{
  "id": 18098474,
  "title": "The Future of Payment Sovereignty Is Merchant Acceptance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/the-future-of-payment-sovereignty-is-merchant-acceptance",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-04T09:00:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/opinion/2026/the-future-of-payment-sovereignty-is-merchant-acceptance/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Merchant acceptance is the real challenge for alternative payment methods, Thales VP, Digital Wallet Romain Soulard writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Payments Leaders Rethink What Works in 2026.” At the beginning of 2026, I believed domestic account-based wallets would remain largely focused on peer-to-peer payments, with eCommerce representing their next area of expansion. What […] The post The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}