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Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry - in the physical world
Airwallex, the Australian fintech that has spent a decade quietly building global payments infrastructure, is moving into in-person payments. The move deepens its rivalry with Stripe across the payments stack, and enables the startup to directly…
Medicare payments would change under new bill
A new bipartisan bill introduced in Congress would eliminate a key cost‑sharing requirement tied to Medicare's chronic care management services. If passed, lawmakers say this could expand access for seniors with multiple chronic conditions…
New Social Security proposal would cap payments for wealthy people now - and many more later on
Here's a new proposal to fix Social Security: Cap future payments at $50,000 annually for a single individual and $100,000 for a couple, no matter how much they paid into the system. This reform idea, put forward by the Committee for a Responsible…
Global Payments Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors despite daily gains
Shares of Global Payments Inc. GPN advanced 2.29% to $70.17 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.80% to 7,022.95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA…
Group warns SSA payment increase for the elderly not enough to keep up with inflation
A group representing senior citizens in the U.S. has warned that this year's adjustments to social security cost of living allowances of the elderly will not be enough to keep up with rising inflation. The Senior Citizens League predicts that the…
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[INTERVIEW] Coinbase highlights Korea's potential as Kakao Pay enters its agentic payment alliance
HONG KONG — Coinbase expressed excitement about Kakao Pay's participation in the x402 Foundation, saying the fintech firm's deep penetration in the Korean market could create compelling use cases, particularly in the K-pop economy. Led by…
AI May Run Payments but Humans Still Own the Risk
Artificial intelligence is becoming more deeply embedded in how the payments industry operates. It helps identify fraud patterns, support faster decisions and manage growing volumes of transactions and data. But as AI becomes more involved in…
Average monthly mortgage payment hits new high, topping $2K for first time ever
Outstanding mortgage payments reached a new high at the end of last year when the typical mortgage holder's monthly payment exceeded $2,000 for the first time. While the average monthly payment for new homebuyers crossed the $2,000 threshold in…
Agentic Payments Won't Stay Small for Long, Says World Product Engineer
Paolo explains, “For World, we saw it as a natural next step of what the project was already doing with proof of human. With agents now participating in e-commerce and overall online interactions, the internet needs a way to reason about…
Council Of Music Makers echo calls for PRS to make 'improvements' and be 'fair and transparent' after payment campaign launched
Music Venue Trust launched a new campaign against PRS For Music earlier this week, calling for fairer and more transparent fees as artists and venue owners complained of “crippling bills” and huge “black holes” of…
Payments Alone No Longer Cut It for Small Businesses
Titled “Small Business. Big Advantage,” the series will look at how flexible payment options, modern credit tools and data-driven decisioning can help small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) strengthen operations and improve results.
The Iran war is China's global payments debut
It has been China's long-held dream to dethrone King Dollar. Beijing got its first break after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine and Russian lenders were deleted overnight from the system that moves the world's money. However, back…
How Payments Gaps Are Limiting Deposit Growth at Community Banks
That is where many institutions are falling short. While 55% of community-bank decision-makers say they have fully modernized their technology stacks, payments capabilities tell a more complicated story. Investment in real-time payments…
Prediction markets create forum for trading on non-public information
The rise in prediction markets and an email to White House staff have lawmakers weighing how to regulate prediction markets and prevent government officials from trading using nonpublic information. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI Sen. Adam Schiff…
How AI Agent Payments Actually Work - And Where They Break
OpenAI spent months building Instant Checkout — 'Buy it in ChatGPT' with Stripe, Etsy, a million Shopify merchants. By March 2026, they pivoted away. Couldn't onboard merchants, couldn't show accurate product data, couldn't handle multi-item…
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