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Social Security COLA update: Why payment boost now predicted to be smaller
Millions of Social Security recipients could be in line for one of the largest benefit increases in recent years in 2027, but a new inflation report has prompted analysts to lower their expectations for how large the benefit boost may be.
What are the easiest ways to accept payments online and in person?
This post is brought to you in paid partnership with QuickBooks Customers today expect businesses to accept payments however is most convenient, whether that's tapping a card at a checkout counter, paying an invoice from a phone, or completing a…
I secured an $849 monthly mortgage payment on my first home in New York. A few years later, I feel trapped by it.
In 2013, I threw reality out the window and reached out to a real-estate agent to try to buy a house. I had just turned 25 and felt like it was time to have my own space, even though I had minimal savings and a steep student-loan balance that my…
Exclusive: Cyclops raises $20 million to help payment companies settle faster with stablecoins
The advent of stablecoins has made it possible to settle global transactions instantly, but many payment providers have yet to catch up, relying instead on legacy banking infrastructure. The upshot is many merchants and consumers must rely on wire…
Yorkshire council scraps pensioner payments and school uniform help
Barnsley Council's Reform UK -led cabinet has greenlit plans to scrap cost of living payment for 1,000s of pensioners and help for parents buying school uniform. The local authority has today (July 15) given approval to axe its £100 cost of…
Cash vs digital payments: Why going digital wins in the kasi economy
Johan Gellatly, Managing Director of Altron FinTech. South Africa's kasi economy is resilient, substantial and largely invisible to the national payment systems built to manage and service digital transactions. That invisibility is not an accident.
State Pension payment delay for older people set to retire this year
The State Pension age started a phased rise from 66 to 67 in April, with the increase due to be completed for all men and women across the UK by 2028. The planned change to the official age of retirement has been in legislation since 2014 with a…
State Pension warning as seven key checks could uncover missing payments
People are being urged to check their State Pension forecast and National Insurance record after a newly identified HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) error highlighted another way some people could miss out on money. Consumer website MoneySavingExpert…
Velocity Lands $38M to Build Enterprise Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure
Latest News PublishedJul 14, 2026 Backed by Dragonfly, FirstMark and Coinbase Ventures, the startup is expanding software that helps businesses integrate stablecoins into treasury and payment workflows. Stablecoin treasury platform Velocity has…
Ripple joins card giants backing x402 as 75 million payments move just $24 million
The Linux Foundation has formally launched the x402 Foundation, backed by major card networks and tech firms, to standardize internet-native payments between software agents. The x402 protocol activates the long-reserved HTTP 402 “Payment…
JCB Signs Circle MOU to Explore USDC Payments in Japan
Latest News PublishedJul 14, 2026 The companies will explore using USDC for JCB's cross-border treasury operations and merchant payments in Japan as regulated stablecoin adoption gains momentum. Japan's largest domestic payment network, JCB, has…
44 Million Subprime Consumers Create a New Market for Payments Providers
The PYMNTS Intelligence report “ Who Is the Subprime Consumer? A Behavioral Profile ” found that subprime consumers are not a temporary slice of the market. They represent 17% of consumers in the United States, or about 44…
Dividend payments distributed to Lordos Hotels shareholders
Lordos Hotels (Holdings) Public Ltd announced on Wednesday that the dividend payment previously approved by shareholders has been dispatched and successfully paid to investors. The company had previously confirmed that the board of directors…
Nationwide confirms new £100 bonus payments on TOP of Fairer Share scheme
Nationwide has confirmed new £100 bonus payments for customers on TOP of the Fairer Share scheme. Nationwide's student account – Nationwide FlexStudent – is back, offering £100 cash, £120 of Just Eat vouchers and…
78% of CFOs Say Payment Blind Spots Increase Customer Friction
More than half said fraud or payment-risk controls had caused delays that negatively affected customers or business partners during the previous year. As payments accelerate and businesses connect more customers, vendors and financial accounts…
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