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Amazon Brings Just Walk Out Tech to Pop-Up Stores
Amazon says it is bringing its “Just Walk Out” checkout technology to temporary retail locations. The company on Tuesday (Jan. 13) announced the debut of the latest iteration of its radio frequency identification (RFID) lanes, designed for things like pop-up...
Drones, Diamonds and the Ultra-Extravagant Impulse Buy
Somewhere between the last peppermint latte and the first “dry January” seltzer, the consumer psyche performs an elegant pivot: from recovering to romancing. Valentine’s Day is the annual reminder that love may be priceless, but the surrounding ecosystem is...
The Battle for the AI Orchestration Layer Heats Up
By 2025, the financial services sector stopped “testing” artificial intelligence and started living in it. The industry has moved past the novelty of generative chatbots to a more profound structural reality: the redesign of the global movement of money around...
Executives Say AI Redefines Value and the Payments Landscape
Karen Webster describes Monday Conversation as a window into “interesting companies doing interesting things.” In 2025, the most useful interviews for banking, payments and FinTech leaders were often the ones that barely mentioned payments at all. They were...





