshaping bank strategy.

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Banking

Pay-by-bank, tokenization, and the UK national payments vision: Paul Horlock, Santander UK

Santander’s Paul Horlock on UK payments strategy, pay‑by‑bank, and why programmable money—not rails—will define the next phase of growth.

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Banking

Is your card platform holding back growth? Legacy vs. modern explained

Learn how card platform choices impact cost, speed to market, and revenue, and why modernization is now a critical driver of growth.

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Merchants

When gas prices rise, how can fuel retailers protect traffic and loyalty

Learn how fuel merchants can adapt to rising prices with clearer value, smarter loyalty strategies, and payment experiences that keep customers coming back.

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Banking

Bet on what’s new or fix what scales? John Dawson on payments innovation, AI, and trust

Payments are moving faster—but trust must keep up. Learn what leaders must solve around AI accountability, fraud, and payments innovation.

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Merchants

Agentic commerce and the trust problem at checkout: ACI’s Adriana Iordan on what breaks when software starts buying

Agentic commerce is reshaping checkout—but trust, fraud, and liability models aren’t ready. Learn what breaks and what merchants must solve next.

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Leadership in an era of transformation

Navigate the future of payments with insights on today’s barriers, leadership strategies, and ecosystem shifts.

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Billers

Why the health plan payments experience is becoming the new front door for members

Payments shape member trust, retention, and cost. Learn how health plans can reduce friction, improve premium continuity, and modernize member payments.

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Banking

Agentic commerce, AI, and where payments really makes its money: Geoffrey Barraclough

Explore what drives payments revenue today and why AI and agentic commerce aren’t yet delivering at scale.

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Banking

Why Age of Information (AoI)  is no longer a reliable indicator of trust

Learn how network visibility exposes hidden fraud risk inside digital identities and enables continuous, context-driven trust decisions

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Banking

Catching scams while the call is still live: JT’s Damian Di Carlo on the telco signal banks are missing

Payments miss key fraud signals. Discover how real-time telecom data helps detect and stop scams in progress.

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Banking

The end of the batch era

Dr Leda Glyptis explains why payments transformation fails on governance, habits, and operating models—not technology—in a real‑time, irreversible world.

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Banking

Cards vs pay-by-bank: ACI’s Dean Wallace on why habit and convenience, not disruption, decides who dominates the checkout

Cards still dominate checkout despite pay-by-bank growth. Learn why habit, convenience, and acceptance shape payment choice.