{
  "id": 9301378,
  "title": "Gen Z Hands Merchants a Checkout Ultimatum",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/gen-z-hands-merchants-a-checkout-ultimatum",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-23T08:00:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/checkout-conversion/2026/gen-z-hands-merchants-a-checkout-ultimatum/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A merchant can spend to get a Gen Z shopper through the digital door, persuade them to choose a product, and still lose the customer over the payment methods displayed at checkout. Twenty-eight percent of Gen Z shoppers abandoned or would have abandoned an online cart in the previous month because digital wallets weren’t accepted, […] The post Gen Z Hands Merchants a Checkout Ultimatum appeared…",
  "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."
}