Highlights from this week range from a study on SMB perspectives on integrated payments and embedded finance to a new voice AI productivity tool designed to eliminate keyboards to a free guide to help online retailers prepare for the coming holidays, and changes at Amazon affecting thousands of SMBs.

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Fraud related to digital payments is running amok, resulting in many consumers rethinking their trust in digital payments. Two recent surveys illustrate this phenomenon. Among consumers surveyed by the insurance company Chubb, 61 percent had changed their behavior or reduced their use of payment platforms due to fears about cyber scams.

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Merchants are cheering the Department of Justice civil lawsuit alleging Visa monopolizes the debit card network business in violation of federal antitrust laws. The lawsuit also includes allegations that Visa entered into agreements that hindered the expansion of competing networks and also blocked technology companies from entering the market.

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Ofer Friedman, chief business development officer at AU10TIX, recently contacted The Green Sheet to share common myths and misperceptions associated with ID fraud prevention. Following is a Q&A that resulted.

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