{
  "id": 7287592,
  "title": "The cost of friction: What 1,500 merchants told us about payments in 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/the-cost-of-friction-what-1-500-merchants-told-us-about-payments-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-14T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Payments Dive",
    "slug": "payments-dive",
    "url": "https://www.paymentsdive.com/spons/the-cost-of-friction-what-1500-merchants-told-us-about-payments-in-2026/829587/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Payment expectations are changing merchant loyalty. Learn what platforms can do to reduce friction.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}