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More banks offering cashless payment services for children in Japan
More cashless payment services for children are being made available in Japan, allowing parents to check their children's balances and spending history through an app to prevent excessive spending. They are also attracting attention as a financial…
Richard Masters on… Chelsea payments, FIFA's fiasco and the arrival of Jeff Bezos
“There's a lot of new about it,” is Premier League chief executive Richard Masters' sales pitch for the new season, which starts on Friday evening when Arsenal, the newish champions, host Coventry City, the newish competitors. With…
Shanghai is lowering second-home down payments. Will it aid the property market?
Shanghai has announced further cuts to minimum down‑payment requirements for homebuyers, joining Beijing to become the latest top-tier Chinese city to ease curbs in the hopes of engineering a broad recovery for the country's struggling…
What Is A Down Payment? | Bankrate
A down payment is the amount of a home's purchase price that the buyer pays at closing. You can get a conventional mortgage with as little as 3% down, and some government-backed mortgages don't require a down payment. In 2025, the median down…
Beware of This Revenue Leak Hiding in Your Payments Process
Stop waiting for delinquent customers to magically pay you. Every month you stall, your odds of collecting drop and your cash-flow risk rises. Having founders, bookkeepers and sales reps chase past-due invoices is an invisible labor tax that drags…
September 2026 DWP benefits and pension payment dates plus cost of living support
Heading into September, the cost of living remains at the forefront of many people's minds across the UK. A rise in inflation to 2.9 per cent in July means prices are once again beginning to rise, with fears of a costly winter on the horizon.
Cashfree Payments FY26 Financials: Reduced Losses, Revenue Growth, And Path To Profitability
Discover how Cashfree Payments India Private Limited dramatically reduced its net losses and achieved significant revenue growth in FY26, setting a clear path towards sustained profitability in the dynamic Indian fintech landscape. Cashfree…
Is That Invoice Real? How AI Is Changing Small Business Payment Fraud
An invoice arrives in your inbox looking entirely legitimate. It features the correct vendor logo, the exact formatting your team has approved dozens of times, and the friendly-yet-succinct tone your supplier always uses. (The email even has the…
Airwallex expands from cross-border payments to autonomous finance-though president Lucy Liu says it's still 'not the best time' for an IPO
Airwallex president Lucy Liu invokes a car metaphor to describe one of her company's newest products. “It's like assisted driving, like you have in a Tesla,” she says to describe T:0, an automated bookkeeping system that can run a…
College athletes are now eligible for big time payments. Will nonprofits benefit?
When a 2021 Supreme Court decision let loose a tidal wave of cash to pay college athletes for endorsement deals, some nonprofit leaders held out hope that charities would benefit. Many of the organizations created to raise money for that…
LIV Golf CEO says league is hopeful it can 'do right by' vendors suing them over alleged missed payments
This week's LIV Golf event in Indianapolis is not only the finale of the 2026 campaign, but it will also serve as the final event of this current iteration of the breakaway circuit. There is even a possibility that Indianapolis is the final stop…
The payment resilience test: How retailers can cut fraud without costing sales
For retailers, the payment moment in a transaction has become a balancing act between protecting revenue and making it easy for legitimate customers to complete a purchase. Fraud is evolving, payment preferences are fragmenting, and international…
DWP confirms conditions that could see you qualify for £145 payment - full list
People with long term illness may be able to claim up to £145.90 a week People living with a health condition or disability could be entitled to payments of up to £145.90 a week through Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). The…
DWP confirms £300 Winter Fuel Payments for 2026 - Check if you're eligible
The DWP has clarified which pensioners will receive a £300 Winter Fuel Payment during winter 2026 under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham. State pensioners born before a specific date will automatically receive an additional £100 on top…
People on Attendance Allowance may be able to increase payments by £151 a month
The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that at the end of November 2025, nearly 1.7 million people across England and Wales are receiving additional financial support through Attendance Allowance. Similar data from…
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